Policy
No family should have to choose between affordable and healthy housing. “Healthy homes” is a century-old concept that promotes safe, decent, and sanitary housing as a means for preventing disease and injury. Healthy housing is receiving considerable attention from public health professionals and policy-makers as a result of the wealth of scientific evidence linking health outcomes — such as asthma, lead poisoning, and unintentional injuries — to home health hazards.
The NCHH leads several initiatives:
- To change national, state, and local policies to improve housing quality and health outcomes.
- To increase funding for critical healthy housing programs at HUD, CDC, EPA, and more.
- To eliminate lead poisoning in the United States.
- To engage communities nationwide to take action on healthy housing.
Please join our efforts and take action for healthy housing today.
Initiatives
Through its advocacy campaigns and policy initiatives, the National Center for Healthy Housing provides information about federal, state, and local policy on healthy housing, illuminates the inadequacies of current policy, influences policy changes, and engages individuals nationwide working to secure healthy housing for all.
Current initiatives in which you can participate include:
- Find It, Fix It, Fund It: A Lead Elimination Action Drive
- Federal Funding for Healthy Housing
- 1,000 Communities: Take Action Locally
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition is a broad, voluntary coalition of over 300 organizations 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.
- Join Us
- Meetings and Events
- News
Health and Housing Funders’ Forum
The Health and Housing Funders’ Forum fosters collaboration among philanthropic organizations to make a significant impact in the areas of healthy housing and healthy communities and seeks to re-envision housing so that it leads to better health for vulnerable populations. The Funders’ Forum is a non-dues-paying collaborative that provides its members with a range of opportunities, tools, and resources, such as webinars, peer networking, and conferences.
- Recent Meetings
Blog Posts
Stay current on updates from members of the NCHH policy team and allies about recent developments in healthy housing policy and how you can take action. Click the link below to see updates from members of the NCHH policy team and allies on recent events.
Resources
Changing health and housing policy requires coordinated efforts between communities and across all levels of government. In support of these efforts, NCHH is a valuable resource provider for those working to increase healthy housing. NCHH offers a wide variety of data on the current state of healthy housing nationwide, information on federal and state legislation currently in place, details regarding proposed legislation and policy changes, and specific advocacy actions you can take to promote healthy housing.
table; tables; lead poisoning; | State Health Department Policies for Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels [June 2023]
Los Angeles Housing Department; LAHD; California; CA; Lead Hazard Remediation Program, California Endowment, lead paint; lead-based paint; presentations; | Lead Hazard Remediation Program [presentation slides]
Virginia; VA; codes; code enforcement; Alexandria; lead exposure; lead poisoning; lead-based paint; flooding; floods; mold; asthma; affordable housing; policy; code enforcement; City of Alexandria; Alexandria Health Department; Noreen Beatley; Sarah Goodwin; gap analysis; publications; reports; November 2021; | Healthy Housing in Alexandria: Where We Are and Where We Can Go [Project Version]
Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care; lead poisoning; lead exposure; lead in consumer products; spices; pottery; jewelry; toys; beads; childhood learning environments; Children’s Environmental Health Network; CEHN; National Association for Family Child Care; NAFCC; Eco-Healthy Child Care; JPB Foundation; Lead in Consumer Products Policy; español; espanol; | Polítíca sobre el plomo en los productos de consumo
Appropriations; Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program; National Asthma Control Program; Environmental and Health Outcome Tracking Network; Environmental Health Laboratory, Department of Housing and Urban Development; HUD; Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes; OLHCHH; Community Development Block Grant; CDBG; HOME Investment Partnership Program; Environmental Protection Agency; EPA; Lead Risk Reduction Program; Indoor Air: Radon Program; Reduce Risk from Indoor Air; Children and Other Sensitive Populations; Categorical Grants; Lead; Radon; Department of Health and Human Services; DHHS; Health Resources and Services Administration; HRSA; Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; Administration for Children and Families; Low Income Housing Assistance Program; Low-Income Housing Assistance Program; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Children’s Health Insurance Program; state allotments; allocations; Department of Energy; DOE; Weatherization Assistance Program; Wx; | Federal Agency Funding Research (rev. 02.2021)
Presentation: Legal Levers for Health Equity in Housing, Part 1: Creating Equitable, Diverse Neighborhoods and Communities [slides]
PowerPoint; National Low Income Housing Coalition; NLIHC; Temple University; Center for Public Health Law Research; CPHLR; health equity; housing vouchers; Oak Park Regional Housing Center; OPRHC; Inclusive Communities Project; Athena Williams; Demetria McCain; Scott Burris; Amanda Reddy; diversity; fair housing; neighborhoods; communities; Dallas; Chicago; Oak Park; Texas; TX; Illinois; IL; health equity in housing; policy; presentation; webinar; slides; slide deck; PDF; 2020; | Legal Levers for Health Equity in Housing, Part 1: Creating Equitable, Diverse Neighborhoods and Communities [expanded slides]
Women for a Healthy Environment; WHE; webinar; Sarah Goodwin; pdf; presentation; | Healthy Homes Policy and Advocacy [slides]
![NSHHC Webinar: Understanding EPA's Proposed Changes to-the Lead and Copper Rule [slides]](https://nchh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020.01.15_NSHHC-Webinar_Understanding-EPAs-Proposed-Changes-to-the-Lead-and-Copper-Rule_slides1.jpg)
PowerPoint; presentation; webinar; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; NSHHC; Nse Obot Witherspoon; Tom Neltner; Lindsay McCormack; EDF; Environmental Defense Fund; CEHN; Children’s Environmental Health Network; EPA; Environmental Protection Agency; Lead and Copper Rule; drinking water; lead exposure; 2020; | Understanding EPA’s Proposed Changes to the Lead and Copper Rule [slides]
