This 236 page manual is available in English, and is intended to provide basic knowledge of healthy housing to healthcare and public health professionals, environmental health specialists, as well as the general public. Housing quality is key to the public’s health. Translating that simple axiom into action is the topic of this book. This new edition will enable public health and housing professionals to grasp our shared responsibility to ensure that our housing stock is safe, decent, affordable, and healthy for our citizens, especially those who are particularly vulnerable and who spend more time in the home, such as children and the elderly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have worked together with many others to discover the ways to eliminate substandard housing conditions that harm health. Home rehabilitation has increased significantly in the last few years and HUD has prepared a nine-part series, The Rehab Guide, that can assist both residents and contractors in the rehabilitation process.
