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    Chair Tina Smith Leads Senate Hearing on Fire Safety, Home Health Risks Including Lead and Radon
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    June Is National Healthy Homes Month
    March 11, 2021
    NEHA and NCHH Release New Guide for Safer Cleaning and Disinfection
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    HUD Issues Funding Opportunity for Older Adult Homes Modification Grant Program
    December 31, 2020
    NCHH Unveils New State of Healthy Housing Report
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    The American Rescue Plan: A New Opportunity for Healthy Homes Funding
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    May 24, 2021
    Older Americans Month: Communities of Strength
    May 14, 2021
    Court Rejects EPA’s 2019 Rule Tightening of Lead-Based Paint Hazards
    April 30, 2021
    Jobs, Climate, Health, Equity: The Case for (Healthy) Housing as Critical Infrastructure
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      • Healthy Housing Solutions
        • About Healthy Housing Solutions
        • Healthy Homes Library
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        • National Healthy Homes Training Center and Network
      • WHO Collaborating Center for Healthy Housing Training and Research in the U.S.
    • History and Accomplishments
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      • History and Accomplishments, 2000-2009
      • History and Accomplishments, 1992-1999
      • NCHH at 25
        • Throwback Thursday, Gallery 1
        • Throwback Thursday, Gallery 2
        • Throwback Thursday, Gallery 3
        • Throwback Thursday, Gallery 4
    • NCHH Publications
      • NCHH Articles
      • NCHH Reports, Guides, and White Papers
      • NCHH Case Studies and Technical Briefs
        • Sustainable Financing Mechanisms Case Studies
        • Green Housing Case Studies
        • Healthcare Financing of Healthy Homes Services Case Studies
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        • Creating Effective and Efficient Primary Prevention Programs
        • Lead Legal Strategies Partnership Technical Assistance Tool Series
        • Strategies for Continuing Healthy Homes Activities While Social Distancing Series
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      • 10 Policies to Prevent and Respond to Childhood Lead Exposure
      • National Policy
        • Current NCHH Policy Work
          • Federal Appropriations for Healthy Homes
          • Federal Healthy Housing Legislation
          • Policy Action Letters
          • EPA Lead Testimony 2017
        • Keystone Federal Policy
          • EPA Lead Hazard Standards
          • EPA’s Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule
          • HUD Lead-Based Paint Regulation Implementation for Federally Assisted Housing Rehabilitation Programs
          • HUD’s Title X Regulation for Lead Safety in Federally Assisted Housing
          • Rules and Regulations Governing Lead Safety
          • The Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Healthy Homes
          • Weatherization Plus Health
        • Federal Healthy Housing Strategies and Publications
          • 10 Policies to Prevent and Respond to Childhood Lead Exposure
          • Federal Healthy Housing Strategies
          • HUD Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction and Financing Task Force
        • Healthy Housing Agency Fact Sheets
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        • Lead
        • Mold
        • Radon
        • Healthy Housing Codes
        • Incentivizing Healthy Housing
        • International Code Council
        • Proactive Rental Inspections
        • State and Local Lead Laws
        • State Health Department Policies for Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels
        • States Authorized by EPA to Manage the RRP Rule
        • Tenant Protections
      • Archived Policy
        • Archived National Policy Updates
          • American Reinvestment and Recovery Act Update
          • EPA Responds to Advocacy Pressure on Formaldehyde
          • Healthcare Reform and Healthy Homes
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          • Finding Common Ground
          • Healthier Homes, Stronger Families
          • Proposals to Improve Manufactured Housing
        • Archived State and Local Policy Updates
          • California Healthy Housing Coalition
          • CDC Impact Statements by State
          • District of Columbia’s Green Building Act of 2006
        • Archived State and Local Policy Projects
          • Boston One Touch
          • Grassroots Advocacy Network
          • Updating and Evaluating Lead Case Management Policies
    • Investigate the Evidence
      • Asthma and Respiratory Illness Research Projects
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      • Green Building, Energy Efficiency, and Weatherization Research Projects
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      • Injury Prevention Research Projects
      • Lead Poisoning Prevention Research Projects
      • Older Adults and Disability Research Projects
      • Radon Research Projects
      • Ventilation Research Projects
    • Learn About Healthy Housing
      • Learn About Healthy Housing in Your State
      • The Principles of a Healthy Home
      • Safe Cleaning and Disinfection
        • Healthy Homes Guide to Cleaning and Disinfection
        • Guía de limpieza y desinfección para hogares saludables
      • Emergency Preparedness and Response
        • Floods
        • Pandemics
        • Wildfires
      • Resident and Homeowner Resources
      • Building Products, Materials, and Standards
      • Ask NCHH
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        • Standards and Rating Systems
        • Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Standards and Rating Systems
        • Inspections and Assessments: Reports and Guides
        • Checklists
    • Technical Assistance and Coaching
      • Advancing Safe and Healthy Homes Initiative (ASHHI)
      • Baltimore-Washington Rail Intermodal Facility Health Impact Assessment
      • Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services
      • Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Initiative
      • Communications and Policy Development for Asthma and Healthy Housing
      • Equipping Communities for Action Through the National Lead Poisoning Prevention Network
      • Grassroots Advocacy Network
      • Health in All Policies
      • Healthy Homes Workforce Development
      • Lead Legal Strategies Partnership
        • Local Policy Tool Box
      • New York State Childhood Lead Poisoning Primary Prevention Program
      • Protecting Children from Lead Exposures in Child Care
        • Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care
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