Presentation: Getting Ahead of Lead: Can Predictive Modeling Help Prevent Childhood Lead Exposure? [slides]
![NCHH Webinar: Getting Ahead of Lead: Can Predictive Modeling Help Prevent Childhood Lead Exposure? [slides]](https://nchh.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019.11.25_NCHH-Webinar_Getting-Ahead-of-Lead_slides.jpg)
PowerPoint; presentation; webinar; Rayid Ghani; Read Holman; Janna Kerins; Raed Mansour; Chicago; Illinois; Chicago Department of Public Health; University of Chicago; data; lead exposure; 2019; | Getting Ahead of Lead: Can Predictive Modeling Help Prevent Childhood Lead Exposure? [Slides]
FY20; FY 2020; NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; approps; federal; appropriations; budget; spending; charts; tables; labor; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC; NCEH; National Center for Environmental Health; Asthma Control Program; Lead Poisoning Prevention Program; Environmental Health Outcome Tracking Network; pdf; | FY 2020 Labor HHS Appropriations
FY20; FY 2020; NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; approps; federal; appropriations; budget; spending; charts; tables; pdf; transportation; HUD; T-HUD; Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes; OLHCHH; | FY 2020 Appropriations: Transportation HUD
FY20; FY 2020; NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; approps; federal; appropriations; budget; spending; charts; tables; pdf; state and tribal; grants; Lead Categorical Grants; Radon Categorical Grants; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Environmental Protection Agency; EPA; CDC; | FY 2020 Interior Appropriations – State and Tribal Assistance Grants, Categorical Grants
FY20; FY 2020; NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; approps; federal; appropriations; budget; spending; charts; tables; pdf; Environmental Programs and Management; Lead Risk Reduction Program; Indoor Air: Radon; Reduce Risk from Indoor Air; Children and Other Sensitive Populations; Toxics Risk Review and Prevention; Indoor Air and Radiation; Information Exchange/Outreach; | FY 2020 Interior Appropriations – Environmental Programs and Management
World Health Organization; WHO; 2018; David Jacobs; noise; falls; injury prevention; smoking; secondhand smoke; second-hand smoke; smokefree housing; IAQ; indoor air quality; radon; asbestos; lead hazard control; health in all policies; | WHO Housing and Health Guidelines
Policy; Five Things You Can Do; 5 Things; talking points; lead; lead exposure; lead poisoning; appropriations; funding; ROI; Build the Movement | Talking Points: Lead Exposure
Policy; Five Things You Can Do; 5 Things; talking points; asthma; mold; appropriations; funding; ROI; Build the Movement | Talking Points: Asthma
Policy; Five Things You Can Do; 5 Things; letters; form letter; forms; Congress; representative; Build the Movement | Letter to Your Representative Requesting a Meeting at Their Office (Organization)
Policy; Five Things You Can Do; 5 Things; letters; form letter; forms; Congress; representative; Build the Movement | Letter to Your Representative Requesting a Meeting at Their Office (Individual)
Letter: FY19 Senate Appropriations Committee Letter: HUD Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes [2018.04.18]
letter, Jack Reed, Susan Collins, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Environmental Lead Detect, City of Rochester, City of Pomona, Greensboro Housing Coalition, ChangeLab Solutions, Barr & Clark, Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan, PRAB Puerto Rican Action Board, Tribal Healthy Homes Network, U.S. Green Building Council, Partnership Effort for the Advancement of Children’s Health, PEACH, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Senate, FY19, funding, appropriations, 2018, HUD | FY19 Appropriations HUD Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, Implementation Tool, codes, code, stretch provisions | National Healthy Housing Standard – Implementation Tool
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, Implementation Tool, codes, code, stretch provisions | National Healthy Housing Standard – Implementation Tool
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, Implementation Tool, codes, code, stretch provisions | National Healthy Housing Standard – Implementation Tool
Senate Appropriations Committee, asthma, lead poisoning, healthy homes, Thad Cochran, Patrick Leahy, FY18, FY2018, FY 2018, letter, Congress, Senate, | FY18 Senate Appropriations Committee Letter – November 22, 2017
House Appropriations Committee, asthma, lead poisoning, healthy homes, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Nita Lowey, FY18, FY2018, FY 2018, letter, Congress, House of Representatives, | Letter: FY18 Appropriations to U.S. House: CDC/EPA/HUD Programs [2017.11.22]
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, Implementation Tool, Preface | National Healthy Housing Standard – Implementation Tool – Preface
Policy, lead, | Find It, Fix It, Fund It Talking Points
Find It, Fix It, Fund It: Policy Recommendations to Congress and the New Administration [Admin Version]
NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; NCHH; lead; hazards; publications; 2017; | Find It, Fix It, Fund It: A Lead Elimination Action Drive: Policy Recommendations to Congress and the New Administration
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, Implementation Tool, Preface | National Healthy Housing Standard – Implementation Tool – Preface
NCHH, lead, hazards, | Find-It-Fix-It-Fund-It.pdf
FindFixFund, Find It Fix It Fund It, lead, lead poisoning, lead in water, LBWP, Flint, #findfixfund, Kresge | Lead Poisoning: Focusing on the Fix
code, ICC, | ICC ADM78-16
ICC, code, | ICC RB361-16
![Letter: 2016.xx.xx - Declaration of Lead Poisoning Prevention Delegates [NSHHC]](https://nchh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Letter_2016.xx_.xx_Declaration-of-Lead-Poisoning-Prevention-Delegates_NSHHC.png)
Declaration, Find It, Fix It, Fund It, Lead and Healthy Housing Conference, LEHA, National Safe and Healthy Housing Coaltion; NSHHC; | NSHHC/LEHA 2016 Declaration of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Delegates
Report: A Systematic Review of Health Impact Assessments on Housing Decisions and Guidance for Future Practice
A Systematic Review of Health Impact Assessments on Housing Decisions and Guidance for Future Practice; HIA; health impact assessments; report; National Housing Conference; Health Impact Project; Pew Charitable Trusts; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, RWJF; | A Systematic Review of Health Impact Assessments on Housing Decisions and Guidance for Future Practice
