National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition
Action Letter Archive 2025
This page archives the action letters sent by the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition in a single location, organized by date.
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition is a broad, voluntary coalition working to improve housing conditions nationwide through education and outreach to key national stakeholders and federal public decision-makers. The coalition promotes policies for safe and healthy housing in the United States with special emphasis on those who are disproportionately impacted.
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2025
July 20 (Draft): FY26 Appropriations Letters to the U.S. Senate to support healthy homes programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Extract: 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.
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July 2025 letter to Senator Susan Collins and Senator Patty Murray.