Oct. 29, 2006 | Designing and Administering Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs:
Lessons Learned Update - Evaluating Lessons Learned from HUD Lead Hazard Control Grantees Report is now available. |
Oct. 17, 2006 | Healthy Homes from A - Z. The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) has created a comprehensive database of peer-reviewed research and guidance documents related to healthy homes issues through the National Healthy Housing Clearinghouse. Click here for more information and the link that will take you directly to the National Healthy Housing Clearinghouse. |
Sept., 2006 | National Center for Healthy Housing Rates Green Building Programs - read the article in Environmental Building News [pdf] |
Sept., 2006 | The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) joined several other non-profit organizations in a letter to HUD regarding recommendations for improving the response rate to the HUD Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Program. Click here to read the letter [pdf] |
Sept., 2006 | Dust Lead Test Kit Study: This project compared the performance of trained and untrained individuals in the use of field kits for settled dust lead testing. The report, "A Comparison of Settled Dust Lead Test Kits When Used by Consumers and Trained Professionals" is now available. Click here for more information and to download the report. |
June, 2006 | The symposium brought together health, housing, and energy professionals to examine the benefits of window replacement Click here to read the Window Replacement Symposium report |
June, 2006 | The Asthma and Weatherization in Maine report is available. Click here to read the summary and to download the report. |
May, 2006 | The Medical College of Wisconsin collected data to study the effect of the program intervention on quality-of-life indicators for asthmatic children and their families. Results of the Milwaukee Healthy Homes Study
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May, 2006 | NCHH, Enterprise, and Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans are carrying out a demonstration project to provide critical information about the cost of and best approaches for decontaminating homes that were damaged by flooding from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.The project team has created a "how-to" guide. Creating a Healthy Home - A Field Guide for Clean-up of Flooded Homes. |
April, 2006 | NCHH compared major national green building and indoor air quality guideleins with its own set of recommended healthy housing criteria to assess the extent to which these programs protect residents from health and safety hazards "Comparing Green Building Guidelines and Healthy Homes Principles: A Preliminary Investigation" . |
April, 2006 | EPA Recognizes the 2006 Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award Recipients: National Center for Healthy Housing and Enterprise Community Partners Receive Award |
April, 2006 | A Guide to Implementing a Home-Based Child Care Lead Safety Program is a 180-page document detailing the lessons learned during implementation of the pilot. All documents are in pdf format and may be reproduced for use by other projects. Click here to read more about the Lead Elimination Action (LEAP) project. |
March, 2006 | The National Center for Healthy Housing recommends seven steps to create a maintain a healthy habitat in the home. Click here to read the seven steps in Balanced Living Magazine. |
Feb. 2006 | NCHH Annual Report for 2005 may be downloaded in pdf (Acrobat) format. File size is 4,080 kb. |
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