Lead, funding, congress, CDC, | FY 17 Slaughter/Cicilline Letter
Letter, | Five Things Letter to Invite
| Five Things Letter to Request Meeting
NSHHC, National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition, States, State-Level Approaches, Brandon Kitagawa, California Healthy Housing Coalition, CA, coalition, affordable housing | National Learning Community: State-Level Approaches to Healthy Housing Policy
NSHHC, National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition, States, State-Level Approaches, Brandon Kitagawa, California Healthy Housing Coalition, CA, coalition, affordable housing | National Learning Community: State-Level Approaches to Healthy Housing Policy
NSHHC, National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition, States, State-Level Approaches, Brandon Kitagawa, California Healthy Housing Coalition, CA, coalition, affordable housing | National Learning Community: State-Level Approaches to Healthy Housing Policy
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition, NSHHC, serious illness, fatal injuries, mold, roaches, radon, asthma, cancer, unintentional injuries, vulnerable populations, case statement, There's No Place like Home, | National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Case Statement
NLIHC, healthy housing, lead, asthma, | CDBG and Home Consolidated Plans
Guidelines, healthy housing, | Guidelines for National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition
NSHHC, National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition, appropriations, HUD, CDC, House, Senate, House of Representatives, lead, asthma, asthma control, lead poisoning prevention, lead hazard control, | National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Appropriations Letter 2015
Lead, lead poisoning, CDC, | CDC Healthy Homes Lead Poisoning Prevention FY16 Appropriations Letter Senate
NSHHC, National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition, appropriations, HUD, CDC, House, Senate, House of Representatives, lead, asthma, asthma control, lead poisoning prevention, lead hazard control | National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Appropriations Letter 2015
Formaldehyde, comments, | Formaldehyde Emissions NGO Sign-on Submitted 10-9-13
Formaldehyde, comments, | Formaldehyde Emissions Public Interest Community Comment, 5-2-14
Formaldehyde blog, formaldehyde, EPA, regulations, rule, California, CARB, China, composite wood products, flooring, laminated, particle board, medium density fiberboard, hardwood Formaldehyde blog, plywood, asthma, Keep It Contaminant-Free, Environmental Protection Agency, Lumber Liquidators, third-party auditors, third-party certification, 60 Minutes, CBS News, cancer, third party auditors, third party certification, | NCHH Comment on Third-Party Certification Rule, 8-25-13
NCHH, Position profile, | Executive Director Position Description
EPA, graphic, | Equipping States for Reimbursement – Graphic
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Standard, NHHS, National Healthy Housing Standard, housing, American Public Health Association, APHA, Property maintenance code, maintenance code, housing code, sanitary code, renter, rental property, rental, rental housing, tenant, landlord, habitability, standard of care, existing housing, housing condition, mold, mould, pests, egress, plumbing, smoke, CO, smoke alarm, HVAC, lead, lead-based paint, LBP, asbestos, radon, pesticides, meth, methamphetamine, noise, kitchen, bath, safety, NCHH, | National Healthy Housing Standard (Annotated)
Standard, NHHS, National Healthy Housing Standard, housing, American Public Health Association, APHA, Property maintenance code, maintenance code, housing code, sanitary code, renter, rental property, rental, rental housing, tenant, landlord, habitability, standard of care, existing housing, housing condition, mold, mould, pests, egress, plumbing, smoke, CO, smoke alarm, HVAC, lead, lead-based paint, LBP, asbestos, radon, pesticides, meth, methamphetamine, noise, kitchen, bath, safety, NCHH, 2018, pdf, | National Healthy Housing Standard (Full Document)
Standard, NHHS, National Healthy Housing Standard, housing, American Public Health Association, APHA, Property maintenance code, maintenance code, housing code, sanitary code, renter, rental property, rental, rental housing, tenant, landlord, habitability, standard of care, existing housing, housing condition, mold, mould, pests, egress, plumbing, smoke, CO, smoke alarm, HVAC, lead, lead-based paint, LBP, asbestos, radon, pesticides, meth, methamphetamine, noise, kitchen, bath, safety, NCHH, | National Healthy Housing Standard (Requirements and Stretch)
NHHS, National Healthy Housing Standard, formaldehyde, Plywood, MDF, veneer, particle board, particleboard, CO, CO alarms, | National Healthy Housing Standard–Errata
NHHS, National Healthy Housing Standard, formaldehyde, Plywood, MDF, veneer, particle board, particleboard, CO, CO alarms | National Healthy Housing Standard–Errata
NCHH Board, Campaign, 1000 Communities | NCHH Campaign: 1,000 Communities
NCHH Board, Campaign, Housing as Healthcare | NCHH Campaign: Housing as Healthcare
Ethics, form, business, | Business Ethics Policy Form
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, healthy housing standard, standard, APHA, NCHH | National Healthy Housing Standard
Lead, CLPPP, medicaid, | HCF_TxCLPPPjobdescriptions
Policy, Housing, | Bad Actors
Asthma; State Plan under Title XIX of the Social Security Act Medical Assistance Program; targeted case management; healthy homes program; HCF; health care financing; healthcare financing; Oregon; OR; Multnomah County; Klamath County; state plan; 2010; HCF_HCF_10-02- TCM Asthma Approved 9-23-10 | Oregon 10-02 State Plan TCM Asthma Approved, 2010
Policy, lead, | HCF_Medicaid Manual governing claims for Environmental Lead Investigations in TX
Healthy housing, NCHH, | Challenge Repair Specs User Agreement 5-26-14
Measuring Collaboration among Grant Partners, AJE, Frey, Lohmeier, Lee, Tollefson, Bruce Frey, Jill Lohmeier, Stephen Lee, Nona Tollefson, American Journal of Evaluation, collaboration, grant partners, cooperation, visual displays | Measuring Collaboration among Grant Partners
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, Power Point, PowerPoint, National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation, code, standard of care, home renovations, lead, asthma, methamphetamine, pests, radon, pesticides, smoke, multifamily housing, toxic, asbestos, HVAC, home | National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation
