NCHH and the Alliance for Healthy Homes hosted a National Healthy Housing Policy Summit in Washington, DC on May 7, 2009.
The Summit brought together a roundtable of leading organizations and experts in:
- Housing, public health and environmental policy;
- Housing finance, construction, codes, rehabilitation, management;
- Green building, energy efficiency, indoor air quality and environmental health; and
- Tenant rights, homeownership and community organizing.
This was the first national meeting to bring together a "G-40" of leaders from an array of disciplines to focus on the best policies, programs and practices to create healthier housing for America's families. The National Healthy Housing Policy Summit "busted silos," built new bridges, strengthened relationships, and exchanged new ideas.
The Summit was a collaboration of several partners, including the American Public Health Association, Enterprise Community Partners, LivingCities, NeighborWorks America, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and the National Environmental Health Association. Funding support was generously provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Home Depot Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America.
We were honored to be joined by Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders and U.S. Senator Jack Reed.
To view the Organizational Commitments to Promote Healthy Housing, please click here. To view the program for the Summit, please click here.
One outcome from this meeting was the creation of the National Safe and Healthy Housing Coalition. For more information, please click here.
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| United States Senator Jack Reed - Rhode Island |
Rebecca Morley, Executive Director
National Center for Healthy Housing
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Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Professor of Pediatrics
Arkansas Medical Center, formerly Surgeon General of the Public Health Service |
Rebecca Morley, National Center for Healthy Housing
Kelly Cafarelli, President, Home Depot Foundation
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