The Alliance offers trainings
in selected healthy homes topics to non-profit organizations, state and local
governments and others.
Ongoing: Healthy Homes Policy
The Alliance is working to catalyze a national conversation
about health and housing. In addition to the latest research that increasingly
documents the importance of housing condition as a determinant of health, there
is action and interest in healthy homes at the local, state, and federal levels.
Throughout the country, community groups are working to prevent and correct
housing-related health hazards, numerous state legislatures and health departments
are grappling with mold and other health hazards, and there is growing interest
in Congress to pursue national legislation on healthy homes. There is both the
opportunity to build upon the change that is already beginning and the necessity
to avoid policymaking in a vacuum that could lock in unworkable approaches.
Capturing this momentum will expedite positive change and prevent outcomes that
are counterproductive.
The Alliance is reaching out to many different constituencies
to hone a policy agenda for healthy homes. Our objectives are both to draw on
the experiences and expertise of different stakeholders as well as build broad
support for policy solutions.