National Healthy Housing Standard, NHHS, Power Point, PowerPoint, National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation, code, standard of care, home renovations, lead, asthma, methamphetamine, pests, radon, pesticides, smoke, multifamily housing, toxic, asbestos, HVAC, home | National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation
lead poisoning, lead, lead-based paint, Kingston, DeLauro, FY15, FY 2015, appropriations, bill, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program | LHHS Lead Appropriations Letter (Final)
Lead, lead dust, lead poisoning, prevention, | American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Housing Lead Prevention Letter to President Obama
Letter to Koh ACCLPP, lead poisoning, Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) of the National Center for Environmental Health | Letter to Dr. Howard Koh, DHS, re: ACCLPP
Report: State and Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs: The Impact of Federal Public Health Funding Cuts
CLPPP; CLPPPs; federal government; lead; blood lead; sequestration; budget; budget cuts; lead-safe; LSWP; lead safe work practices; Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program; CDC; Centers for Disease Control; jobs; job loss; 2013; report; | State and Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs: The Impact of Federal Public Health Funding Cuts
National Healthy Housing Standard, National Committee on Housing and Health Members Biographies, biographies | National Healthy Housing Standard – Committee Members and Biographies
National Healthy Housing Standard Strategy, schedule, work plan, | National Healthy Housing Standard – Strategy
National Healthy Housing Standard Strategy, policy, | National Healthy Housing Standard – Strategy
National Healthy Housing Standard, APHA, American Public Health Association, housing, health, radon, formaldehyde, lead, housing, National Committee on Housing and Health, | National Healthy Housing Standard Public Comment Draft
National Healthy Housing Standard, APHA, American Public Health Association, housing, health, radon, formaldehyde, lead, housing, National Committee on Housing and Health, | National Healthy Housing Standard_Draft_2013.06.05
National Healthy Housing Standard, APHA, American Public Health Association, housing, health, radon, formaldehyde, lead, housing, National Committee on Housing and Health, | National Healthy Housing Standard Public Comment Draft
National Healthy Housing Standard, APHA, American Public Health Association, housing, health, radon, formaldehyde, lead, housing, National Committee on Housing and Health, | National Healthy Housing Standard_Draft_2013.06.05
National Healthy Housing Standard, APHA, American Public Health Association, housing, health, radon, formaldehyde, lead, housing, National Committee on Housing and Health, | National Healthy Housing Standard_Draft_2013.06.05
National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation, HH Standard, | National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation
National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation, HH Standard, | National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation
National Healthy Housing Standard, Technical Review Work Group Members, Kresge | National Healthy Housing Standard – Technical Review Work Group Members
National Healthy Housing Standard Technical Review, Work Group Members, Kresge | National Healthy Housing Standard – Technical Review Work Group Members
Lead, finance; CDC; Congress; April 9, 2013; | CDC Healthy Homes Lead Appropriations Letter
ACCLPP, Thomas Frieden, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, lead, funding, FY 13, lead poisoning, program, budget, budget cuts, appropriations, cost benefit, cost-benefit | Letter from ACCLPP to Sebelius and Frieden About Lead
Environmental Protection Agency; EPA; lead; policy; | EPA Lead Hazard Standards [url]
NCHH, policy, lead, lead paint, | HUD LBP Regulation Implementation for Rehabilitation Programs
HUD, policy, lead, lead-based paint, | HUD Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction and Financing Task Force
NCHH 20th Anniversary Leadership Conference, Funders’ Forum, Training Center, Grassroots, Conference, Annual Meeting, | NCHH 20th Anniversary Leadership Conference
EPA, formaldehyde, policy, | EPA Responds to Advocacy Pressure to Regulate Formaldehyde in Homes
z National Healthy Housing Standard – Presentation to National Committee on Housing and Health 10-10-2012
National Healthy Housing Standard Presentation to National Committee on Housing and Health, October, Kresge, NCHH, agenda, | National Healthy Housing Standard – Presentation to National Committee on Housing and Health 10-10-2012
National Healthy Housing Standard – Strategy and Leadership, Healthy Housing Standard | National Healthy Housing Standard – Strategy and Leadership
National Healthy Housing Standard – Strategy and Leadership, Healthy Housing Standard | National Healthy Housing Standard – Strategy and Leadership
radon, multifamily, multi-family, IBC, international building code, construction | Multi-Family Radon Proposal – IBC
Coalition, NCHH | Coalition Statements and Meeting Presentations
Lead, lead poisoning, | Celebrate National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
| Letter to Senate Opposing Anti-RRP Legislation S. 2148
CDC Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, CDC, lead, lead poisoning prevention, lead poisoning, LEHA, declaration, restoring funds, restore lead, steve weil, stephen weil | LEHA Declaration Letter Urging Restoration of CDC LPPP
EPA RRP Enforcement Update Webinar, Lead, LSWP, lead safe work practices instructors | March 29, 2012: EPA Update PowerPoint
EPA, lead, NCHH, | EPA Approval Certificate_LDST-Eng_2014.02.09
LA, Louisiana, impact, impact statement, CDC, CDC funding, funding, CDC-funded, children, lead, lead poisoning, CLPPP, lead hazards, blood lead levels | Louisiana Impact Statement
LA, Louisiana, impact, impact statement, CDC, CDC funding, funding, CDC-funded, children, lead, lead poisoning, CLPPP, lead hazards, blood lead levels | Louisiana Impact Statement
MD, Maryland, lead, lead poisoning, healthy homes, CDC, HUD, children, | Maryland Lead Poisoning Prevention & Healthy Homes Fact Sheet
MI, Michigan, lead, lead poisoning, lead poisoning prevention, CDC, HUD, housing, CDC funding, funding, healthy homes, State of Michigan, Michigan Department of Community Health, MDCH, children | Michigan Lead Poisoning Prevention & Healthy Homes Factsheet
Healthy housing, childcare, | Child Care Curricula – HealthyHome & CC_Part 1_LSU AgCenter
Agenda, healthy housing, | Child Care Curricula – Help Yourself to Healthy Home Agenda_LSU AgCenter
Childcare, | Child Care Course Summary
| Child Care Curricula – LSU AgCenter
NCHH; pests; case study; publications; 2011; IPM; integrated pest management; management; Boston; Massachusetts; MA; WinnResidential; | IPM Case Study: Integrated Pest Management at Washington Columbia II – A Management-Led Program
CDC, lead poisoning, healthy homes, | CDC Healthy Homes & Lead Poisoning Prevention Position Statement
NSHHC, policy, healthy housing | National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Member Packet
Robert Menendez, Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Summary, s.1621, Bill, Funding | Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Summary
Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Text, s.1621, Robert Menendez | Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Text
Robert Menendez, Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Summary, s.1621, Bill | Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Summary
Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Text, s.1621, Robert Menendez, Bill, regulations | Livable Communities Act of 2011 Bill Text
CEHRC, hazards, | CEHRC – 8 Reference
Pests, maintenance, | CEHRC Visual Survey 5
Policy, lead, contaminants, | Baltimore HH Presentation 08
Lead poisoning, | CDC Transition Final Report 09
ACLPPP, lead, lead poisoning, | HHTC-Transitions-Alameda County-MOA-HA
korfmacher-Picnick CBPR 09, agenda, research, | korfmacher-Picnick CBPR 09
California, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – CA – San Diego
Healthy housing, home improvement, ventilation, | APHA Basic Principles of Healthful Housing
Mississippi, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MS –
Connecticut, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – CT – Hartford
Maryland, code, maintenance, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MD – Howard County
Texas, codes, maintenance, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – TX – Houston
Iowa, code, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – IA
Indiana, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – IN
Mississippi, code, maintenance, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MS – Jackson
Kansas, code, maintenance, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – KS
Michigan, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MI – Lansing
Massachusetts, NCHH, codes, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MA
New Hampshire, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – NH – Manchester
Michigan, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MI
Minnesota, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MT – Minneapolis
Missouri, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MO
Mississippi, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MS
Montana, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MT
Tennessee, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – TN – Nashville
North Carolina, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – NC
New Hampshire, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – NH
New York, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – NY
Ohio, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – OH
Oklahoma, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – OK
Oregon, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – OR – Portland
Pennsylvania, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – PA -Philadelphia
Rhode Island, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – RI – Providence
Washington, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – WA – Seattle
California, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – CA – San Francisco
Ohio, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – OH – Springfield
Minnesota, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – MN – Saint Paul
Tennessee, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – TN
Texas, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – TX
Texas, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – TX – Tyler
Virginia, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – VA
Washington, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – WA
code; building codes; maintenance codes; ICC; International Property Maintenance Code; International Code Council – IPMC; | The International Code Council’s International Property Maintenance Standards
California, code, healthy housing, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – CA
NCHH, contaminants, hazards, | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Contaminant Guide
Policy, lead, budget, | Appropriations FY12 – Letter from Congresswoman Slaughter
Policy, Lead, health | Appropriations FY12 – Letter regarding CDC funding
Policy, lead poisoning, | Appropriations FY12 – Letter regarding HUD funding
NSHHC, policy, | National Asthma Control Program Letter – House
NSHHC, asthma, contaminants, pollutants | National Asthma Control Program Letter – Senate
APHA, policy, | Healthy Homes Standards – APHA Codes Injury 2009
Hazards, code, policy, health, | Healthy Homes Standards – Chapter 8-Health and Safety -IPMC
Code, hygiene, | Healthy Homes Standards – NYS Sanitary Code Part 21
| CHHC Draft Guidelines
Environmental Protection Agency; EPA; lead; policy; | EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule [url]
NCHH, policy, | Federal Appropriations
| Federal Healthy Housing Bills
Comment EPA clearance dust testing requirement renovation repair painting rule policy RRP | LRRP-Clearance-Proposal-Comment 8-6-10
Comment, EPA, clearance, dust testing requirement, renovation, repair, painting rule, policy, RRP | LRRP-Clearance-Proposal-Comment 8-6-10
Policy, NCHH, screening, | Federal Policy on Screening
Policy, NCHH, screening, | Federal Policy on Screening
Green, amendment, energy, | GREEN Act of 2009 HFS Amendment
ELI, air quality, code, | Environmental Law Institute Radon Database Excerpt
Community Environment Health Resource Center, Respecting and Protecting the Rights of Families and Tenants
CEHRC, rights, health hazards, | Community Environment Health Resource Center, Respecting and Protecting the Rights of Families and Tenants
Policy, energy, | Bill Summaries for NSHHC Meeting
NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; agenda; | Policy Agenda
NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; publication; technical brief; briefing paper; National Healthy Housing Policy Summit; 2009; 2010; Charlie Wilkins; Compass Group; Rebecca Morley; Jane Malone | Financing Healthy Housing
Fact sheet, EPA, lead, Arvin R. Ganesan, Ganesan, Henry Waxman, House of Representatives, Congress, environmental Protection Agency, Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule, RRP, LRRP, Lead, Renovation, and Repair Rule | EPA Letter to Waxman re: RRP Rule
Patient protection, act, funding, healthy housing, | HR 3590, Section 4002: Prevention and Public Health Fund
National Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Priorities, EPA, lead-based paint, childhood lead poisoning, blood lead levels, RRP Rule, paint, remodeling, renovation | Letter_Add_RRP_to_Enforcement_Priorities
H.R. 3891: To improve research on health hazards in housing, to enhance the capacity of programs to reduce…
Bill, hazards, | H.R. 3891: To improve research on health hazards in housing, to enhance the capacity of programs to reduce…
surgeon general, call to action, healthy homes, mice, mold, rats, property managers, nonprofit groups, policy makers, falls, elderly, fires, airborne toxins, allergens, carbon monoxide, asthma | NCHH Commends Acting Surgeon General Galson for Issuing “Call to Action on Healthy Homes”
Healthy housing, bill, | Healthy Housing Council Act of 2009
| Nat’l Safe & HH Coalition Steering Committee Minutes–9-15-09
policy, code, | International Property Maintenance Code
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Initial Members, | National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Initial Members
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Policy options, policy, NSHHC, | National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Policy Options
NCHH, Meeting, Policy, | July 27th Meeting Summary
Land Use and Healthy Housing, California Endowment | Land Use and Healthy Housing
NCHH Comments on CDC Healthy People 2020 Objectives and Measures | NCHH Comments on CDC Healthy People 2020 Objectives and Measures
NCHH, healthy housing, lead, | Healthy Homes Healthy Families
NCHH, policy; lead; FY20; FY 20; FY 2020; | FY 2020 Appropriations
Home Depot Foundation; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Kresge Foundation; CDC; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Alliance for Healthy Homes; AFHH; NSHHC; National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition; Joycelyn Elders; Shaun Donovan; Kathleen Sebelius; Jack Reed; May 7, 2009; Program; | National Healthy Housing Policy Summit (Program)
policy; summit; proceedings; | National Healthy Housing Policy Summit Proceedings
Healthy housing, agenda, bios, | Healthy Homes Healthy Families Program
Energy, housing, investment | American Reinvestment and Recovery Act Update
Healthy housing, act, | Healthy Housing Council Act of 2008
policy, agenda, national, government, NCHH | National Center for Healthy Housing 2007 Communications & Marketing Plan
Green, policy, NCHH, | Green Building Analysis
Library of Low-Cost Lead Hazard Reduction, library, low-cost, hazard, reduction, lead, lead-safe | Library of Low-Cost Lead Hazard Reduction Options
Lead, lead hazard, lead poisoning, | An Evaluation of the City of Rochester’s Lead Law Year One Report
Lead, lead poisoning, | An Evaluation of the City of Rochester’s Lead Law: 2006-2008
An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Lead Hazard Reduction Treatments Prescribed in Maryland Environmental Article 6-8
Lead, lead hazard, lead dust, particulates, | An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Lead Hazard Reduction Treatments Prescribed in Maryland Environmental Article 6-8
Project, healthy housing, | Boston One Touch Project – The 7 Sussex Street Story
Agenda, policy, healthy housing, | Healthier Homes, Stronger Families: Agenda
HUD, hazards, lead-based paint, | HID Lead-Based Paint Regulation Implementation for Rehabilitation Programs: The Model Document Set
ICC, code, lead-based paint, form, | ICC Codes Public Comment – Amend Paint Exterior
Bloomberg, Lead, Lead Paint, Safety, | Lead Paint Safety Requires ‘White Glove’ Test
Lead, EPA, Renovation, Repair, | Lead; Renovation, Repair and Painting Program: Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
NCHH, NAAQS, Comments, EPA, CDC | Letter from Jonathan Wilson to Administrator Stephen Johnson
NCHH, EPA, CDC, Comments, NAAQS | Letter from Jonathan Wilson to Administrator Stephen Johnson
NCHH, Lead, Hazards, HUD, | Letter from Rebecca Morley to Jon Gant
NCHH, EPA, | Letter to EPA: Clearance for Carpeting
EPA, Letter, Policy, | Letter to Honorable Stephen Johnson Regarding RRP Rule
Lead, Hazard, Low Cost, | Library of Low-Cost Lead Hazard Reduction Options
ordinance, lead, Milwaukee, hazards, lead poisoning | Milwaukee Lead Ordinance
model document, best practices, rehab programs, specialists, lead poisoning, design, documents, HUD lead-based paint regulation requirements, model contractor, lead hazard reduction | Model Document #1: List of Typical Documents Used by Rehab Specialists
Model Document #10, Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home, lead hazard, rehabilitation, renovation, lead, HUD | Model Document #10: EPA Pamphlet – Acknowledgement
Model Document #11, lead-based paint hazard, risk assessment, report, lead hazard, deteriorated, lead dust, elevated blood lead levels, lead, HUD | Model Document #11: Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessment Report
Model Document #12, single family, lead hazard, lead-based paint, risk assessment, windows, doors, trim, cladding, outbuildings, trim, lead, HUD | Model Document #12: Single-Family Lead Hazard Evaluation Notice
Model Document #13, single family, lead hazard, lead-based paint, bare soil, lead dust, lead, HUD | Model Document #13: Single-Family Lead Hazard Presumption Notice
Model Document #14, relocation plan, lead hazard reduction, lead-contaminated dust, children, rehabilitation, renovation, housing | Model Document #14: Relocation Plan and Agreement (Optional)
Model Document #15, pre-construction conference checklist, EPA, lead hazard, occupant protection, building permit, warranties, inspection checklist, lead, HUD | Model Document #15: Pre-construction Conference Checklist
Model Document #16, clearance, lead sampling technician, NLLAP, lead dust, paint chips, painted debris, deteriorated paint, lead-based paint, lead contaminated soil, lead-contaminated drinking water, HEPA vacuum, safe work practices | Model Document #16: Clearance Report
Model Document #17, re-occupancy authorization, dust lead, clearance, interior window sills, window troughs, lead, HUD | Model Document #17: Reoccupancy Authorization
Model Document #17, re-occupancy authorization, dust lead, clearance, interior window sills, window troughs | Model Document #17: Reoccupancy Authorization
Model Document #18, lead hazard reduction, lead-based paint, lead, HUD | Model Document #18: Sample Lead Hazard Reduction Notice
Model Document #19, analytic laboratories, lead hazard, NLLAP, risk assessor, HUD lead-based paint regulation, Title X, EPA, abatement worker | Model Document #19: Request for Proposals/ Qualifications (Labs, Risk Assessors, Training, etc.)
