National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition – Quarterly Meetings and Events Overview
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National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition (NSHHC) meetings are held quarterly, via conference call, and generally on the third Tuesday of the month from 1:00-2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Join the coalition today to receive additional details on these meetings and other NSHHC activities!
The next NSHHC Quarterly webinar will be held on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT. Registration and additional detail on this event will be provided here closer to the event.
NSHHC Quarterly Webinar – June 7, 2016 – Healthy Housing for Older Adults
In our June 7, 2016, webinar, Healthy Housing for Older Adults: Housing as a Platform for Community Health Systems, a panel of experts spoke about two successful housing-based services models (HBSMs), one in Vermont and one in Oregon, and their importance in addressing the social determinants of health, promoting population health, and advancing healthcare systems change. Evaluations of these programs revealed Medicare and Medicaid savings.
Panelists and presentations:
- Nancy Rockett Eldridge, Executive Director, National Center for Healthy Housing, Columbia, MD; [pdf]
- Abigail M. Crocker, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, University of Vermont Department of Mathematics and Statistic; [pdf]
- Howard Klink, Project Director, Housing with Services LLC, Klink Consulting Group, Portland, Oregon; [pdf]
- Amanda Saul, Pacific Northwest Senior Program Director, Enterprise Community Partners, Portland, Oregon; [pdf]
NSHHC Working Group Updates:
You can access a recording of the webinar here.
“Find It, Fix It, Fund It: A Lead Elimination Action Drive” Launch Webinar – May 2016
In the wake of the Flint lead water crisis and increased national will to address the problem, NCHH and the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition have launched a bold new drive to eliminate lead poisoning. The NSHHC also established a Find It, Fix It, Fund It action drive workgroup and held the first webinar for this workgroup on May 25, 2016.
Presentations:
You can access a recording of the webinar here.
Sign up to join the Find It, Fix It, Fund It Action Drive and/or add your organization’s logo to it.
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Quarterly Meeting – April 2016 – Flint: Lessons Learned. Lead Poisoning, Its Prevention, and Its Consequences
Below are the panelists and presentations from our April 12, 2016, meeting, Flint: Lessons Learned, Lead Poisoning, Its Prevention, and Its Consequences:
- Representative Dan Kildee, D-MI-5
- Professor Marty Kaufman, Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Resource Science, University of Michigan-Flint
- Paul Haan, Founding Executive Director, Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan
- Patrick Breysse, PhD, CIH, Director, National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR) at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
NSHHC Working Group Updates:
You can access a recording of the webinar here.
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Hill Day – February 2016
Healthy Housing Hill Day was February 10, 2016, in Washington, DC
Annually, NSHHC’s Hill Day works to raise the profile of healthy homes issues and recommend full funding for three crucially important federal programs – CDC’s Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, and CDC’s National Asthma Control Program.
Having constituents on hand to share their personal experiences with home-based hazards, describe the work they conduct for healthy homes programs, or explain the ways that healthy homes programs have helped them in the state and/or district they represent, is what truly personalizes the issue for members of Congress. You are the people your member of Congress represents and cares deeply about; hearing from you is what really matters.
Click here for a report from our February 10, 2016, Hill Day in Washington, DC!
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Quarterly Meeting – December 2015
Presentations:
- Boston’s 2012 Proactive Rental Housing Registry and Inspection Ordinance. Presenters: Indy Alvarez and Will Onuoha, Inspectional Services Department, City of Boston
- California’s 2015 Mold Law. Presenters: Larry Brooks, Alameda County Healthy Homes, California Association of Code Enforcement Officers (CACEO), and California Healthy Housing Coalition; Brandon Kitagawa, Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP) and California Healthy Housing Coalition
- Washington State’s Law Expanding Weatherization to Include Healthy Housing. Presenters: Representative June Robinson, Washington State Legislature; Michael Furze, Managing Director, Housing Improvements and Preservation Unit, Washington State Department of Commerce
You can access a recording of the webinar here.
