The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC) Healthy Homes program works to reduce environmental health and safety hazards in housing.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC) Healthy Homes program works to reduce environmental health and safety hazards in housing. Designed to provide a unique, comprehensive preventative approach to children''s health hazards in the home, since 1999 the Healthy Homes program has targeted the limited number of building deficiencies that contribute to a multitude of health and safety hazards. The program provides approximately $10 million annually in research, policy guidelines, outreach, and capacity building for partners, practitioners, grantees, and the public.