Model Document #2, rehab standards, single-family structures, renovation, demolition, lower income families, affordable homes, HUD lead-based paint regulation, paint hazards, soil, exterior lead hazards, exterior railings, exterior steps decks, exterior cladding, foundations, hardware, porches, firewalls, window replacement | Model Document #2: Rehab Standards for Single-Family Structures
Model Document #21, waiver, lead reduction, lead dust, hand-to-mouth, blood lead level, relocate, contaminated, pregnant women, children, intervention | Model Document #21: Waiver of Relocation
Model Document #22, presume, test, lead-based paint, lead hazards, abatement, leaded surfaces, risk assessors, interim controls | Model Document #22: Presume or Test?
| Model Document #3: Rehab Contractor Handbook
Model Document #4, property owner's service agreement, lead hazard reduction Model Document #4, property owner's service agreement, lead hazard reduction | Model Document #4: Property Owner’s Service Agreement
Model Document #5, property owner, rehab contractor agreement, model document #5, contract, scope of services | Model Document #5: Property Owner/Rehab Contractor Agreement
Model Document #6, general conditions, property owner, rehab contractor agreement, homeowner, contractor, pre-bid inspection, indemnification of owner, insurance, permits/codes/licenses, subcontractors, materials, clearance, inspection | Model Document #6: General Conditions of the Agreement
Model Document #7, job file index, lead hazard reduction, clearance, inspection, | Model Document #7: Job File Index
Model Document #8, property owner, manual, home improvement, owner-occupied, housing, lead hazard reduction, HUD lead-based paint regulation, smoke detectors, renovation | Model Document #8: Property Owner’s Manual for Home Improvement Program for Owner-Occupied Housing
NCHH, policy, labor, lead, procurement | National Center for Healthy Housing 2007 Communications & Marketing Plan
NCHH, workshop, children at risk | National Center for Healthy Housing 2007 Communications & Marketing Plan
Table: State Health Department Policies for Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels [2009] [State Summary]
table; tables; lead poisoning; state_summary_1-14-09; | State Health Department Policies for Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels [2009]
Tool Book for Initiating Effective Policy Change: What You Can Do in Your Community to Protect Children from Lead Poisoning
Berrien County Health Department; Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan; Public Health – Muskegon County; Theresa Green; Paul Haan; Jill Montgomery Keast; Mary DuFour Morrow; Kym Worthy; Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office; Peter D. Jacobson; University of Michigan School of Public Health; Jonathan Schwartz; National Association of County and City Health Officials; NACCHO; lead; policy; publications; pdf; | Tool Book for Initiating Effective Policy Change: What You Can Do in Your Community to Protect Children from Lead Poisoning
Boston One Touch, healthy housing, lead, asthma, injury prevention, policy, Peggy Hegarty-Steck, Naomi Mermin Consulting, Ellen Tohn, Tohn Environmental Strategies, Carol Kawecki, Rebecca Morley, Boston Housing Authority, BHA, Boston Public Health Commission, BPHC | Boston One Touch: Action Steps for Healthier and Greener Homes for Boston Families
California, CA, code, healthy housing, Monterrey, Monterey, Salinas | HHTC – Course Materials – Code Inspector – Housing Codes – CA – Monterey
NCHH, HUD, Barbara Mikulski, Senate | Letter to Barbara Mikulski from Rebecca Morley Regarding Public Housing Agencies
Lead; lead hazard; lead hazard control; lead-safe; Department of Housing and Urban Development; HUD; grantees; publications; PDF; lead technical study; #DCHBC0001-03; | Designing and Managing Lead Hazard Control Programs: Lessons Learned Update – Evaluating Lessons Learned from HUD Lead Hazard Control Grantees: Final Report
Report: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Milwaukee Lead Hazard Control Ordinance: Summary Report
Report; Milwaukee; Wisconsin; WI; HUD; Department of Housing and Urban Development; lead hazard control; LHC; Milwaukee Summary Report 10-29-04; Battelle; Warren Strauss; Hsing-Chuan Tsai; Timothy Pivetz; Elizabeth Slone; John Menkedick; Contract C-OPC-21357 task order 2; 2004; | Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Milwaukee Lead Hazard Control Ordinance: Summary Report
Report; #MDLR005-94; University of Cincinnati Department of Environmental Health; lead poisoning; lead exposure; evaluation; grantees; National Evaluation; Warren Galke; Scott Clark; Robert Bornschein; Jonathan Wilson | Evaluation of the HUD Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program: Final Report
[AFHH] Report: Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning Through Code Enforcement: Ten Effective Strategies [Revised 2002]
Alliance for Healthy Homes; AFHH; Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning; AECLP; housing codes; code enforcement; publications; reports; pdf; 2001; | Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning Through Code Enforcement: Ten Effective Strategies
Alliance for Healthy Homes; AFHH; Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning; AECLP; Maria Rapuano; Don Ryan; Jane Malone; K. W. James Rochow; Ralph Scott; Anne Guthrie; lead poisoning; lead exposure; AFHH;publications; report; pdf; 2000; | Action Plan to Make High-Risk Housing Lead-Safe
Lead; lead hazard; lead hazard control; lead-safe; Department of Housing and Urban Development; HUD; grantees; publications; PDF; 1997; | Designing and Managing Lead Hazard Control Programs: Lessons Learned to Date
- State Fact Sheets
- National Healthy Housing Standard
- 2013 State of Healthy Housing
- Additional Policy Resources
Policy
Take action TODAY to double federal Lead Poisoning Prevention Funding!
