Healthy Housing in the News

The poet Muriel Rukeyser once said something like this: The Universe is not made of atoms; it's made of stories I think that conferences are made of stories too, like the one I'm at this week, the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC) Annual Conference in Baltimore,...

Forty percent of asthma episodes are caused by preventable hazards found in homes, including mold and dust mites Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grantee Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) is helping low-income individuals and families reduce such asthma triggers in their households Read...

Can we shift the conversation in Washington from "waste, fraud and abuse" to "what works and let's fund it, instead" Read the full blog post featuring GHHI's pay for success project on IBM Center for The Business of Government

Ruth Ann Norton of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) shares the ways their award winning program has achieved success in improving asthma outcomes by tackling asthma with non-traditional approaches that go beyond clinical care Read the full story at AsthmaCommunityNetworkorg

Perhaps the most significant event when it comes to changing policy -- and, as a result, likely to be the one least reported on by traditional media -- will be the first annual celebration of the Rhode Island Alliance for Healthy Homes, on Wednesday, June 3, from noon to 2 pm, at the Rhode...