Blog - Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

Energy Inefficiency Disproportionately Hurts Low Income Baltimoreans

Homes that are energy inefficient and lack proper weatherization contribute to deteriorated housing conditions, poor indoor air quality and moisture intrusion These conditions can exacerbate asthma, generate chipping lead-based paint that results in lead poisoning and can cause other toxic...

By Ruth Ann Norton on August 19, 2019

Healthy Housing

NO LEAD Act Advocacy Statement

GHHI applauds Congressman Dan Kildee and Senator Tammy Duckworth for reintroducing the NO LEAD Act (National Opportunity for Lead Exposure Accountability and Deterrence) on July 10, 2019 to update the Lead and Copper Rule to better protect children and families at risk of poisoning from lead in...

By Ruth Ann Norton on July 11, 2019

Duty to Protect: Enhancing the Federal Framework to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning and Exposure to Environmental Harm

The Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics will be publishing the article Duty to Protect: Enhancing the Federal Framework to Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning and Exposure to Environmental Harm which provides a comprehensive overview of the dangers of lead exposure, details the federal...

June 21, 2019

Interactive Lead Funding Toolkit Released for Practitioners by GHHI

LEAD FUNDING TOOLKIT The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) announces the release of the Lead Funding Toolkit: a publicly-available, web-based practitioner's guide including over 40 sources of funding for residential lead inspection, lead-based paint hazard remediation, lead service...

By Guest Authors on May 30, 2019

2019 Maryland General Assembly Passes HB1233 to Lower Blood Lead Action Level

Baltimore, MD - GHHI achieved its primary state legislative goal of lowering the blood lead action level in Maryland for environmental investigation of homes and medical case management for children The passage of HB1233 is a tremendous victory by requiring that we take action sooner to...

April 13, 2019