Renting may speed up ageing

Summary

• A study has linked difficult housing conditions to faster biological ageing.
• Researchers found that repeated rent arrears and exposure to pollution or other housing problems were also linked to faster biological ageing.
• However the study found a link between housing problems and biological ageing.

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Living in a rented home, struggling to pay bills on time, and dealing with poor housing conditions can affect more than daily life. These problems may also affect a person’s health.

A study has linked difficult housing conditions to faster biological ageing. Researchers from the University of Essex and the University of Adelaide examined how housing conditions may affect human health.

They looked at several factors including how long people had lived in rented homes, the type of building they lived in, housing costs, and unpaid rent.