Blog - Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

Eliminating the Toxic Legacy of Lead in New Jersey

Lead exposure, and the lifelong effects associated with it, continue to impact New Jersey’s diverse and vibrant communities, disproportionately impacting the state’s communities of color In 2016, over 4,800 New Jersey children had elevated blood lead levels Lead poisoning is an entirely...

October 26, 2018

GHHI’s Housing Interventions Help to Improve Mental Health

The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) has worked for over 30 years to improve the housing conditions of low-income households around the country Through our direct services programs, advocacy, and policy development, we have worked to protect children and families from harmful health...

October 10, 2018

Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Celebrates National Energy Efficiency Day

Today, in concert with numerous advocates and cities around the country, we celebrate National Energy Efficiency Day A concept that began as a strategy to mitigate the effects of climate change, energy efficiency is the practice of reducing the amount of energy resources required to provide...

October 5, 2018

GHHI Expands Its Pay for Success Work by Awarding Six New Communities with Support to Advance Healthy Homes Projects

GHHI is advancing a national cohort of projects looking at Pay for Success to fund healthy homes services The model involves funding services such as remediating asthma triggers like mold or putting in home repairs to prevent falls through private sector investment If those services lead to...

October 5, 2018

Controlling Asthma Improves School Attendance

Asthma is one of the most common and serious diseases affecting children In the United States, 71 million, or one in every ten children, have asthma and 41 million experienced an attack or episode in 2011 Continuing its efforts to raise awareness about the impact of childhood asthma on school...

By Ruth Ann Norton on September 9, 2015

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