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Press Release: Healthy Home Evaluator Credential Launches Nationally

October 6, 2016, Malta, NY – The Building Performance Institute (BPI) announced the nationwide launch of the Healthy Home Evaluator (HHE) certification. Developed in partnership with the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI), the credential will help the nation’s healthy housing, weatherization, and home performance workforce conduct assessments in homes to determine conditions that may adversely affect occupant health and safety.

Post: Strategic Plan to End Childhood Lead Poisoning

Download the Strategic Plan to End Childhood Lead Poisoning The toxic legacy of lead poisoning continues to undermine the health, economic and social outcomes for so many of our communities, … Continued

Post: October: GHHI National News

In October GHHI President and CEO Ruth Ann Norton served on a panel of experts from the housing and health sectors to discuss HUD’s proposed Lead Safe Housing Rule. Earlier, GHHI … Continued

Post: October: Healthy Housing News

POLICY & LEGISLATION The Environmental Defense Fund has designed a tool to track down federal actions regarding lead poisoning prevention. Not only does it show that sound policy helps reduce … Continued

Press Release: Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Receives $1.8 Million Foundation Grant to Expand Effective “Pay for Success” Program

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant will double the number of cities developing home-based interventions to reduce asthma among children from low-income families BALTIMORE, Md. December, 23, 2015 – The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has … Continued

Post: Non-Energy Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Programs in Multifamily Housing: the Clean Power Plan and Policy Implications

This paper was first presented at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE’s) 2016 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. It was presented as part of the ‘Resilient, … Continued

Press Release: HUD Announces Proposed New Lead Safe Housing Rule

September 1, 2016, Providence, RI – The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative joined U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD’s) Secretary Julián Castro and U.S. Senator Jack Reed at a press event here yesterday, where Castro announced a proposed amendment to HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule, critical to reducing blood lead levels in young children who reside in federally-owned or -assisted housing.

Post: National Lead Summit – End Lead Poisoning in 5 Years

The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, Healthy Babies Bright Futures, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the National Center for Healthy Housing have joined forces to convene leaders, … Continued

Post: Employee Spotlight: Lewiston-Auburn Outcome Broker Wendy Collet

Normally GHHI Outcome Broker Wendy Collet can be found running around her town of Lewiston-Auburn, Maine for a million meetings – with partners and stakeholders to raise awareness of healthy … Continued

Post: Healthy Housing News

Policy & Legislation Many state Medicaid programs fall short of adequate home intervention coverage for asthma care, according to results released by the American Lung Association’s Asthma Care Coverage Project that tracks state Medicaid programs’ … Continued

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