Impact of selective licensing schemes for private rental housing on mental health and social outcomes in Greater London, England: a natural experiment study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess primary impact of selective Licensing (SL), an area-based intervention in the private rented housing market, on individual self-reported anxiety and neighbourhood mental health (MHI-Mental Healthcare Index) and secondary impacts on antisocial behaviour (ASB), population turnover and self-reported well-being.

Design

Difference-in-difference (DiD) was used to evaluate effects of SL schemes initiated 2012-2018. 921 intervention areas (lower super output areas) were matched 3:1 using propensity scores derived from sociodemographic and housing variables (N=3.684 including controls). Average treatment effect on treated (ATT) was calculated for multiple time period DiD in area-level analyses. Canonical DiD was used for individual-level analysis by year of treat

SUBMITTER: Petersen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791445 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature