Abstract The increase in the supply of public rental housing since 1989 has mitigated the low-income housing shortage and contributed to stabilizing the housing market in South Korea. However, despite this policy-driven achievement, the living environment quality of public rental housing and its relationship to residents’ social capital and health have not been thoroughly examined. Using survey data from 3009 householders located across public rental housing complexes within administrative districts in Seoul, Korea, this study performed a multi-level analysis to examine the associations of multiple domains of perceived and objective residential environments with dependent variables of social capital (trust, interaction, and norm of reciprocity) and health (self-rated health, chronic health conditions, and stress level). While better-perceived residential environments for daily needs (e.g., home environments with better utilities/equipment and barrier-free space, safe environments and external facilities for the disabled, and accessible public transit stations and groceries) were significant for social capital or health, perceived access to amenities for recreational needs (e.g., green and recreational space, cultural facilities) were not significant. Some significance from the objective measures of such recreational needs was found, but most objective measures showed inconsistent, mixed results. Among individual characteristics, self-esteem and having a disabled member appeared important. Our findings suggest the need for inclusive policy strategies that make good use of existing resources and respond to the actual and accessible needs of residents, especially those of low socioeconomic status, from the psychological, physical, and environmental perspectives. More attention needs to be directed to improving the environmental quality of public rental housing.

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居住环境对韩国首尔公共租赁住房居民社会资本和健康结果的影响

摘要 1989年以来公共租赁住房供应的增加缓解了低收入住房短缺的问题，有助于稳定韩国住房市场。然而，尽管取得了这一政策驱动的成果，但公共租赁住房的居住环境质量及其与居民社会资本和健康的关系并没有得到深入研究。本研究使用来自韩国首尔行政区内公共租赁住宅区的 3009 户住户的调查数据，进行了多层次分析，以检查感知和客观居住环境的多个领域与社会资本因变量（信任、互动、互惠规范）和健康（自评健康、慢性健康状况和压力水平）。虽然更好地满足日常需求的居住环境（例如，具有更好的公用设施/设备和无障碍空间的家庭环境、安全的环境和残疾人的外部设施，以及无障碍的公共交通站和杂货店）对社会资本或健康具有重要意义，为满足娱乐需求而获得的便利设施（例如，绿色和娱乐空间、文化设施）并不显着。从这些娱乐需求的客观测量中发现了一些意义，但大多数客观测量显示出不一致的、混合的结果。在个人特征中，自尊和有残疾成员似乎很重要。我们的研究结果表明，需要制定包容性政策战略，以充分利用现有资源并响应居民的实际和可及需求，尤其是那些社会经济地位较低的人，从心理、身体和环境的角度来看。提高公租房的环境质量需要更多的关注。