National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Action Letter Archive
One of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition’s (NSHHC) primary objectives is to ensure that vital healthy housing programs are fully funded by the United States Government. Among the ways in which the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition supports this objective is through letters sent to congressional committee chairpersons.
While the letters are generated by the its steering committee, the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition encourages all consumers to advocate for public health by adding their signatures to the letters.
Opportunities to sign on to the latest National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition action letters will appear below.
Latest Action Letter (July 2025)
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition (NSHHC) is requesting signatures to support appropriation requests and advocate for healthy housing programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Across the country, millions of families are living in unhealthy housing conditions, struggling with issues like broken heating and plumbing systems, damaged or leaking roofs, mold, exposed wiring, and toxic chemicals. Overall, 40% of U.S. homes have at least one significant health or safety risk that places American families at risk. When we do not act to fix inadequate housing, costs pile up for residents and public and private actors in the form of medical bills, lost income, missed days at school and work, compounding and costlier repair needs, and more. Federal programs at agencies, including CDC, EPA, and HUD, provide the essential funding that states and localities need to provide services to their residents and determine the best way to improve housing quality in their communities. States and localities rely on this funding and would need adequate time to prepare and transition in the case of funding or program changes. All these programs return savings to federal and state governments in the form of reduced Medicaid spending, as healthier homes result in healthier people who are less likely to incur medical costs. Investing in healthy, efficient, resilient, affordable homes yields co-benefits that simultaneously advance a range of agendas related to energy, health, jobs, economic development, and more.
In FY26 and beyond, we need to fund federal programs that protect public health, prevent long-term cost burdens, and preserve our national ability to prevent, detect, and respond to issues of poor housing quality. Programs that provide these essential services are currently housed at CDC, EPA, and HUD. Regardless of where the programs ultimately live in the federal organizational chart or what they are called, Congress must maintain or increase funding for all the essential functions currently provided by these federal programs described below. The recent rescissions of other key programs that supported state and local work on healthy homes, lead poisoning prevention, asthma prevention, and indoor air quality add even more urgency to the need to fund these critical functions and activities.
Your signature will help to advocate for increased funding for these vital programs that protect children and others from housing-related health hazards and that support healthy housing.
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Add your signature no later than [TBA], 2025.
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This new section, under construction, will archive the action letters sent by the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition in a single location, organized by date.
Latest page update: July 21, 2025.