HEALTHY HOMES MONTH

June is Healthy Homes Month

This month, take action to create a safe and healthy living environment for children. Learn about the services that can help you keep your home safe and healthy by attending webinars, online chats or by applying for funding to make needed repairs.

Free Money for Home Repairs
Request a Free Property-Based Lead Safety Consultation
Learn about the Minor Homes Repair Grant
Learn about the Lead Hazard Control Grant
Learn about the different sources of childhood lead poisoning
Rental Housing Providers:
- Lead Paint Grants up to $10,000 per unit
- Housing Repair Grants up to $5,000 per unit

Everyone deserves a healthy home

This year's National Healthy Homes Month focuses on the important relationship between housing quality and health. The goal is to raise awareness about the need to reduce costs for families by preventing injuries and illnesses, improving affordable housing options, and enhancing the quality of life for vulnerable populations.

Everyone desires good health and affordable medical and housing expenses. To ensure this opportunity is available to all Americans, we can all contribute to creating and maintaining healthy homes and communities. Every individual and organization has a role to play in promoting healthy homes for everyone.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) has a mission to help all Americans, particularly children and other vulnerable populations in low-income households, reach their full potential by ensuring safe and healthy living conditions. HUD's Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes initiatives aim to improve health outcomes by addressing housing conditions.

In summary, National Healthy Homes Month emphasizes the connection between housing and health. By addressing housing quality, we can improve the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Collaborative efforts among individuals, organizations, and government agencies can lead to healthier homes and improved quality of life for everyone.

Enter our giveaway

Click here to enter to win a Healthy Homes Starter Kit from Alameda County's Healthy Homes Department, a kit that includes a HEPA-filter vacuum & more for you to keep your family safe! HEPA-filter vacuum cleaners have been shown to help protect against exposure to lead. For more giveaways and information, join our monthly newsletter.

Healthy Homes Month Events

Healthy Homes, Healthy Families: A HUD Community Outreach Event for Grant Resources & Education (online)
June 7, 2023, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
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Healthy Homes for Kids Resource Fair
June 10, 2023, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
REACH Ashland YouthCenter
16335 E 14TH St., Ashland, CA 94578
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Healthy Homes, Jobs & Minds Seminar (In Spanish)
June 13, 2023, from 6:30 am to 12:00 pm
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Safe Kids Day
June 24, 2023, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Oakland Arena and Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94621
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Live National Healthy Homes Month Twitter Chat (online)
June 28, 2023, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
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Request a presentation or a training session

Are you looking for a presentation to be made to your organization on Healthy Homes concepts, or training on the ways that you can be safe during your renovations? If so, please complete this brief survey to let us know about your interest and someone from our team will be in contact with you.

National Healthy Homes Month Resources

California Department of Public Health

HUD

CDC

National Center for Healthy Housing