Food at Home

Affordable Housing as a Platform to Overcome Nutritional Challenges

Posted May 28, 2014
By Enterprise Community Partners
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Summary

The report highlights programs and best practices that address the nutritional needs of low-income communities. Readers will learn recommendations that demonstrate how affordable housing can be a platform and how housing providers can play a vital role in ensuring that low-income families have access to healthy foods. This paper aims to link the efforts of community developers, affordable housing providers and other stakeholders and to advance conversations between the housing and health fields.

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Key Takeaway

Housing and housing providers can positively affect the nutrition and health of residents

Affordable housing and housing providers can play a key role in providing low-income families with access to healthy foods and fostering healthy eating.