Organization San Francisco Department of Public Health
The San Francisco Department of Public Health undertook a health impact assessment (HIA) to provide information on the planning of a public housing redevelopment. The effort was part of an initiative to link housing and public health goals in the San Francisco area. Other similar HIAs—addressing redevelopment of Potrero and Westside Courts public housing sites— focused on issues such as housing affordability and access to transit and jobs.
The Health Impact Project’s toolkit contains resources that help communities, agencies, and other organizations take action to improve public health. The toolkit offers a collection of health impact assessments, guides, and other research to support policymakers’ efforts to consider health when making decisions across sectors, such as housing, planning, and education.
