Yesler Terrace: Research on health

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Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Yesler Terrace: Research on health</h1>
                <h2><p>Will the controversial redevelopment of the Seattle Housing Authority's Yesler Terrace housing into a mixed-income community be good for the lower-income residents? Public Health-Seattle & King County and the SHA are leading a study that will look at the impacts of redevelopment on residents' health, economic and</p></h2>
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            <p>Will the controversial redevelopment of the Seattle Housing Authority's Yesler Terrace housing into a mixed-income community be good for the lower-income residents? Public Health-Seattle &amp; King County and the SHA are leading a study that will look at the impacts of redevelopment on residents' health, economic and educational opportunities, safety and social connections.</p><p>The study will look at data from 2012 to 2017, providing insights both before and after redevelopment. In a press statement, the agencies said that previous research shows redevelopment projects which create mixed-income communities seem to be tied to positive outcomes for residents' health and happiness. "Yesler provides a unique opportunity to examine direct correlations between redevelopment and residents’ health," the agencies said.</p><p>The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding the study. More <a href="http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/news/2016/April/1-yesler-terrace-health-link.aspx?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">details here</a>.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/yesler-terrace.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Kerebo" loading="lazy" width="560" height="374"></figure>
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Will the controversial redevelopment of the Seattle Housing Authority's Yesler Terrace housing into a mixed-income community be good for the lower-income residents? Public Health-Seattle & King County and the SHA are leading a study that will look at the impacts of redevelopment on residents' health, economic and educational opportunities, safety and social connections.

The study will look at data from 2012 to 2017, providing insights both before and after redevelopment. In a press statement, the agencies said that previous research shows redevelopment projects which create mixed-income communities seem to be tied to positive outcomes for residents' health and happiness. "Yesler provides a unique opportunity to examine direct correlations between redevelopment and residents’ health," the agencies said.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is funding the study. More details here.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi