Welcome to NCHH's Healthy Homes 
Resources Page

Healthy Homes Maintenance Checklist [pdf]

Steps for Creating a Healthier Home:  Costs for a Typical Two-story Single-family Home [pdf]

"Ask NCHH" Healthy Homes Briefs
Carpets and Healthy Homes

Creating healthier housing promotes the healthy growth and development of children

Fact sheets for a Healthy Home [pdf]
Allergy Factsheet
Radon Fact sheet
Safe Pest Control Fact sheet
Carbon Monoxide Fact sheet
Mold Fact sheet
Home Safety Fact sheet
Asthma Fact sheet
Lead Fact sheet
Help yourself to a Healthy Home: Asthma and Allergies
Help yourself to a Healthy Home: Mold
Help yourself to a Healthy Home: Pesticides
Help yourself to a Healthy Home: Indoor Air Quality

Factsheets for Older Adults and their Caregivers
Background on the Importance of Healthy Housing for Older Adults - Prepared by the National Center for Healthy Housing

EPA factsheets
Please click on the link below to download the following EPA factsheets (these factsheets are also available in large print and have been translated into 16 different languages):
Environmental Hazards Weigh Heavy on the Heart
Age Healthier, Breathe Easier
It's Too Darn Hot: Planning for Excessive Heat Events
Effective Control of Household Pests
Water Works
Diabetes and Environmental Hazards
Women and Environmental Health
epa.gov/aging/resources/factsheets/index.htm#fs

Alzheimer's Caregiving at Home
A Five-Part Workshop Planning Kit

Healthy Homes Research
NCHH convened a Healthy Homes Expert Panel
Do Green buildings improve the health of residents?
Is window repair a long-term lead hazard control strategy?
Providence Healthy Homes Study
Milwaukee Healthy Homes Study
The Relationship Between Housing and Health: Children at Risk Workshop
Healthier Homes, Stronger Families

Healthy Homes Training
Healthy Homes Training Center and Network
Creating healthier housing promotes the healthy growth and development of children and has the potential to save billions in health care costs. Find out about the latest healthy housing research and learn about efforts to advance healthy housing policy.
Click here to go to the National Healthy Homes Training Center and Network
Click here to go to the National Healthy Homes Clearinghouse website

Healthy and Affordable Housing: Practical Recommendations for Building, Renovating, and Maintaining Housing
Read This: Before You Design, Build or Renovate [pdf]
Read This: Before You Move In [pdf]
Read This: Before You Turn Over a Unit [pdf]

Healthy and affordable Housing: Practical Recommendations for Meeting Your Ventilation Requirements
Read This: Before You Ventilate [pdf]

Choosing Flooring
Choosing Flooring for Affordable Housing: Healthier and Cost Effective Options The flooring options table and flooring matrix were developed for the Asthma Regional Council with support from ERT Associates, ICF Consulting, and Harvard/MIT graduate students.

Stair Safety for Healthy Homes
Stair Safety: Causes and Prevention of Residential Stair Injuries by the Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Department of Design and Environmental Analysis

Stair Safety, A Review of the Literature and Data Concerning Stair Geometry and Other Characteristics by Prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, Washington, D.C. 20410, by the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, November 1992.

Air cleaning devices for the home - frequently asked questions - California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board [pdf]

Healthy homes harbor healthy households [pdf]
Ubiquitous mold, a particular problem in bathrooms, kitchens, and basements, can trigger asthma attacks, the eight most common condition suffered by Americans.

Click here for a comprehensive listing of books designed to help you construct or remodel your home in a healthy way.

List of Healthy Housing Assessment Tools
Provides information about tools used to assess healthy homes hazards. Over 40 tools are listed, along with information about the hazards they cover and how to access them.

The Tenant's Guide to Mold
This About Your House is for people living in rented apartments or houses. An apartment can be a multiunit building or a suite in a house. Cleaning up mold can either be the tenant's or the landlord's responsibility - or a responsibility shared by the tenant and the landlord.

Creating Affordable, Allergen-Free Housing: What Rural Developers Need to Know
Rural developers engaged in the rehabilitation of older homes and the construction of new homes have an ideal opportunity to create healthier housing for their clients.

Triclosan Hazards...Continued- Trade group misleads on common antibacterial agent [pdf] (Article provided by Beyond Pesticides from Pesticides and You.)

Training Manual on Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting it Into Practice - Childhood Lead Toxicity [pdf]

Homemade Cleaners
By Consumers Union
www.healthyhouseinstitute.com/a_854-Homemade_Cleaners

10 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Chemicals
By Consumers Union
www.healthyhouseinstitute.com/a_855-10_Ways_to_Reduce_Your_Exposure_to_Chemicals

Air Purifiers - Filtering the Claims (with Ratings)
By Consumers Union
www.healthyhouseinstitute.com/a_856-Air_Purifiers_Filtering_the_Claims

Healthy Homes Publications

You may download Help Yourself to a Healthy Home: Protect Your Children's Health in (Acrobat) pdf format. File size: 1,372 kb

Click here to download On Closer Inspection--Learning to Look at the Whole Home Environment recently published in the May 2005 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives Environews Innovations