1. Healthy Housing Challenge Putting the Principles of Healthy Homes into Practice National Center for Healthy Housing www.nchh.org

2. National Center for Healthy Housing Subject matter experts in healthy homes Evidence-based policy change National and grassroots advocacy National Healthy Housing Training Center and Network Practical solutions for high risk homes

3. 3 Home repair and rehab at no cost to low-income homeowners National network of 187 affiliates 100,000 volunteers mobilized annually 5,000 homes repaired each year Strategic focus: Safe and Healthy Housing

4. RT Philadelphia Block Builds

5. Critical Repairs

6. Meeting Our Clients’ Critical Needs

7. Weatherization and Moisture Management

8. Older, Low-Income Homes Pose Far Greater Health and Safety Risks  Moisture, mold and ventilation problems  Asthma triggers  Carbon monoxide  Pests and pesticides  Other toxic exposures  Fire and elec. hazards  Trip and fall hazards

9. Healthy Housing Challenge “Learning Community” 9 RT affiliates worked with NCHH in an iterative, cross- learning process (2012-2013) Practical tools to help affiliates expand the scope and improve the quality of repairs Challenge tools and training are now available to all RT affiliates

10. Healthy Housing Challenge “Tools” 1. Healthy Housing Repair and Rehab Training2. Challenge’s 22 Health and Safety Goals3. Solutions-based approach to home assessment 4. Repair Specs for 350 common repairs5. Challenge Healthy Home Manager electronic tool6. Healthy Housing Challenge Fundraising Toolkit

11. Healthy Housing Rehab and Repair Training  1½-day training for whoever assesses homes, develops SOWs, and oversees volunteer teams  Explains how the Principles of Healthy Homes and the basics of building science apply to home repair  Prerequisite for Wells Fargo HH Challenge grant  Challenge Trainings now being offered to all affiliates 11

12. Delivering Clear Results  22 Health and Safety Goals guide Challenge projects (see handout)  Challenge Project Summary Report highlights the progress achieved on each goal

13.  Recognize all significant health and safety hazards  Support development of a detailed Statement of Work More Systematic Home Assessments More Detailed SOWs

14. Comparison of Approaches to Home Assessment Problem-Based: Back gutter is bent and hanging loose, and water from downspouts is puddling against the foundation. Solution-Based: Remove old gutter and install 24 feet of 5 inch white aluminum gutter sloped from the middle to 3x4 inch downspouts 10 feet long at each corner, with extensions to direct water 6 feet from the foundation.

15. Challenge Repair Specs for 350 Repairs  Performance-based specification  Key design features to note  Likely skill level  Cost of materials  Step-by-step instructions  Links to “how-to” videos  Special tools needed

16. Challenge Healthy Home Manager (CHHM)  Draws on the Challenge’s Repair Specs using a SQL database  Guides the home assessment by presenting a menu of relevant repairs for each area/room  Generates a detailed Statement of Work  Helps affiliates manage projects :  Triage, budgeting, assigning tasks to teams/ contractors, deferring tasks  Currently available only to Rebuilding Together affiliates 16

17. Demonstration of CHHM Repair Spec Library General Info about the home Entering a repair Including a photo Generating SOW

18. Meeting Our Clients’ Critical Housing Needs  Wells Fargo launched the HH Challenge in March 2013  Freddie Mac is the Challenge’s second national sponsor  Opportunity for other foundations and corporations to sponsor  Resources to help affiliates raise funds locally:  Challenge Fundraising Toolkit  “Science Supports Action Now to Make High-Risk Homes Healthier”

19. For Additional Information about the Challenge Don Ryan, Senior Advisor National Center for Healthy Housing donryanemail@gmail.com 703-508-0035 Jim Coburn, Program Manager Rebuilding Together Philadelphia jim@rebuildingphilly.org Amanda Walz, Director, Corporate Engagement Rebuilding Together awalz@rebuildingtogether.org