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May 18th, 2017
Helping Older Adults to Age Gracefully in Place
Helping Older Adults to Age Gracefully in Place by Jill Breysse When my mom was in her early seventies, her health began to decline. It seemed like she had appointments with different specialists every other day: endocrinologist,… More
May 17th, 2017
National Center for Healthy Housing Announces New Executive Director
National Center for Healthy Housing Announces New Executive Director Nancy Eldridge to Focus on National Well Home Network Implementation Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, 443.539.4154, cbloom@nchh.org The National Center for Healthy Housing is pleased to announce that its board… More
April 25th, 2017
Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition Urges EPA to Preserve Lead Program Funding
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 12th, 2017
Ensuring an Asthma-Safe Home: The Role of Tenants and Landlords
Ensuring an Asthma-Safe Home: The Role of Tenants and Landlords by Justine Marcus Creating a safe and healthy home for someone with asthma is challenging. The home can play host to many serious asthma triggers, including pests… 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
February 8th, 2017
Alternative Financing Mechanisms: Exploring Options for Healthy Homes Services
Alternative Financing Mechanisms: Exploring Options for Healthy Homes Services by Lillian Agbeyegbe The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) is a “go-to” resource for practitioners in the housing as healthcare industry. We get inquiries regularly: “Where is… More
January 27th, 2017
NCHH Authors Contribute to Three New Articles About the Impact of Healthy Housing Programs
NCHH Authors Contribute to Three New Articles About the Impact of Healthy Housing Programs Media Contact: Christopher Bloom, 443.539.4154, cbloom@nchh.org COLUMBIA, MD (January 27, 2017) — The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice has published three… More
January 24th, 2017
The Silent Killer
The Silent Killer by Christopher Bloom No one heard the door open or a window shatter. Nobody saw a figure enter the small, darkened one-story home at the corner of Antioch Avenue in a slumbering Maryland neighborhood.… More