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Quarterly Meeting – September 2015
Presentations
- The New Fair Housing Rule and Healthy Housing – Debby Goldberg, National Fair Housing Alliance; [pdf]
- “Fundreds” – New Media, Outreach, and Education Resources around Lead Poisoning – Amanda Wiles, Operation Paydirt; [pdf]
- The toolkit for inviting a member of Congress to your program, your event, or simply to a meeting – Chris Corcoran, Policy Working Group Co-Chair, and Julie Kruse, National Center for Healthy Housing
You can view a recording of the webinar here. The audio starts immediately and the video starts in the second minute (2:25).
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Hill Day – March 2015
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition organized a Hill Day on March 17, 2015, as part of its campaign to restore funding for HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Health Homes and the CDC’s National Asthma Control Program and Lead Poisoning Prevention and Healthy Homes Program. Twenty advocates from seven key states participated in the Hill Day, conducting meetings with over 20 targeted House and Senate offices, including in-person meetings with seven members of Congress and meetings with leaders of the housing and health appropriations subcommittees.
Read about Hill Day 2015 here.
Senator Jack Reed (D, RI), center, listens to Laura Brion, a community organizer with the Childhood Lead Action Project, far left, while advocates Elizabeth Haverington Silvia and Omar Bah look on.
Left to right: NCHH’s Acting Director Jonathan Wilson, Director of Policy Julie Kruse, Childhood Lead Action Project Community Organizer Laura Brion, Representative David Cicilline (D, RI-1), and Rhode Island-based advocates Elizabeth Haverington Silvia and Omar Bah.
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Awards Ceremony – May 2014
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition hosted a reception and awards ceremony on May 29, 2014 in conjunction with the National Healthy Homes Conference in Nashville, TN. The Alameda County Healthy Homes Department, the Boston Inspectional Services Department, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, and the Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance each received a Healthy Homes Champion award in recognition of their invaluable efforts toward the improvement of housing health and safety conditions in their region.
Laura Brion from the Childhood Lead Action Project received the Dennis Livingston Memorial Award for Exceptional Organizing.
Learn more about the accomplishments of these individuals and their organizations.
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Hill Day – March 2012
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition organized a Hill Day on March 6, 2012 as part of its campaign to restore funding for CDC’s Lead Poisoning Prevention and Healthy Homes Program. Twenty advocates from in- and outside of Washington, DC participated in the Hill Day, conducting 15 meetings with Senate offices and 20 meetings with House offices.
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) meets with his constituents during the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition’s Advocacy Day in Washington, DC in support of CDC’s Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
L-R: Mike Prideaux of the Black Hawk County Health Department (Waterloo, IA); Senator Harkin; Sean Music (Independence, IA); and Brenda Music, parent advocate (Independence, IA).
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Awards Event – June 2011
The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition hosted a reception and awards event on June 21, 2011 in conjunction with the National Healthy Homes Conference in Denver, CO. The following individuals, who have made significant contributions to improving the health and safety conditions of housing for families nationwide, received Coalition awards: Dr. Nancy Crider, DrPH, RN, Program Manager, University of Texas School of Public Health, Texas Public Health Training Center; Dr. Brenda Reyes, MD, MPH, Bureau Chief of the City of Houston Children’s and Community Environmental Health; Rick Goodeman, Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; and David Fukuzawa, Health Program Director, The Kresge Foundation.
National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Annual Meeting – May 2010
At the first annual National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition meeting on May 24 and 25, 2010 in Washington, DC, the Coalition held salons on three key topics policy priorities for the coming year and circulated related briefing papers; and each discussion was led by a facilitator and technical expert for that topic.
Salon Topics and Associated Briefing Papers:
Integrating Energy Efficiency and Healthy Housing
Financing Healthy Housing
Creating Healthier Housing through Standards
Click here to view all associated meeting documents, including the meeting agenda, minutes, and presentations.
