Don’t Fear Your Furnace by Katrina Smith Korfmacher and Madeline Holodnik “Have you changed your furnace filter lately?” If you are reading a blog about healthy housing, the answer is probably yes. But if not, you are in… More
April 16th, 2025
Increasing Community Capacity: How Rural Communities Are Impacting Lead Poisoning Prevention, Part 2
Increasing Community Capacity: How Rural Communities Are Impacting Lead Poisoning Prevention, Part 2 by Ashely Campbell This is part two of a three-part series. Read part one here. Part three will be published on April 23. In our… More
April 7th, 2025
Better Housing Means a Healthier, Stronger America: Why National Healthy Homes Month Matters More than Ever
Better Housing Means a Healthier, Stronger America: Why National Healthy Homes Month Matters More than Ever by Amanda Reddy Visit NCHH’s National Healthy Homes Month page for graphics and other resources. Nobody was laughing. Last Tuesday, in a… More
April 3rd, 2025
To Save America’s Children: Why the Nation Needs the CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
To Save America’s Children: Why the Nation Needs the CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Program by Dr. David Jacobs David Jacobs, PhD, CIH, served as the director of HUD’s lead poisoning prevention program from 1995 to 2004. There are… More
November 12th, 2024
Big Month for Lead: What Happened in October
Big Month for Lead: What Happened in October by Sarah Goodwin Every year, October is home to National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, which always offers a plethora of options for events, webinars, and announcements related to lead… More
September 24th, 2024
Changes to the Lead and Copper Rule: What Should Public Health Expect?
Changes to the Lead and Copper Rule: What Should Public Health Expect? by Sarah Goodwin One of the challenges that comes with tackling the important issue of lead in drinking water is the joint responsibility between water… More
June 10th, 2024
New Tool Available to Support Transparent and Equitable Lead Service Line Replacement
New Tool Available to Support Transparent and Equitable Lead Service Line Replacement by Laura Fudala and Sarah Goodwin The replacement of lead service lines (LSLs) is an increasingly important public health and environmental justice goal for government… More
July 19th, 2023
The American Rescue Plan: Over $1.7 Billion Budgeted So Far on Healthy Homes Work
The American Rescue Plan: Over $1.7 Billion Budgeted So Far on Healthy Homes Work by Sarah Goodwin In August 2021, we wrote about the opportunity present in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for communities to use… More
January 27th, 2023
Health Departments Making an Impact Using Health in All Policies Strategies
Health Departments Making an Impact Using Health in All Policies Strategies by Laura Fudala One of my favorite things about working at the National Center for Healthy Housing is meeting new communities from all across the country.… More
December 30th, 2022
Title X at 30: Opportunities for Refinement
Title X at 30: Opportunities for Refinement by Sarah Goodwin and David Jacobs Twenty Twenty-Two marked the 30th anniversary of the nation’s main lead poisoning prevention law, Title X of the 1992 Housing and Community Development Act.… More