Housing Security is a full-service, 24-hour public safety department with primary responsibility for ensuring a safe and secure environment for all residents, staff and guests utilizing University Housing residence halls, apartments and facilities.

What does housing security mean?

April 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Housing insecurity is the lack of security in an individual shelter that is the result of high housing costs relative to income, poor housing quality, unstable neighborhoods, overcrowding, and, but may not include, homelessness.

How is housing security measured?

So a measure of housing security must take into account that households make trade-offs among housing quality, housing cost, and stability of tenure.