In this op-ed, Dalma Diaz, MA, a health equity fellow at the California Health Care Foundation, highlights how housing supports other social determinants of health, providing a lifeline. She puts forward the idea of prescribing housing as a way to provide limited rental subsidies. Ms. Diaz writes, "Our housing was a lifeline. It meant that my family, which included two children under 12 — one with a developmental disability — had a stable place to live during one of the most frightening and precarious moments of our lives."
This op-ed was published as part of the Public Voices Fellowship in partnership with The OpEd Project and funding from the California Health Care Foundation.
