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There are many connections between health and housing, and housing is well-established as an important Social Determinant of Health. This course will explore the connections between the two subjects with a particular focus on identifying ways in which law and lawyers can effectively improve unit, building, and neighborhood conditions that have deleterious health consequences. The course will review the inadequacy of code enforcement and individual litigation as remedies for bad conditions; it will consider structural remedies for the racial, ethnic, and economic segregation and severe rent burdens that impose severe health consequences. Specific consideration will be given to asthma, tuberculosis, and lead poisoning. Federal housing programs will be surveyed, and the use of fair housing and disability rights legislation will be considered.
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