1 Tools to Launch a Healthy Homes Program

2 Types of Tools n For Home Visits — Residents — Property Managers n For the Community — Enforcement Agencies — Redevelopment Agencies — Private Sector — Community Organizations

3 What is purpose of home visit? n Assess Situation — Comprehensive Review of Conditions — Code Compliance — Health Impacts — Specific Problem n Educate Owner and Occupant — Investigate Further — Change Behavior — Make Investment in Repairs n Monitor / Correct Situation — Ongoing Tracking of Dangers — Control Hazards

4 Visual Assessment n CEHRC Visual Survey n NCHH Pediatric Environmental Home Assessment n CDC/NCHH Healthy Homes Inspection Manual n Others — Home Inspection for Home Sales — Pest Control Inspection — Local Code Inspection — Specific Hazards: Lead, Asbestos, Radon, Mold

5 CEHRC Visual Survey Report n CEHRC – Community Environmental Health Resource Center by the Alliance for Healthy Homes n Purposes: — One-page Summary — Identify Sampling Needs — Identify Code Violations n

6 NCHH Ped. Env. Home Assessment n NCHH – National Center for Healthy Housing n Purposes: — Identify Health Problems — Nurses and Healthcare Professionals — Connect to Action Plan n

7 Consumer Tools – Dry n Moisture Meter — Pin-Type — Pin-Less n Humidity Meter?

8 Consumer Tools – Clean n High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Vacuum / Filter n Bucket and Elbow Grease

9 Consumer Tools – Pest-Free n Exclusion n Housekeeping n Cockroach Baits n Cockroach Glue Traps n Boric Acid? n Rodent Traps? n Other Pesticides?

10 Consumer Tools – Ventilated n Toilet Paper n Carbon Monoxide Alarm n Furnace Filters n CO Meter? n Humidity Meter?

11 Consumer Tools – Safe n Child-Safety Devices n Smoke Alarm

12 Consumer Tools – Contaminant-Free n Radon Test Kits n Lead Dust Wipe Kits n Lead Soil and Paint Kits n Asbestos Sampling Kits? n Mold Sampling Kits? n Water Sampling Kits?

13 Consumer Tools – Maintained n NCHH Maintenance Checklist

14 Other Educational Materials n HUD’s Help Yourself to a Healthy Home n CDC/HUD Healthy Homes Reference Manual n n

15 For the Community n Laws — Minimum Standards — Disclosure — Landlord Tenant n Resources — Funds — People — Efficiency — Leveraging

16 Federal Laws n Lead-Hazard — Professional Licensing — Abatement — Disclosure at Property Sale or Lease — Pre-Renovation Notice by Contractors — Renovation, Repair and Painting – pending — HUD Subsidized Property n Asbestos — Demolition or Renovation — Four of more units n Pesticides — Registration and Labeling n Consumer Products — Consumer Products Safety Commission — Food and Drug Administration

17 State and Local Laws n Housing Code n Building / Residential Code n Sanitation / Health Code n Landlord-Tenant Laws n Special Hazards — Pest Control Operator Licensing — Pests — Lead-Based Paint — Asbestos — Radon — Mold

18 Resources n Funds — Grants — Loans — Penalties n People — Who is going into homes? n Efficiency — Coordinating Resources — One-Touch n Leveraging — Green Developments — Weatherization — Community Development