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HUD's Healthy Homes Strategic Plan

The Spring 09 Healthy Homes Newsletter

2008 National Healthy Homes Conference Website

Healthy Homes for Healthy Kids Campaign

[Image: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009] Resources for Recovery Act Grantees

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides new opportunities to enable communities to address dangerous hazards in the home that threaten families, and puts financial resources in local communities to create jobs and stimulate the local economy. Resources are available for our Recovery Act Grantees on the OHHLHC Recovery Act Website.

What's New

New "Big Buy" Reimbursement Program Announced

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act New Grantee Orientation

2009 Program Managers' School

New Grantee Start-up Resources

HUD Resources

Information for water-damaged Homes: HUD has guidance and step-by-step instructions on how to find and clean up mold to keep you and your family safe!

Controlling and Preventing Household Mold and Moisture Problems

Previously announced NOFAs

All Grantees: Access the Quarterly Progress Reporting System. For technical difficulties email.

Contact OHHLHC Staff

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HUD Strongly Encourages Non-Smoking Policies in Public Housing

HUD has published a Notice strongly encouraging Public Housing Authorities to implement non-smoking policies in some or all of their public housing units. On July 17, 2009, HUD posted the Notice issued jointly by the Office of Public and Indian Housing and the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.

HUD Announces $4M in Funding Under FY 2009 NOFA for Healthy Homes Technical Studies

Cooperative agreements will fund technical studies to improve existing methods for detecting and controlling housing-related health and safety hazards, to develop new methods to detect and control these hazards, and to improve our knowledge of housing-related health and safety hazards. More information is available.

HUD announces Healthy Homes Strategic Plan

HUD announces Healthy Homes Strategic Plan to focus the Department's efforts towards providing healthy homes for all Americans. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Surgeon General's "Call to Action to Promote Healthy Homes". HUD, CDC, and the Surgeon General commited to advance efforts to address housing-related health hazards confronting families. Read the Plans below:

HUD Announces $117M in Funding Under FY 2009 NOFA to Reduce Lead-Based Paint Hazards

Approximately $69 million for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and $48 million is available for the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program. More information is available.

EPA/HUD Model Renovator Course Lead Safety for Renovation, Repair and Painting Announced

EPA, in collaboration with HUD, issue Model RRP course to train renovation, repair, and painting contractors how to work safely in housing with lead-based paint and comply with EPA's Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, and HUD's Lead Safe Housing Rule. Visit the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) site for details.

2008 National Healthy Homes Conference presentations are here!

The Office of Public and Indian Housing updated its lead regulatory guidance to field staff by issuing guidance describing how lead safety is addressed in all of its programs, and by issuing a lead compliance toolkit for the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Both documents are on a single PIH Guidance Web page in the Guidebooks section of HUDclips.