Indoor Air Quality Solutions Start in Communities and Grow Through Connection by Laura Fudala Every year during Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Awareness Month, I find myself reflecting on the many communities, organizations, and individuals we’ve had the… More
October 15th, 2026
Tools and Technical Assistance to Support Sustainable Asthma Home Visiting Services
Tools and Technical Assistance to Support Sustainable Asthma Home Visiting Services by Joel Ervice, Regional Asthma Management and Prevention October is IAQ Awareness Month, which makes it a perfect time to highlight support for asthma home visiting… More
August 17th, 2026
Looking Beyond Lead: What We Learned About TSCA and Healthy Housing
Looking Beyond Lead: What We Learned About TSCA and Healthy Housing by Laura Fudala When most healthy housing professionals think about the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), they often think about lead-based paint. But during “Why the… More
August 10th, 2026
Federal Healthy Housing Policy: Midsummer Update
Federal Healthy Housing Policy: Midsummer Update by Sarah Goodwin with Anna Plankey As summer recess approaches and members of Congress return to their home districts and states during the month of August, federal healthy housing policy news… More
June 26th, 2026
Local and State Innovation Driving Healthier Homes: Highlights from the 2026 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference
Local and State Innovation Driving Healthier Homes: Highlights from the 2026 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference by Joel Ervice, Laura Fudala, and Sarah Goodwin At the 2026 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference, the National Center… More
June 9th, 2026
Saved: New York State’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program
Saved: New York State’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program by Anna Plankey After nearly two months of deadline extensions and negotiations, New York state legislators passed their final state budget. On Wednesday, May 27, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the… More
April 22nd, 2026
Don’t Fear Your Furnace
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
February 10th, 2026
Integrating New York’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program into Housing Rehabilitation: Initial Lessons from the ROC HOME Study
Integrating New York’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program into Housing Rehabilitation: Initial Lessons from the ROC HOME Study by Katrina Smith Korfmacher and Becca Lauzon, University of Rochester Promoting healthy homes requires thinking about housing and humans; however, many… More
February 9th, 2026
New York State’s Proposed Budget Eliminates the Healthy Neighborhoods Program
New York State’s Proposed Budget Eliminates the Healthy Neighborhoods Program by Anna Plankey and Amanda Reddy | Updated February 12 New York State’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program (HNP), one of the nation’s longest-running healthy housing programs, is at… More
February 3rd, 2026
FY26 Healthy Homes Appropriations: The Final Update (We Think)
FY26 Healthy Homes Appropriations: The Final Update (We Think) by Sarah Goodwin It’s a new calendar year, but we’ve been in a new federal fiscal year since October—and we’re here with what we’re pretty sure is the… More