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Unaffordable rents are linked to premature death, Princeton study finds

www.cnbc.com

Renters burdened by unaffordable housing costs may be at a higher risk of dying sooner, according to a new study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

An individual paying 50% of their income toward rent in 2000 was 9% more likely to die over the next 20 years compared with someone paying 30% of their income toward rent, according to the study from researchers at Princeton University and the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Economics Studies. Someone paying 70% of their income toward rent, meanwhile, was 12% more likely to die.

“We were surprised by the magnitude of the relationship between costs and mortality risk,” said Nick Graetz, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University and the study’s lead author. “It’s an especially big problem when we consider how many people are affected by rising rents. This isn’t a rare occurrence.”

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Up next: "You can't afford rent, therefore you're at risk for premature death. So we'll be increasing how much you pay for health insurance."
- Rent is now a preexisting condition.
  
  But be sure to sign up for a low interest rate Funeral Loan. You too can live on in the minds of your loved ones: through debt!
- Extortionate landlords aren't going to be influenced by an excessive risk of premature death among extorted tenants.
  Extortionate landlords are only going to care about a study that finds extortionate landlords have an excessive risk of premature death.
  
  Do landlords offer health insurance where you live?
Of course. The more you have to spend on shelter, the less you have for everything else.
Cuts should be made at the top, not the bottom. Always. If you have to raise your rents, no you don't. You have spare properties, you're doing fine.
- Isn't the the most depressing part of capitalism... Investment profits are more important to our society than preventing housing stress -_-
Well if they’re going to die they’d better go ahead and do it and decrease the surplus population!
Seems I read that somewhere before.
- "Top 10 reasons why premature death and suicide are good for the economy" — MSM
- I just put the Muppet version of that movie on last night. What a coincidence lol.
Ifs goddamn social murder and nobody will be held responsible. But they should
That's what corporate wants, die just before you retire so they can maximize profits.
Next we'll need a study that proves gun rights increase death rates.
- I imagine there are already dozens.
  Just because something is obvious or intuitive doesn't mean we don't need science for it.
Causing physical harm to capitalists is self-defense.
Yep. Social murder of the poor, minorities, and especially of poor minorities is one of the main pillars of the fucked up system.
This doesn't sound like it is about rent prices, but more about the income of the individual.
If you have more money, you can spend more on healthcare, higher quality food, ...
Of course if rent was cheaper people would have more money, but in absolute values (not %), I don't think the study would see as much of a difference
In the thumbnail of the image, I didn't see the "u" in "housing," so I thought it said: "Hosing is a human right". Immediately though of riot control water canons... And then that it was someone very into a specific kind of submissive BDSM that has no other outlet for their need.
Sorry.
- Hosing is a human right 😘
Let's give retirees $1000 a month in social security to live on while basic rent on a junky place is $2500 a month. Then let's calculate that a 65 year old person may live to 85. 20 years. You got the funky result study above.
- $1000 if you're lucky. The minimum is around $50.

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