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Healthy Homes Screening and Assessment What’s Out There, What Works, & Where Do We Go From Here

Healthy Homes Screening and Assessment What’s Out There, What Works, & Where Do We Go From Here. HH Screening and Assessment. Screening vs Assessment. What’s Out There. 7 Principles (now 8) HUD’s Rating System MDH Screening Tool Minneapolis Screening Tool (under development).

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Healthy Homes Screening and Assessment What’s Out There, What Works, & Where Do We Go From Here

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  1. Healthy HomesScreening and AssessmentWhat’s Out There, What Works, &Where Do We Go From Here

  2. HH Screening and Assessment • Screening vs • Assessment

  3. What’s Out There • 7 Principles (now 8) • HUD’s Rating System • MDH Screening Tool • Minneapolis Screening Tool (under development)

  4. What’s Out There 7 Principles of Healthy Housing • Developed by the National Center for Healthy Housing • Dry, Clean, Safe, Pest-free, Ventilated, Contaminant-free, Well Maintained • Newly added- Thermally controlled

  5. What’s Out There Healthy Homes Rating System • Developed and tested over ten years in the UK • It is NOT a standard or inspection protocol • It is a risk assessment based scoring system • Rates hazards based on how serious they are the effect they are having or could have • Provides a numerical comparison

  6. What’s Out There Healthy Homes Rating System – 29 Hazards 4 Categories • Physiological – Damp & Mold, Cold, Heat, Asbestos, Biocides, CO, Lead, Radiation, Uncombusted Fuel, VOCs • Psychological – Crowding, Entry by Intruders, Lighting, Noise

  7. What’s Out There Healthy Homes Rating System Hazards Cont. • Infection – Domestic Hygiene, Food Safety, Personal Hygiene, Water Supply • Safety – Falls (baths, level, stairs, between levels), electrical, Fire, Burns, Collision/Entrapment, Placement of Amenities, Explosion, Collapse

  8. What’s Out There • MDH Screening Tool

  9. What’s Out There

  10. What’s Out There Minneapolis Screening Tool • Under Development • Based on MDH and ‘One Touch’ models

  11. What Works • Common Elements in the screening tools • Demographic/property information • Water issues • Pests • Safety (smoke/CO alarms, falls) • Chipping paint

  12. What Works Screening Tools • Tool is easy to use • Can be done reasonably quickly • Provides referrals to resources • Can be done with basic/limited building knowledge and still work • Provides consistent data

  13. Where Do We Go From Here • Standard Screening Tool • Referral Network • Building Knowledge • Encourage Usage • Standards

  14. Contact Information Melisa Illies Hennepin County 701 4th Ave S, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55415 612-348-2020 melisa.illies@hennepin.us Joe Houseman Sustainable Resources 1081 10th Ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 612-767-0236 J.Houseman@src-mn.org

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