Healthy Housing Challenge

Putting the Principles of Healthy Homes into Practice

National Center for Healthy Housing

www.nchh.org

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

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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

RT Philadelphia Block Builds

Critical Repairs

Meeting Our Clients’ Critical Needs

Weatherization and Moisture Management

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

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

Healthy Housing Challenge

“Tools”1. Healthy Housing Repair and Rehab Training

2. Challenge’s 22 Health and Safety Goals

3. Solutions-based approach to home assessment

4. Repair Specs for 350 common repairs

5. Challenge Healthy Home Manager electronic tool

6. Healthy Housing Challenge Fundraising Toolkit

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

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Delivering Clear Results 22 Health and Safety Goals guide Challenge

projects (see handout) Challenge Project Summary Report highlights

the progress achieved on each goal

Recognize all significant health and safety hazards

Support development of a detailed Statement of Work

More Systematic Home Assessments

More Detailed SOWs

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.

Challenge Repair Specs for 350 Repairs

Performance-based specificationKey design features to noteLikely skill levelCost of materialsStep-by-step instructionsLinks to “how-to” videosSpecial tools needed

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

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Demonstration of CHHM

Repair Spec Library

General Info about the home

Entering a repair

Including a photo

Generating SOW

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”

For Additional Information about the Challenge

Don Ryan, Senior AdvisorNational Center for Healthy Housing

donryanemail@gmail.com 703-508-0035

Jim Coburn, Program ManagerRebuilding Together Philadelphia

jim@rebuildingphilly.org

Amanda Walz, Director, Corporate EngagementRebuilding Together

awalz@rebuildingtogether.org