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NCHH Accomplishments

NCHH Accomplishments

 

Healthy Homes

  • Created a cost-effective strategy for rehabilitating homes that experienced hurricane-related flooding through a demonstration project involving four homes in New Orleans. Developed and distributed a field guide on safe cleanup procedures to thousands of homeowners in the Gulf and in flooded areas of the Northeast.
  • Evaluated the effectiveness of a package of housing treatments on levels of allergens in housings and asthma severity in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Collected data for 121 homes.
  • Characterized the condition of units before and after a healthy housing intervention in 120 homes in Phoenix, Arizona. Injury hazards were significantly reduced and ninety-eight percent of the parents believed that their child’s health improved.
  • Trained over 8,000 health, environmental, and housing professionals in healthy homes principles through the National Healthy Homes Training Center.
  • Launched an online Healthy Homes Clearinghouse over 800 articles and guidance documents.
  • Trained housing authority staff and residents in integrated pest management practices and signed an MOU with housing authorities to reduce pesticide use.
  • Encouraged the incorporation of healthy homes in green, energy, and disaster-related programs by completing a critical analysis of green building programs. Participated in the Washington, DC green building task force resulting in the passage of a Green Building Ordinance.
  • Worked with the Alliance for Healthy Homes to ensure promulgation of an effective EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule, testifying on the rule and submitting formal comments based on NCHH’s research.
  • Partnered with the Enterprise Community Partners to create a healthier indoor environment for at least 150 children in home-based child care.
  • Collaborated with the City of Milwaukee and Fight Asthma Milwaukee Allies to document the level of environmental allergens in 75 homes of children with moderate to severe asthma. 

Lead Poisoning Prevention

  • Provided technical assistance to health departments in primary and secondary prevention of lead poisoning and evaluated the Washington, DC lead poisoning prevention case management system.
  • Administered a national HUD initiative that trained 15,000 housing professionals in lead-safe work practices and the lead certification disciplines.
  • Created a "Library of Low-Cost Lead Hazard Reduction Options," for use by housing rehabilitation programs implementing the Federal Lead-Safe Housing Rule requirements.
  • Conducted a scientific evaluation of the programs of 14 state and city recipients of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant program funds.
  • Developed the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing, published by HUD in July 1995 and guidance for cities, states, and municipalities seeking to integrate lead-based paint issues into their Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategies.
  • Determined the extent to which weatherization activities (energy efficiency) create lead-based paint hazards. Collected data from 60 units and submitted a final report to Oakridge National Laboratory. 

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