How Britain’s housing crisis contributes to its declining healthy life expectancyhttps://theconversation.com/how-britains-housing-crisis-contributes-to-its-declining-healthy-life-expectancy-281605

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How Britain’s housing crisis contributes to its declining healthy life expectancy
https://theconversation.com/how-britains-housing-crisis-contributes-to-its-declining-healthy-life-expectancy-281605

"The Building Research Establishment, an independent research organisation, has estimated that poor housing costs the NHS in England £1.4 billion each year. More than half of this is attributed to cold homes, which increase the risk of respiratory illness, cardiovascular problems and poor mental health."

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