Healthy Homes Production Grant
The Healthy Homes Production Program (HHP) is part of HUD’s overall Healthy Homes Initiative. The program takes a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. The program builds upon HUD’s successful Lead Hazard Control programs to expand the Department’s efforts to address a variety of high-priority environmental health and safety hazards.
A healthy home is key to everyone’s health and well-being. This program works to make homes safer, more affordable, and healthier through methods to cut down on the dangers in homes such as, toxic chemicals, asthma triggers, and other risks. The program improves homes by:
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Eliminating lead-based paint (LBP) and radon hazards
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Ensuring air is clean
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Ensuring water is safe to drink
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Ensuring other home health and safety improvements are made
The program also provides specific support to disadvantaged communities
that have historically not been treated fairly.
Healthy homes are more than just a place without dangerous pollutants and other hazards. Healthy homes also save energy, stand strong against natural disasters, and can help provide access to important places and resources like schools, healthy food, health care, and parks.
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Bronx NHS – Helping Homeowners Protect What Matters Most
For over 30 years, Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services (Bronx NHS) has been a trusted nonprofit dedicated to helping homeowners in the Bronx stay secure in their homes. We provide free financial counseling, foreclosure prevention assistance, tax relief guidance, and homeowner education to ensure residents can protect their most valuable asset—their home
How We Help Homeowners
Bronx NHS offers a range of services designed to support homeowners at risk of financial hardship, including:
Helping homeowners set up payment plans and apply for tax exemptions to prevent tax lien sales.
Workshops on financial literacy, home maintenance, and responsible homeownership.
Helping residents access financial assistance for home repairs and property preservation.
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8 Elements of a Healthy Home
Keep it dry. Prevent water from entering your home through leaks in roofing systems, rainwater from entering the home due to poor drainage, and check your interior plumbing for any leaking.
Keep it clean. Control the source of dust and contaminants, by creating smooth and cleanable surfaces, reducing clutter, and using effective wet-cleaning methods.
Keep it safe. Store poisons out of the reach of children and properly label. Secure loose rugs and keep children's play areas free from hard or sharp surfaces. Install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and keep fire extinguishers on hand.
Keep it well-ventilated. Ventilate bathrooms and kitchens and use whole house ventilation for supplying fresh air to reduce the concentration of contaminants in the home.
Keep it pest-free. All pests look for food, water, and shelter. Seal cracks and opening throughout the home; store food in pest-resistant containers. If needed, use sticky-traps and baits in closed containers, along with least toxic pesticides such as boric acid power.
Keep it contaminant-free. Reduce lead-related hazards in pre-1978 homes by fixing deteriorated paint and keeping floors and window areas clean using wet-cleaning approach. test your home for radon, a naturally occurring dangerous gas that enters homes through soil, crawlspaces, and foundation cracks.
Keep your home maintained. Inspect, clean and repair your home routinely. Take care of minor repairs and problems before they become large repairs and problems.
Keep it thermally controlled. Houses that do not maintain adequate temperatures may place the safety of residents at increased risk from exposure to extreme cold or heat.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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How long will it take to be reimbursed for my expense submission?It will take 2 to 3 weeks processing time to be reimbursed for approved expense submissions.
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What are all the necessary steps that goes into processing a new first-time homebuyer client?The steps necessary can be accessed by clicking the following link… Please be sure to speak to your supervisor for additional guidance.
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What is the protocol if there is bad weather or government emergency?You will be notified by phone on the status of the company.
Share The Message – Community Toolkit
Attention Community Partners and Stakeholders: We need your help to get this critical information out to Bronx homeowners.
Help us spread the word by sharing this information with your network. Our Digital Outreach Toolkit Includes:
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Key Talking Points for Stakeholders
Spread the Word — Let’s Make the Bronx Healthier, One Home at a Time