Environmental Health and Housing

Environmental Health and Housing- Front Cover
Environmental Health and Housing
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
	Note
Acknowledgements
	Case studies
	Illustrations
	And finally . . .
List of abbreviations
Authors’ biographical details
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Environmental health, public health and housing
	Synopsis of the book
Chapter 2: Why environmental health, public health and housing?
	2.1 A very brief history of housing
	2.2 Housing stock, conditions and need
	2.3 Housing and inequality: Marmot and the social determinants of health
	2.4 Living on the margins: from (statutory) homelessness to rough sleeping
	2.5 Housing as home
	2.6 Home safety and home accidents
	2.7 Fire safety in dwellings
	2.8 Fuel poverty and cold, damp homes
	2.9 (Over)crowding and space standards
	2.10 Tuberculosis (TB) and housing
	2.11 Gypsies and travellers
	2.12 Mental health and green and blue spaces
	2.13 Loneliness, isolation and the potential of social capital
	Note
Chapter 3: Gathering evidence
	3.1 Integrity of evidential procedure
	3.2 Assessing dwelling age
	3.3 Common dwelling deficiencies
	3.4 Surveying a dwelling
	3.5 HHSRS (and other) surveys
	3.6 HMOs: the fire safety survey
	3.7 Schedules and specifications
Chapter 4: Legislation for healthier and safer housing
	4.1 Housing Act 2004: general overview
	4.2 Housing Health and Safety Rating System
	4.3 House in Multiple Occupation
	4.4 Mandatory and discretionary licensing schemes
	4.5 Overcrowding
	4.6 Interim and Final Management Orders
	4.7 Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs)
	4.8 Housing and Planning Act 2016
	4.9 Restoration or continuation of supply of water, gas or electricity
	4.10 Caravan site licensing and control
	4.11 Houseboats: health and safety
	4.12 Other accommodation used for living
	4.13 Hoarding
	4.14 Public health funerals: Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
	Note
Chapter 5: Working more effectively together
	5.1 Developing a local housing and health strategy
	5.2 Public Health Outcomes Framework and housing
	5.3 Health Needs Assessment and housing
	5.4 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
	5.5 Health Impact Assessment and housing
	5.6 Regeneration, health and place: regulation and partnership approaches
	5.7 Evidence into action: NICE guidance and pathways
	5.8 Making housing more suitable: Disabled Facilities Grants and other home adaptations
Chapter 6: Conclusions
References
Index