Good health depends on having homes that are safe and free from physical hazards. When adequate housing protects individuals and families from harmful exposures and provides them with a sense of privacy, security, stability, and control, it can make important contributions to health. In contrast, poor quality and inadequate housing contributes to health problems such as infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, and poor childhood development. Housing measures can also be considered proxy indicators of more general socioeconomic circumstances. Households experiencing severe cost burden have to face difficult trade-offs in meeting other basic needs. When the majority of a paycheck goes toward the rent or mortgage, it makes it hard to afford health insurance, health care and medication, healthy foods, utility bills, or reliable transportation to work or school. This, in turn, can lead to increased stress levels and emotional strain.]

For more information please visit, Severe Housing Problems for Cabarrus County on the Robert Wood Johnson County Health Rankings.

Severe Housing Problems is the percentage of households with one or more of the following housing problems:

1. Housing unit lacks complete kitchen facilities;
2. Housing unit lacks complete plumbing facilities;
3. Household is overcrowded; or
4. Household is severely cost burdened.

To learn more about the Measure Methods, please visit the Severe Housing Problems Measure Methods Section on the Robert Wood Johnson County Health Rankings Website.