Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Urges EPA to Preserve Lead Program Funding Media Contact: Dr. David Jacobs, 202.607.0938, djacobs@nchh.org COLUMBIA, MD (April 25, 2017) – The National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition on Tuesday announced the release… More
April 6th, 2017
Threats or Promises: Which Way for the Trump Administration on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention?
Threats or Promises: Which Way for the Trump Administration on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention? by David Jacobs Recent news articles suggest that Trump’s EPA hopes to drastically cut funding and staff for its lead poisoning prevention programs… More
February 21st, 2017
Infrastructure and Mortgages: What About the Kids?
Infrastructure and Mortgages: What About the Kids? by David Jacobs and Anita Weinberg During the 2016 election season, Donald Trump (the Republican presidential nominee, now president) proposed spending $1 trillion dollars on infrastructure to put people to… More
October 28th, 2016
Stand Up and Be Counted in the Fight Against Lead Poisoning
Stand Up and Be Counted in the Fight Against Lead Poisoning by Christopher Bloom Lead poisoning—you know, it seems like we should’ve had this problem licked by now. Every year, we (NCHH and our partners) get out and… More
May 24th, 2016
Both House and Senate Move to Increase HUD Lead Hazard Control Funding
Both House and Senate Move to Increase HUD Lead Hazard Control Funding by Julie Kruse Thanks to all of you who called your senators last week to urge them to pass the HUD funding bill! The bill… More
May 12th, 2016
Find It, Fix It, Fund It: A Bold Call to Action to Eliminate Lead Poisoning
Find It, Fix It, Fund It: A Bold Call to Action to Eliminate Lead Poisoning by Julie Kruse and Christopher Bloom The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the steering committee of the National Safe and… More
May 12th, 2016
NCHH and the Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Announce Bold New Drive to Eliminate Lead Poisoning
Call for national action to eliminate lead poisoning in the wake of Flint water crisis Media Contact: David Jacobs, 202.607.0938, djacobs@nchh.org Columbia, MD (May 12, 2016) – Today, the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and the… More
October 24th, 2014
NCHH Releases Blueprint for Action to Prevent Childhood Exposure to Lead
NCHH Releases Blueprint for Action to Prevent Childhood Exposure to Lead Media Contact: Laura Fudala, lfudala@nchh.org, 443.539.4167 Columbia, MD (October 22, 2014) – Today, the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) released Preventing Lead Exposure in U.S. Children: A… More
October 24th, 2014
CDC Awards $11 Million for Lead Poisoning Prevention
Funding Partially Restores Health Department Responses to the Disease Media Contact: Laura Fudala, 443.539.4167, lfudala@nchh.org Columbia, MD (October 24, 2014) – A hard-fought battle by a broad coalition of child advocates culminated this week with the announcement of… More
January 22nd, 2014
Congress Revives National Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at U.S. Centers for Disease Control
Congress Revives National Lead Poisoning Prevention Program at U.S. Centers for Disease Control Appropriates More than $300 Million to Fund Critical Safety and Healthy Housing Programs COLUMBIA, MD (January 22, 2014) – Last week, Congress restored funding… More