Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director of UCL's Institute of Health Equity, has published a new landmark report setting out the evidence that a generation of children and young people are at risk of worsening health and having shorter lives post the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his latest report, he notes that in England the excess death rate linked to COVID-19 is higher than anywhere else in Europe. And, in relation to housing, Chapter 7 includes a section on the impact of COVID-19 containment on housing inequalities.  It makes references to the condition of properties on wellbeing, access to outdoor space, the need for decent quality homes, housing affordability, and homelessness and rough sleeping.