Healthy Housing in the News - Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

New Federal Bills to Support Funding & Policies to Eliminate Lead Poisoning

More than 40 years after lead-based paint was banned, the toxic legacy of lead continues to rob our nation's children of their opportunity to achieve their lifelong promise The United States Senate has proposed a 4% increase in funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office...

September 25, 2019

GHHI President & CEO on HCBiz Show – Pay for Success in Social Innovation

HCBiz Show

Listen to GHHI President & CEO @RuthAnnNorton being interviewed on a #HCBiz Show! podcast where she describes GHHI’s Pay for Success and value-based purchasing projects and how GHHI is applying these innovative financing models to fund preventive healthy homes services across the...

September 17, 2019

EPA Not Effectively Implementing the Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule

Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its report today entitled EPA Not Effectively Implementing the Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule The OIG report finds that “the EPA does not have an effective strategy to implement and enforce the lead-based paint...

September 9, 2019

In the News

Jackson Fights Lead Hazards in Homes With New Program

Jackson Free Press

Some older Jackson homes with lead-based paint could get a little safer, especially for children, under a new program City leaders announced Monday.

#Residents with houses built before 1978 can have their homes tested for lead-based paint, which is known to cause serious health issues, and remedied if necessary under the new Lead Safe Housing Program. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development donated $1.3 million to fund the program.

June 18, 2019

Lead

Task force launches campaigns to address housing concerns

Observer - Dispatch

Local elected officials and nonprofits came together Tuesday to announce two separate campaigns aimed at improving regional housing options.

June 6, 2019