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Moreover, existing research tends to focus on a specific population group or aspect of housing. This scoping review aimed to identify the range of policy instruments and interventions that could improve health by improving housing quality, stability, affordability and availability, with a focus on interventions being implemented in practice, including those not published in the academic literature. For each intervention, we documented aims, effects, actor roles, cost, housing domain, target population, city and country. Based on 37 evidence reviews and reports, we identified 327 unique interventions, with economic and social regulation (e.g., regulating pricing and private rented sector practices, changing planning processes) and direct or contracted provision (e.g., providing and upgrading social housing) much more common than other policy instruments. 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