getting it done: advancing state level healthy housing policy through effective multi- sector...
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Getting It Done: Advancing State Level Healthy Housing Policy
Through Effective Multi-Sector Collaboration
David D. FukuzawaThe Kresge Foundation
The connection between the health and dwelling of the population is the most important one that existsFlorence Nightingale (1820-1910)
“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
• One out of three metro area homes has at least one healthy & safety
hazard
• National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH
2009)
Building the healthy housing toolkit
Tools
• Health impact assessments (HIAs)
• Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs)
• Healthy development toolkits – PolicyLink- – ChangeLab Solutions
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
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
2009• Local meetings• State symposium
2010• Formational Meeting• Provisions Steering Committee• Policy Workgroups
2011• Annual Meeting – Adoption of Coalition Guidelines
Building Trust and Common Priorities
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
Themes
Human Rights
Civil Rights
Health Disparities
Urban, suburban, rural
• 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
State Policy Agenda
• Address substandard housing
• Increase access to green, healthy, and affordable housing
• Establish evidence-based healthy housing indicators
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
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.
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