Impact on Urban Health: connecting retrofit with health equity.

Impact on Urban Health works to reduce health inequalities in cities by backing practical change across the systems that shape people’s lives. Its work on housing and health connects poor quality homes, climate action, indoor air quality and the wider conditions that affect health.

organisation type

Health equity organisation

primary focus

Urban health, housing and inequality

role in retrofit

Supporting retrofit as a route to healthier homes and fairer outcomes

role in nrh

Bringing health, evidence and inequality insight into NRH

Contributing to sector progress.

Impact on Urban Health brings a health equity lens to retrofit, helping show why housing quality matters for people’s wellbeing and life chances.

Its involvement supports NRH’s work to connect carbon reduction with health, fairness and real household outcomes.

Connecting retrofit with health outcomes.

Health equity

Supporting retrofit approaches that reduce unequal health risks

Indoor air quality

Connecting home improvements with respiratory health and comfort

Housing injustice

Bringing attention to the people most affected by poor quality homes

Evidence and policy

Supporting practical recommendations for healthier homes

Policy and regulation , Health and outcomes
This report brings together insights from across the retrofit sector, government, and civil society to explore how the…
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Policy and regulation , Health and outcomes
Our new report sets out practical recommendations to help the Government’s proposed minimum energy efficiency regulations deliver real,…
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16 Oct, 2025
Policy and regulation , Health and outcomes
The National Retrofit Hub, supported by Impact on Urban Health, has today published a new report Improving Health…
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10 Jul, 2025
Policy and regulation
Delivering for tenants, a new report from the National Retrofit Hub and Impact on Urban Health sets out…
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13 Feb, 2025
Policy and regulation , Health and outcomes
The report delivers a clear message: without immediate action, the PRS risks falling further behind other housing sectors,…
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