General Community

Mold health affects and prevention.

The resident pest control guide provides common sense approaches to pest control and prevention.

Check out this toolkit compiling existing educational, "how-to" and resource brochures, pamphlets and other information designed to assist residents of public and assisted multi-family housing who want safer and healthier homes.

See link to toolkit below.

Resources included in the kit:

• Health effects of smoking
• A synopsis of the Surgeon General's 2006 report of the harmful effects associated with exposure to secondhand smoke
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Steps residents can take toward going smoke free
• A home pledge kit
• HUD smoke-free housing Notices from the Offices of Public and Indian Housing and Multifamily Housing
• A list of some Public Housing Authorities that have smoke-free policies
• A list of resources for more information

Provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Lung Association, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.