Priorities

CHHC members address healthy housing from multiple perspectives. As a result, the coalition’s priorities represent a comprehensive approach towards achieving healthy housing for all. CHHC organizes itself into three workgroups focused on the following priorities:

•  Habitability – Combat substandard housing conditions affecting many low-income renters, such as pest infestations and mold.

•  Indoor Air Quality – Reduce exposure to contaminants in the home, including pesticides, tobacco smoke, and outdoor pollution.
  

•  Lead Poisoning Prevention – Eliminate exposure to lead hazards in the home and improve the identification of and support to lead poisoned children.

 Healthy Housing Updates

  October 2018

New Resource: IPM in Rental Housing   

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the most effective and least harmful way to address pests.  By addressing the root causes of pest problems, IPM serves as a long term solution to pest problems that advoids the costly, routine pesticide applications commonly used in rental housing.  To encourage more property owners to adopt IPM and a more effective and healthier alternative to routine spraying on their rental properties, CHHC members  members developed a series of short videos to encourage landlords to transition to the use of Integrated Pest Management.  Videos include:

• What is IPM?
  
• Why Use IPM?
• Getting Started: Implementing IPM on Your Property
  

In addition to the videos, our IPM webpage has a wide range of resources to help landlords and property managers make the transition.

March 2018

2018 ANNUAL MEETING A SUCCESS!

Thanks to the new and returning members who attended this year's Annual Meeting in Sacramento (March 26-27).  The Annual Meeting is the coalition's one in-person meeting of the year where we hear from experts in the field and establish priorities for the year ahead.

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