An American Rescue Plan Update: Nearly $3 Billion Now Budgeted for Healthy Homes by Zoe Gibbs and Sarah Goodwin The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), passed in 2021, provided $350 billion in direct federal aid to states… 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
April 28th, 2022
ARPA Innovators: City of Pittsburgh
ARPA Innovators: City of Pittsburgh by Talor Musil, Women for a Healthy Environment, and Erika Strassburger, Pittsburgh City Council, with an introduction by Sarah Goodwin, NCHH. This is the second entry in our “ARPA Innovators” blog series. If… More
April 28th, 2022
ARPA Innovators: Vermont Housing Improvement Program
ARPA Innovators: Vermont Housing Improvement Program by Shaun Gilpin, Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, with an introduction by Sarah Goodwin, NCHH. This is the first entry in our “ARPA Innovators” blog series. If you want to… More
April 28th, 2022
How Innovative Communities Are Using ARPA Funds to Transform Housing and Address Environmental Hazards
How Innovative Communities Are Using ARPA Funds to Transform Housing and Address Environmental Hazards by Sarah Goodwin When we first wrote last fall about the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), we highlighted the huge opportunity present in… More
August 11th, 2021
The American Rescue Plan: A New Opportunity for Healthy Homes Funding
The American Rescue Plan: A New Opportunity for Healthy Homes Funding by Sarah Goodwin and Devra Levy President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law on March 11, 2021. Among its provisions,… More