1. Code Inspection for Healthier Homes
Briefly Describe the National Healthy Homes Training Center & Network
Funded through a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, and with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Provides an opportunity for networking among health and housing practitioners
Establishes a forum for sharing information on new research and best practices
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2. Code Inspection for Healthier Homes

3. Code Inspection for Healthier Homes
Goals and Objectives
Understand Key Concepts
Understand Housing Code Basics
Understand Code Requirements
Understand Landlord/ Tenant Laws and Issues
Explain the connection between health and housing.
Describe the evolution of housing codes.
Assess your local code inspection program & practices.
Brainstorm ways to help residents address identified hazards.
Identify 2 interior & 2 exterior housing problems that are common today.
Describe the scope of residents’ and landlords’ ability to invoke change.
Describe the importance of a holistic approach.
Define and compare the IPMC and NHHS.
Identify 2ways an inspection is initiated & the benefits of each.
Name all healthy housing principles; identify 3 hazards related to each.
Conduct a virtual code inspection.
This is an animated slide. It originally displays with only the four goals for the course.
Describe the goals, then click to reveal each set of corresponding objectives.
NOTE: When discussing the last goal, “Understand Landlord/Tenant Laws and Issues,” point out that legal aid may not be an option in every jurisdiction, so there could be other agencies that can provide legal resources.
Describe the legal aid referral process.
Identify 2 inspection approaches and the benefits of each.
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