Join the Find It, Fix It, Fund It Action Drive to Eliminate Lead Poisoning!
The National Center for Healthy Housing and the steering committee of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition are thrilled to announce the release of Find it, Fix It, Fund It, a bold new action drive to eliminate lead poisoning.
- Click here to sign up to participate in the drive and/or add your organization’s logo to it.
- Click here to sign a petition supporting the drive’s principles in to Congress and federal agencies.
- Click here to see the declaration supporting the Find It, Fix It, Fund It principles signed by the over 300 attendees at the Lead and Healthy Housing Conference on May 5, 2016.
- We’d love your feedback on the drive. Email Sarah Goodwin to provide feedback!
Lead Poisoning in Flint
As the lead-in-water crisis in Flint, Michigan, continues to evolve, NCHH joins the nation in supporting the residents of Flint in their time of need. Resources must be marshaled as quickly as possible to ensure a safe water supply and provide follow-up services to address the long-term consequences of lead poisoning. We need to take the lessons from this crisis to improve our public policies so that no other communities have to experience what the residents of Flint are going through.
More Actions You Can Take
No family should have to choose between affordable and healthy housing. “Healthy Homes” is a century-old concept that promotes safe, decent, and sanitary housing as a means for preventing disease and injury.
Healthy housing is receiving considerable attention from public health professionals and policy-makers as a result of emerging scientific evidence linking health outcomes such as asthma, lead poisoning, and unintentional injuries to substandard housing.
There are more than 5.2 million substandard housing units nationwide. As a result, there is a growing need for preventing the public health problems stemming from these units. Even newer, more expensive homes may have hazards lurking within. Creating healthier housing promotes the healthy growth and development of children and has the potential to save billions in health care costs.
Click here for a list of actions that you can take today to help secure healthy homes for all!
Participate today in the “Five Things You Can Do” grassroots campaign:
Follow these five steps to raise awareness for substandard housing issues, urge Congress to support healthy housing programs, and exchange ideas or strategies with our Coalition members.
Join the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition:
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition is a broad, voluntary coalition of over 300 organizations and 100 individuals working to promote policies for safe and healthy housing in the United States, with special emphasis on those who are disproportionately impacted. Members also identify and share best practices, new developments, research, resources, opportunities and challenges for the field of healthy housing. Join us!
New Policy Updates
FY17 House and Senate sign-on letters for increased funding for lead poisoning prevention
Seventy-five Representatives signed on to Representatives Slaughter and Cicilline’s letter to increase funding for lead poisoning prevention. Click here to see their letter and find out if your Representative signed on this year.
On the Senate side, 24 Senators signed on to Senator Reed’s and/or Senator Shaheen’s letters to increase funding for lead poisoning prevention. Click here to see Senator Reed’s letter and/or click here for Senator Shaheen’s letter and find out if your Senators signed on this year.
Former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, families impacted by unhealthy housing, and NCHH joined with Congresswoman Louise Slaughter to present at House and Senate Briefings
Former Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Mrs. Erma Taylor, Kelleigh Eastman, and Amanda Reddy, NCHH Director of Programs and Impact presented at House and Senate briefings on July 22, 2015, entitled “Health and Educational Disparities for Communities of Color: the Secret Culprit.”
Congresswoman Slaughter spoke passionately of the urgent need to address housing as a determinant of health. Kelleigh described how she was lead poisoned as a child and Mrs. Taylor described the impact of home health hazards on her grandchildren’s and great-grandchildren’s asthma. Dr. Elders spoke of the fight to end lead poisoning through prevention, and Amanda Reddy spoke about combating asthma through home services.
Representatives Louise Slaughter, Mike Honda, Raúl Grijalva, and Senator Cory Booker (above) co-hosted the briefings attended by over 40 congressional staff and visitors.
NCHH’s then-Director of Policy Julie Kruse, Mrs. Erma Taylor, Ms. Kelleigh Eastman, Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, and NCHH’s then-Director of Programs and Impact Amanda Reddy at the Capitol.
Featured Policy
What’s the Status of Federal Funding for Healthy Homes? See current Congressional proposals for funding for critical CDC and HUD programs, and what you can do to support funding.
State-Specific Healthy Housing Fact Sheets. These fact sheets contain a wealth of healthy housing related information and statistics useful to advocates nationwide.
State and Local Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs: The Impact of Federal Public Health Funding Cuts. This report shows the devastating impact of funding cuts and the need to restore full funding.
National Healthy Housing Standard. The National Healthy Housing Standard is a vital tool for improving your local housing code! The Standard provides new, science-based minimum performance standards for a safe and healthy home. It bridges the health and building code communities by putting modern public health information into housing code parlance.
Issue Brief: Childhood Lead Exposure and Educational Outcomes. This issue brief provides critical arguments for the need to finish the fight against lead poisoning. A shorter version of this brief is also available: At a Glance: Childhood Lead Exposure and Educational Outcomes
Preventing Lead Exposure in US Children: A Blueprint for Action. This report describes the actions that government, advocates, and the private sector must take to protect children from a disease that affects over a half-million children.
2013 State of Healthy Housing. A Comparison of the health of housing in 45 metropolitan areas across the U.S. How does your city rank?