Healthy Housing in the News - Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

GHHI Welcomes New Partner Site Pittsburgh/Allegheny County

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

GHHI welcomed Pittsburgh/Allegheny County as a new partner site on Friday, July 21st Pittsburgh marks the 19th partner site established by GHHI The partnership will allow GHHI to give guidance and technical assistance to government, non-profit, and for-profit partners to address environmental...

July 24, 2017

Carson Backs Sale of Public Housing Units

The Baltimore Sun

Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said Thursday he wants to push a proposal to significantly expand a program that allows cities such as Baltimore to sell public housing units to private developers in order to raise money for repairs.

June 30, 2017

Ben Carson Understands the Link Between Health and Housing

The Baltimore Sun

Today, during the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) National Healthy Homes Month, Secretary Ben Carson will travel to Baltimore to advocate for safe, lead-free and healthy homes in a city that has faced significant challenges with hazardous housing and keeping kids healthy.

June 29, 2017

EPA Administrator Responds To Petition To Maintain Lead Poisoning Regulations

EPA

See the attached link for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's response to the petition the GHHI was a signatory to that called on the EPA to maintain and strengthen lead regulations Click here for Mr Pruitt's letter

June 1, 2017

Housing that Ruins Your Finances and Your Health

The New York Times

Of the nearly one million foreclosed houses sold by Fannie Mae, the government-run mortgage giant, since the housing bust, tens of thousands were decrepit, moldy and unfit for human habitation.

January 2, 2017

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