Exploring the Connection between Social Housing and Employment: A Scoping Review

Julia Jansen- van Vuuren (), Hibo Rijal, Nicole Bobbette, Rosemary Lysaght, Terry Krupa and Daniella Aguilar
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Julia Jansen- van Vuuren: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Hibo Rijal: School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Nicole Bobbette: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Rosemary Lysaght: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Terry Krupa: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
Daniella Aguilar: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

IJERPH, 2024, vol. 21, issue 9, 1-28

Abstract: Adequate housing is a social determinant of health and well-being, providing stability from which people can engage in important life activities, including self-care and productivity. Social housing is a system-level intervention that aims to provide affordable housing to people vulnerable to experiencing social and economic marginalisation. Given the importance of employment to social-economic status and overall health and well-being, we sought to better understand the available knowledge and research related to employment and living in a social housing environment. We used scoping review methodology to explore peer-reviewed research published between 2012–2022 regarding social housing and employment, identifying 29 relevant articles. Using the Psychology of Working Theory and neighbourhood effects as interpretive theoretical frameworks, we analysed the extracted data. Overall, the results affirmed that social housing residents have low employment rates conceptualised as related to the complex interplay of a range of personal and environmental factors. Most published literature was quantitative and originated from the United States. Policy and research implications are discussed, including the need for more multifaceted, person-centred interventions that support employment and ultimately promote health and quality of life for social housing residents.

Keywords: social housing; public housing; economic development; work; employment; well-being; quality of life; low-income housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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