Housing insecurity and involvement with the child welfare system are common experiences for low-income families. To date, previous empirical studies on family housing insecurity have focused on the most severe form of housing insecurity (i.e., entering the emergency shelter) and its association with foster care placement of the children. However, we know relatively little about the relationships between other forms of housing insecurity and types of child welfare involvement. This study, a systematic review, examines various forms of housing problems and their relationship to different types of child welfare involvement. Five electronic databases were searched and a total of 12 studies were included in the review. Overall, research findings indicated mixed findings. Most studies suggested that housing insecurity was associated with child maltreatment investigation, foster care placement and prolonged time before achieving case closure, while some studies found no relationship between housing insecurity and child maltreatment substantiation. The findings have implications for practice and research for families who experience housing insecurity and child welfare involvement.

住房不安全和参与儿童福利系统是低收入家庭的常见经历。迄今为止，以往关于家庭住房不安全的实证研究都集中在最严重的住房不安全形式（即进入紧急避难所）及其与儿童寄养安置的关系上。然而，我们对其他形式的住房不安全与儿童福利参与类型之间的关系知之甚少。本研究是一项系统评价，考察了各种形式的住房问题及其与不同类型儿童福利参与的关系。检索了 5 个电子数据库，共纳入 12 项研究。总体而言，研究结果表明结果喜忧参半。大多数研究表明，住房不安全与虐待儿童调查、寄养安置和案件结案时间延长有关，而一些研究发现住房不安全与虐待儿童证实之间没有关系。这些发现对经历住房不安全和儿童福利参与的家庭的实践和研究具有影响。