Housing, loneliness and health

Loneliness is highly distributed socially and spatially but has remained largely hidden and difficult to detect. Levels of loneliness on a scale we are witnessing in Western urban contexts today are arguably unprecedented and therefore the stakes and the potential pay-offs from interventions will be high. Loneliness poses one of the most exciting challenges for housing policy makers in a very long time. This essay asks whether housing, loneliness and health are connected and if so, where can policy be changed to intervene.