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One out of three metro area homes has at least one healthy & safety hazard

Getting It Done: Advancing State Level Healthy Housing Policy Through Effective Multi-Sector Collaboration David D. Fukuzawa The Kresge Foundation. The connection between the health and dwelling of the population is the most important one that exists Florence Nightingale (1820-1910 ).

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One out of three metro area homes has at least one healthy & safety hazard

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  1. Getting It Done: Advancing State Level Healthy Housing Policy Through Effective Multi-Sector Collaboration David D. Fukuzawa The Kresge Foundation

  2. The connection between the health and dwelling of the population is the most important one that exists Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

  3. “Connections between health & housing for low income people need to be intentional. This doesn’t happen by serendipity.” Michael Rubinger, LISC WSJ, January 13, 2013 on the $100 MM Healthy Futures Fund, with financing from Morgan Stanley

  4. One out of three metro area homes has at least one healthy & safety hazard • National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH 2009)

  5. Advancing Safe & Healthy Housing Initiative Houses Housing communities

  6. ASHHI Sites

  7. Building the healthy housing toolkit Tools Health impact assessments (HIAs) Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs) Healthy development toolkits PolicyLink- ChangeLab Solutions

  8. More slides to follow here on specific resources for local, regional policy

  9. The California Healthy Housing Coalition Membership Includes: • Housing rights and social justice organizations; • Health care and public health advocacy groups; • County and municipal healthy housing programs and building inspectors; • Indoor air quality experts

  10. The California Healthy Housing Coalition • Goals and Principles: • Provide resources, expertise, and advocacy for statewide policies to promote and protect healthy housing • Particular emphasis on low income and communities of color, children, the elderly and other vulnerable populations

  11. Building Trust and Common Priorities 2009 • Local meetings • State symposium 2010 • Formational Meeting • Provisions Steering Committee • Policy Workgroups 2011 • Annual Meeting – Adoption of Coalition Guidelines Further details about the formation of the coalition can be found: www.nchh.org/Policy/Policy-Projects/Healthy-Housing-in-California.aspx http://www.nchh.org/Portals/0/Contents/CA_Symposia_Report_Aug_2009.pdf

  12. Themes Human Rights • Local code enforcement • Statewide codes and legislation • Accountability • Housing needs to be green, healthy AND affordable • Research (data collection and health outcomes) • Building political will Civil Rights Health Disparities Urban, suburban, rural

  13. State Policy Agenda • Address substandard housing • Increase access to green, healthy, and affordable housing • Establish evidence-based healthy housing indicators

  14. SB 488 Signed by Governor Brown August 12, 2013 How did we do it?

  15. Story of Students in San Diego • Identified a problem (fall 2011): • California Health and Safety Code 17920.3(12): • Infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents as • determined by a health officer • Got local media attention • Developed a solution • Talked with some stakeholders • Pitched a bill with a local representative in Sacramento (winter 2012) …but they didn’t get any traction

  16. A “Simple” Fix

  17. What We Got • Infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents as determined by a health officer or, if an agreement does not exist with an agency that has a health officer, the infestation can be determined by a code enforcement officer, as defined in Section 829.5 of the Penal Code, upon successful completion of a course of study in the appropriate subject matter as determined by the local jurisdiction.

  18. Key Lessons • Multi-Sector Partnerships • Buy-in from key stakeholders • Broad base of support • Politically Feasible Solution • No costs, no new rules • Early Coalition Building

  19. What’s Next for CHHC?

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