Harnessing innovation and interagency coordination to create healthy homes

The presentation will focus on major initiatives in the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC) to create and promote “healthy housing”. Initiatives targeted to HUD's housing programs include: facilitating the creation of smoke-free multifamily housing; the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM), and grants to support the improvement of asthma control in HUD-assisted multifamily housing. The OHHLHC is also facilitating an initiative in which philanthropic organizations are teaming with local housing and weatherization programs to integrate delivery of energy retrofits and healthy homes interventions in low income housing. Finally, highlights from the Federal Strategy for Action on healthy housing will be presented.