Policy Brief
Author/Publisher
Health, Medicaid / Medicare
Policy Brief
Author/Publisher
Health, Medicaid / Medicare
Policy Brief
Author/Publisher
Health, Medicaid / Medicare
Policy Brief
Author/Publisher
Data sharing, Education, Health, Housing
Policy Brief
Jul 10, 2018
Children’s HealthWatch's brief "asks two straightforward questions: If health starts at home, what are the healthcare and educational costs of unstable housing? Which policy solutions could create stable homes for healthier families?"
Author/Publisher Children's Health Watch
Asthma, Child welfare, Dental, Early childhood, Education, Foster care, Grade-level proficiency, Health, Healthy homes, Housing, Lead, Literacy, Low-income, Medicaid / Medicare, Obesity, Partnerships, Pre-natal, Preventative care, Racial inequalities, School-readiness, Stability, Vision, Youth
Children’s HealthWatch's brief "asks two straightforward questions: If health starts at home, what are the healthcare and educational costs of unstable housing? Which policy solutions could create stable homes for healthier families?"
Publication
Jun 8, 2017
A multi-faceted technical assistance resource for Public Housing Agencies and their partners who want to end homelessness. The Tookit is organized into five main sections: (1) Housing Choice Vouchers, (2) Public Housing, (3) Project-Based Vouchers, (4) Unique PHA Programs & Initiatives, (5) Primer on Homelessness ans Supportive Housing.
Author/Publisher Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)
Homelessness, Housing, Medicaid / Medicare, Partnerships, Substance abuse, Supportive housing
Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)
A multi-faceted technical assistance resource for Public Housing Agencies and their partners who want to end homelessness.
News Article
May 25, 2017
Financial Incentive Offered to Multifamily Borrowers Incorporating Healthy Design Features in Affordable Housing
Author/Publisher
Health, Healthy homes
WASHINGTON, DC – Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) announced today its Healthy Housing Rewards™ initiative aimed at providing a financial incentive for borrowers who incorporate healthy design features for newly constructed or rehabilitated affordable multifamily rental properties. Healthy Housing Rewards is one of several partnerships that Fannie Mae is advancing as part of a corporate-wide effort called Sustainable Communities Partnerships and Innovation.
Financial Incentive Offered to Multifamily Borrowers Incorporating Healthy Design Features in Affordable Housing
Policy Brief
Apr 19, 2017
For eligible children, Medicaid pays for the medical services schools provide to students with disabilities so they can get an education.
Author/Publisher
Child welfare, Education, Medicaid / Medicare
Medicaid provides affordable and comprehensive health coverage to over 30 million children. It also plays a little known but important role in supporting schools and making sure students, especially those with disabilities, get the care and services they need to succeed.
For eligible children, Medicaid pays for the medical services schools provide to students with disabilities so they can get an education.
News Article
Mar 2, 2017
Dr. Ben Carson becomes HUD Secretary with 58 to 41 vote in the Senate
Author/Publisher
Affordable Care Act, Funding, Health, Housing, Legislation & Policy
On March 2, 2017 the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by a 58 to 41 vote. Dr. Carson’s confirmation followed a relatively non-controversial nomination hearing in January and a straight-forward procedural vote in late February that advanced his nomination to the Senate floor.
Dr. Ben Carson becomes HUD Secretary with 58 to 41 vote in the Senate
News Article
Feb 21, 2017
Important but admittedly unsurprising results out of Philadelphia regarding health outcomes and gentrification. Both "white" and "black" gentrification led to poorer self-reported health status among residents of now-gentrified neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Author/Publisher Richard Florida for CITYLAB
Community development, East Coast, Health, Housing, Metrics, Racial inequalities, Research
