National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH)

NEW PUBLICATION: NCHH created this tool for technical assistance, "Using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding to Improve Indoor Air Quality," to support local and state leaders (e.g., governments, agencies, programs, advocates, et cetera) in understanding how CDBG funding can be used to accomplish housing repairs designed to create healthier, safer indoor environments. We use indoor air quality (IAQ) as an example of a housing-based environmental subject that CDBG funding can help to address throughout this brief, but the background and strategies could be applied across a range of housing health and safety hazards depending on your community priorities. We present opportunities, real-world examples, and discussion points to help communities consider how their CDBG programs can integrate priority IAQ solutions. Out now: https://lnkd.in/e-kRBaav #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalHealth #HealthyHomes

Check out our 2024 Healthy Housing State Fact Sheets! This series spotlights the prevalence and financial burden of unsafe housing (asthma, lead poisoning, radon, CO exposure, falls), using data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Annie E. Casey Foundation, the U.S. Census Bureau, and other reliable sources. Access this USA fact sheet or one for the state/territory of your choice at https://lnkd.in/eaAKZ3xz. #PublicHealth #HealthyHomes #HealthyHousing

In response to our partners' requests for capacity building at an operational level, NCHH's longtime Chief Operating Officer, Michelle Harvey, has compiled a general framework for those who are either starting or growing a nonprofit organization. Check out her "Strong Foundations" blog here and hit the ground running: https://bit.ly/Blog_2408A. #Toolkit #NGO

Happy Fall! It's time for another round of home maintenance! Download NCHH's popular Healthy Homes Maintenance Checklist to organize and prioritize your home improvements to ensure safety and health. It's free! http://bit.ly/HHmaint_Eng #HUDHealthyHomes #FallIsHere #Autumn

HOT OFF THE PRESS! NCHH Chief Scientist Dr. David Jacobs is but one of many esteemed public health experts featured in "Textbook of Children's Environmental Health, Second Edition," recently published by Oxford University Press. Check it out: bit.ly/OUP_CEH2

Thanks to everyone who joined today in support of #NLPPW2024, for your replies, reposts, and promotion and for making our eighth #NLPPWchat a success! Thanks to the researchers, agencies, advocates, citizens, practitioners, and funders working to make living spaces healthier.

#NLPPWchat Q10: In keeping with the theme of bright futures, what’s your vision of how we’ll be talking about lead poisoning 50 years from now? What partners will help us realize that vision? (Maybe you met one of them today? Don’t forget to tag them!) #NLPPW2024 #LeadFreeKids

#NLPPWchat Q9: It's been a big month for lead (EPA’s final rule, new funding for LSL replacement, HUD Healthy Homes’ historic level of grant funding). Are you celebrating any other wins at the local, state, or federal level? What gave you hope this year? #NLPPW2024 #LeadFreeKids

#NLPPWchat Q8: Following a summer of extreme heat and a fall with unrelenting storms, the impact of climate change is being felt across the nation. Why should young people worried about climate change also care about lead poisoning prevention? #NLPPW2024 #LeadFreeKids

#NLPPWchat Q7: As a field, we have decades of experience in addressing lead hazards and responding to lead-exposed children. Are there still gaps in our knowledge? What are they? What kind of innovation does the field need? Who can help fill those gaps? #NLPPW2024 #LeadFreeKids