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Sparse research has examined how housing-related payment hardship relates to well-being over the life course. We used three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health; N\u00a0=\u00a07673) to estimate associations of two housing-related payment hardship exposures (inability to pay rent\/mortgage and utilities) in early adulthood (Wave IV; 2008-2009) with 36 health and well-being outcomes 15\u00a0years later (Wave VI; 2022-2025). We used an outcome-wide analytic approach, adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and prior values of outcomes and exposures (Wave III; 2001-2002). Results after Bonferroni correction indicated both exposures were associated with worse outcomes in physical health (eg, self-rated health), health behavior (eg, smoking), psychological distress (eg, anxiety), psychological well-being (eg, life evaluation), social distress (eg, discrimination), and socioeconomic factors (eg, financial distress). Associations with social well-being and prosocial outcomes were weaker. Our findings strengthen evidence that housing-related payment hardship is both an economic and public health concern. 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