To promote policies that make housing healthy, dozens of national organizations have prepared recommendations–including
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation CommissionBuildHealthierAmerica,
- Boston doctors docs4kids report
- National Center for Healthy Housing HousingInterventionsHealth
- Greensboro Housing Coalition GHCPolicySummitPresentation (yes, we are a national leader, presenting Greensboro’s model at the National Healthy Homes Policy Summit).
- Click here for the full HHPolicySummitReport and here for the HHPolicySummitProceedings.
- The Surgeon General issued a comprehensive report calling for action to be taken now to improve health by improving housing conditions. See a calltoactiontopromotehealthyhomes.
- When we don’t have healthy homes, it costs us all– EconomicCostSubstandardHousing.pdf.