Erin Gaede was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio about a new report she co-authored with Tessa Conroy and Steven Deller, which reveals that rising housing costs are causing some Wisconsinites to delay medical care.
“Housing financial stress is not an individual issue — it does impact the broader community’s health outcomes,” said Erin Gaede, a Ph.D. student in the sociology department at UW-Madison who conducted interviews for the study. “At a time when so many communities are actively discussing housing affordability and overburdened health systems, it’s so important to understand how housing financial stress and health are connected.”