Policies & Programs, filtered by "Housing and Transit" and "Improve housing quality"
Policies and programs that can improve health
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Healthy home environment assessments
Train volunteers, professionals, or paraprofessionals to help residents assess and remediate environmental home health risks and recommend low cost changes (e.g., improved ventilation, integrated pest management, etc.)
Household lead control education interventions
Inform parents about lead exposure pathways and cleaning and hygiene techniques and undertake minor repairs or specialized cleaning
Housing rehabilitation loan & grant programs
Provide funding, primarily to low or median income families, to repair, improve, or modernize dwellings and remove health or safety hazards
Integrated pest management for indoor use
Support a four-tiered approach to indoor pest control that minimizes potential hazards to people, property, and the environment
Lead paint abatement programs
Eliminate lead-based paint and contaminated dust by removing or encapsulating lead paint, or removing lead painted fixtures and surfaces
Radon mitigation programs
Prevent radon from entering occupied buildings and reduce existing indoor air radon levels via soil depressurization, home or room pressurization, heat recovery ventilation, etc.
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
Provide assistance to low income families to make their homes more energy efficient and to permanently reduce their energy bills