A Holiday Gift for You: A Year’s Worth of Great Webinars by Christopher Bloom and Sarah Goodwin With the 2019 holiday season wrapping up, we know that many of you are just itching to get back to work… More
November 11th, 2019
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: Who We Are Now
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: Who We Are Now by Sarah Goodwin, Anna Plankey, and members of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Steering Committee This is the third installment in… More
October 25th, 2019
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester
Building Bridges, Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Success Against Lead in Rochester by Katrina Smith Korfmacher, University of Rochester Medical Center In a 2004 newspaper editorial, Rochester’s Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning leaders claimed, “We will find lead hazards before they… More
October 21st, 2019
Tactical Thinking: Housing Codes and Lead Poisoning Prevention
Tactical Thinking: Housing Codes and Lead Poisoning Prevention by Sarah Goodwin and David Jacobs When it comes to local efforts to prevent childhood lead poisoning, there seems to be one word on everyone’s mind these days: codes.… More
September 27th, 2019
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A Decade of Appropriations Advocacy
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A Decade of Appropriations Advocacy This is the second installment in a series celebrating the first 10 years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition.… More
September 10th, 2019
Is the Green Building Component of the Future… Rice Straw?
Is the Green Building Component of the Future…Rice Straw? by Christopher Bloom Could the hip, new green building component be rice straw? We know what some of you are wondering: Um, what is rice straw, anyway? Rice straw is… More
August 19th, 2019
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A History and Celebration
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A History and Celebration This is the first installment in a series celebrating the first 10 years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition. Read… More
August 6th, 2019
Can Energy Efficiency Programs Help Expand the Public Health Workforce?
Can Energy Efficiency Programs Help Expand the Public Health Workforce? by Ellen Tohn Some things just get personal. My dad died after falling in our home, and my father-in-law tripped in his house, resulting in a broken… More
July 20th, 2019
Shoot for the Moon
Shoot for the Moon by Christopher Bloom There’s a rocket standing in for the Washington Monument this week. It’s a projection of the Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins from the… More
July 15th, 2019
Cast a Smile at NCHH on Prime Day
Cast a Smile at NCHH on Prime Day by Christopher Bloom If you’ve found this page on the NCHH site, you probably know – or are learning – about the critical importance of a healthy home. Maybe… More