Ohio Healthy Homes News January 2017

Upcoming Events

Tobacco Franklin County meeting, February 8, 2:30 pm, Columbus Public Health. Contact Amber Jones at 614-645-6055.

The State of Ohio's Health: 2017 Health Value Dashboard Release, March 1, OCLC Conference Center, Dublin, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. Registration fee: $65 per person.

Partial registration scholarships are still available for the 2017 National Lead and Healthy Housing Conference, March 28-39, the Hyatt Regency in Indianapolis, IN. Discounts available for multiple registrations.

Landlord Conference, April 8, Stark State College, North Canton, sponsored by Mustard Seed CDC, $35 per person. Topics include applications, leases, security deposits, fair housing, business management and health and safety issues. Register online at Mustard Seed CDC.

Housing Ohio 2017, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO), April 10-12, 2017.

Starting at Home, April 27-28, Renaissance Hotel, sponsored by Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. The conference will bring together a variety of visionaries to continue a dialogue about the difference affordable housing can make in the lives of low to moderate income households.

Gov. Kasich's State Budget: Lead, Local Governments, Medicaid and Tobacco

Lead

Gov. John Kasich wants to greatly expand lead abatement, calls for state registry of lead safe rentals

ODH Budget Fact Sheet - Lead-Safe Housing Registry; New Lead Hazard Abatement Funding Through CHIP

Local Governments

Report backs claims cities and counties were hurt by state cuts, officials say

Gov. Kasich's final budget must repair harm to still-struggling localities: editorial

Medicaid

Kasich keeps Medicaid expansion in state budget proposal

Medicaid enrollees would pay monthly premiums under Gov. John Kasich's budget

Tobacco

Gov. John Kasich proposes 65-cent hike in cigarette tax, adding tax to e-cigs

State News

Affordable Housing

Groups push for $15 million annual increase for Ohio affordable housing efforts in next budget

Expand the Ohio Housing Trust fund, and help solve problems

Bed Bugs

Bed bug lists put Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati among worst cities

Testing drinking water for toxic chemical C8 urged farther down Ohio River

Health

Health department seeks accreditation

Exploring the link between education and health

HUD

Brown statement on Banking Committee's Approval of Carson for HUD Secretary

Lead

Cleveland Lead Safe Network forms to prevent childhood lead poisoning

Ohio lead poisoning cases go without investigation, follow up across the state

Lead poisoning investigations follow up a mixed bag in Ohio

Lead in Drinking Water, Pipes

Cincinnati and Ohio show leadership in identifying and disclosing lead service lines

Lead pipes: What you need to know about newly released (searchable) Cleveland Water data

Akron releases interactive map showing lead pipe services

There's a Map for That!; GCWW Launches New, Interactive Lead Service Line Lookup Map (see also There's a Map for That! website)

Brown highlights Ohio priorities as he unveils blueprint for repairing nation's infrastructure, creating jobs

Ohio Housing Finance Agency

OHFA Winter 2017 Quarterly Update

Poverty

Agencies seek to build two $8M centers in Dayton to fight poverty

OHHN News

Legislative Lead Study Group

The Ohio Healthy Homes Network (OHHN) is working with a Senate sponsor to draft legislation to create a legislative lead study group for the purpose of rewriting the state's lead law. OHHN would like to see Ohio move towards a lead safe housing standard to protect children from lead exposure and lead poisoning. If legislation were approved, the study group would meet for one year to review the current law and develop recommendations and draft legislation.

Welcome New Board Members and Officers

Barry Strahorn, Assistant Director of Weatherization, Community Action Partnership of Greater Dayton, and Kim Foreman, Executive Director, Environmental Health Watch, joined the OHHN board in January.

Phillip Bouton, current OHHN president, was re-elected as president in 2017. George Mattei was elected Vice President. Cindy Flaherty and Jackie Cautela, were re-elected as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively.

Time to Renew Your OHHN Membership

OHHN members will soon be receiving a reminder to renew their membership. For those who'd like to get a jump on renewal, visit the OHHN Membership page where you can pay dues with Pay Pal. You can also download the membership form from the Membership page and mail it to OHHN.

Not an OHHN Member yet?

Please consider joining OHHN as an organizational or individual member and support OHHN's efforts to promote healthy housing in Ohio. Annual organizational dues are $60 while individual dues are $35. For more information, see Membership.

Lead in National and International News

California

California requires replacement of all lead service lines - but vigilance needed on implementation

CDC

Exclusive: CDC considers lowering threshold level for lead exposure

Childhood blood levels in children aged 5 years - United States 2009 - 2014

Drinking Water

Groups units to create roadmap for replacing lead pipes that poison water

EPA

Scott Pruitt is unsure how much lead is safe for people (the answer is none)

With draft report, EPA takes major step to help communities assess risks from lead in drinking water

HUD

HUD issues final rule to help children exposed to lead paint hazards, stricter definition of accelerated blood lead level in young children matches CDC approach

Flint

Snyder OKs faster lead notification requirements after Flint

House GOP quietly closes investigation into Flint water crisis

Michigan EPA says Flint's water is fine - but what do residents have to say?

Flint home tainted by city's water crisis to get new faucets

Philadelphia

Physician's 2-year-old son poisoned by lead in their lovely Mount Airy home

Screening

Children at Risk: Gaps in State Lead Screening Policies

Testing

Allegheny County health board moves forward with mandated lead testing for children

National and International News

Aging

How the aging US population impacts housing - as America ages, its homes must adapt - but are they?

New report: number of older adults in the US expected to surge, highlighting need for accessible housing and policy improvements

HUD announces $15 million to test a new approach to help low-income seniors age in place

Asbestos

Canada targets asbestos, new building codes

Asthma

Poor asthma sufferers often stuck in homes that worsen their disease

Bed Bugs

Is your city crawling with bed bugs?

Education and Disabilities

SCOTUS mulls public education's responsibilities to students with disabilities

Energy Efficiency

How energy efficiency can alleviate Philly's poverty problem

Flame Retardants

NYC toddlers exposed to potentially harmful flame retardants

Green Building

Global Green grades LIHTC programs - Ohio receives only perfect score in the review of green building criteria

Healthy Housing

NCHH authors contribute to three new articles about the impact of healthy housing programs

New report identified root causes of health inequity in the US, outlines solutions for communities to advance health equity

Housing Survey

HUD and Census Bureau release American Housing Survey results for 25 metro areas

Pests

These cities have the worst roach and rodent infestations

Social Change

Selling social change

Toxics

Migration of parabens, bisphenols, benzophenone-type UV filters, triclosan, and triclocarbon from tethers and its implications for infant exposures

Additive found in toothpaste and food products could cause cancer, say scientists

Target to remove harmful chemicals from products, invest in green chemistry

Flameless candle batteries pose risk to kids (if swallowed, serious damage can occur in just two hours, poison center expert says)

About Us

The mission of the Ohio Healthy Homes Network (OHHN) is to promote healthy, safe and affordable housing for people of all ages. More information is available about OHHN at www.OHHN.org

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