Insights and Promising Practices: Disability Among Residents of Public Housing and HUD-Assisted Individuals
December 2024
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), up to 1 in 4 adults in the United States experience some type of disability. The most common functional types of disability reported were those related to cognition, mobility, independent living, hearing, vision, and self-care. Among the fastest-growing populations in the U.S., individuals with emotional, intellectual or physical disabilities represent a large and growing proportion of the patients served by health centers, particularly those who provide care to underserved populations and communities.
In this publication, we present unique analyses completed by researchers at the National Center for Public Housing (NCHPH) using publicly available data provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) which provide a unique perspective of the lives of patients of health centers, Residents of Public Housing and the HUD-Assisted.