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Healthy Housing Challenge. National Center for Healthy Housing www.nchh.org. Putting the Principles of Healthy Homes into Practice . Home repair and rehab at no cost to low-income homeowners. National network of 187 affiliates . 100,000 volunteers mobilized annually. 5,000 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
[email protected] 703-508-0035
Jim Coburn, Program ManagerRebuilding Together Philadelphia
Amanda Walz, Director, Corporate EngagementRebuilding Together