Third year biology and Spanish major and Healthcare Policy Team co-lead Angela Nguyen discusses the implications of low-income housing on health, as well as what the state of Georgia is doing to address these concerns. While the United States spends the most GDP per capita on health compared to other wealthy countries, healthcare in the US only accounts for about 10% of modifiable contributors to health outcomes. (1, 2). Meanwhile, social determinants of health (SDoH) account

This is Cole Hendricks, the co-lead for policy analysis at API. Our center members continued to look at the Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Commission’s activities to achieve a better understanding of what the commission did during the month of November as it pertains to the topics covered by API’s other centers. The following is what they found relative to each subject. Criminal Justice by Max Swain Additionally, the ACC Commission had policy proceedings connected to the field o

API's Co-Executive Director and 3rd year Comparative Literature, International Affairs, and Political Science major Emma Grace Jarvis explores the potential of inclusionary zoning as a strategy to address Athens-Clarke County's affordable housing crisis and the limitations the current voluntary approach poses in the Athens community. It is no secret to any Athens resident or student at UGA that there is an affordable housing crisis in the Athens-Clarke County community. Over