NCHH, ASTHO, and PHI Announce Lead Poisoning Prevention Mini-Grant Recipients Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org; 443.539.4154 COLUMBIA, MD (April 2, 2024) — The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), in collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials… More
December 30th, 2022
Title X at 30: Opportunities for Refinement
Title X at 30: Opportunities for Refinement by Sarah Goodwin and David Jacobs Twenty Twenty-Two marked the 30th anniversary of the nation’s main lead poisoning prevention law, Title X of the 1992 Housing and Community Development Act.… More
April 30th, 2021
Jobs, Climate, Health, Equity: The Case for (Healthy) Housing as Critical Infrastructure
Jobs, Climate, Health, Equity: The Case for (Healthy) Housing as Critical Infrastructure by Amanda Reddy, Executive Director Within the last month, the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Director of the Centers… More
February 24th, 2021
How Municipalities Can Leverage RRP Requirements to Advance Lead Poisoning Prevention
How Municipalities Can Leverage RRP Requirements to Advance Lead Poisoning Prevention by Amanda Reddy, Executive Director Home improvement spending has been on the rise for years, but it has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic as people are… More
February 22nd, 2021
Healthy Household 101: Why Consumers Should Understand the Basics of the RRP Rule
Healthy Household 101: Why Consumers Should Understand the Basics of the RRP Rule by Christopher Bloom Having a place to call your own has been part of the American dream since long before there was an “America,” and… 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
July 9th, 2019
New Partnership Established to Help Communities Implement Context-Specific Legal Strategies to Address Lead Poisoning
New Partnership Established to Help Communities Implement Context-Specific Legal Strategies to Address Lead Poisoning Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org, 443.539.4154 COLUMBIA, MD (July 9, 2019) — In an ongoing effort to effect change at a systems level… More
November 6th, 2018
Now Available: Health in All Policies Mini-Grant Funding Opportunity
Now Available: Health in All Policies Mini-Grant Funding Opportunity Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org, 443.539.4154 COLUMBIA, MD (November 6, 2018) — The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), in collaboration with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), the National Association of City… More