CEHN, NAFCC, and NCHH Launch New Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care Media Contacts: Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, nobot@cehn.org, 202.543.4033 ext. 14; Christopher Bloom, cbloom@nchh.org, 443.539.4154 WASHINGTON, DC (October 18, 2019) — With funding from The JPB Foundation, the Children’s… More
October 10th, 2019
NCHH and Partners Receive HUD Grant to Study the Effects of Ventilation on Indoor Contaminants from Gas Stoves
NCHH and Partners Receive HUD Grant to Study the Effects of Ventilation on Indoor Contaminants from Gas Stoves Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, 443.539.4154, cbloom@nchh.org COLUMBIA, MD (October 10, 2019) — The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH)… More
September 27th, 2019
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A Decade of Appropriations Advocacy
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A Decade of Appropriations Advocacy This is the second installment in a series celebrating the first 10 years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition.… More
September 10th, 2019
Is the Green Building Component of the Future… Rice Straw?
Is the Green Building Component of the Future…Rice Straw? by Christopher Bloom Could the hip, new green building component be rice straw? We know what some of you are wondering: Um, what is rice straw, anyway? Rice straw is… More
August 19th, 2019
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A History and Celebration
Ten Years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition: A History and Celebration This is the first installment in a series celebrating the first 10 years of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition. Read… More
August 6th, 2019
Can Energy Efficiency Programs Help Expand the Public Health Workforce?
Can Energy Efficiency Programs Help Expand the Public Health Workforce? by Ellen Tohn Some things just get personal. My dad died after falling in our home, and my father-in-law tripped in his house, resulting in a broken… More
July 20th, 2019
Shoot for the Moon
Shoot for the Moon by Christopher Bloom There’s a rocket standing in for the Washington Monument this week. It’s a projection of the Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins from the… More
July 15th, 2019
Cast a Smile at NCHH on Prime Day
Cast a Smile at NCHH on Prime Day by Christopher Bloom If you’ve found this page on the NCHH site, you probably know – or are learning – about the critical importance of a healthy home. Maybe… 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
June 19th, 2019
Announcing NCHH’s Code Comparison Tool… and Why You Should Use It
Announcing NCHH’s Code Comparison Tool… and Why You Should Use It by Jo Miller and Christopher Bloom With National Healthy Homes Month in full swing, and while you’re thinking about healthy housing, now’s the perfect time for… More