This HUD Program takes a comprehensive approach to these activities by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. When ECDA staff visit your home, they will be looking for environmental health and safety concerns including: mold, lead, allergens, asthma, carbon monoxide, radon, home safety, as well as the use and storage of cleaners and pesticides. Environmental hazards in the home harm millions of children each year. The Healthy Homes Program addresses multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home. The Initiative takes a comprehensive approach to these activities by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time.
