Housing Design That Advances Health Donald Shoup James Brasuell Emily McCoy, Lindsey Naylor Devin Partida View Jobs See a full list of jobs in planning and related fields: urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, development, engineering, and more. View all jobs Post a Job Research thousands of planners, designers, architects, developers, and other professionals and academics who are working with the built environment. Post a job Top Schools Housing Design That Advances Health Applying trauma-informed principles, reducing social isolation, and encouraging active living—how housing can be designed to promote good health. May 27, 2021, 11am PDT | LM_Ortiz Share A little more than a year ago, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic and government officials across the country ordered residents to shelter in their homes. While there’s been significant progress in the fight against the coronavirus with the development of advanced health treatments and the growing distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, many people are still spending most of their time indoors. However, data from the National Center for Healthy Housing shows that homes are one of the most dangerous places to be. Nearly 40 percent of residences have at least one health or safety hazard, and these issues tend to be costly to repair.