[CPEO-BIF] Alliance Publishes "Managing Hurricane Recovery for Healthy and Affordable Communities]

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Alliance for Healthy Homes has published a healthy homes-based
hurricane recovery guide, "Managing Hurricane Recovery for Healthy and
Affordable Communities" for organizations and agencies that are working
with people affected by recent hurricanes-including community
development corporations, tenant groups, and other advocates for decent
and affordable housing; environmental organizations and environmental
justice advocates; public interest lawyers; health advocates; health
care and social services providers; other helping organizations; and
civic watchdog groups-as well as for policy makers trying to ensure that
recovery benefits everyone, not just a privileged few.

While the Guide covers many issues vital to families and individuals
struggling to cope with loss of jobs, homes, and other personal property
and assets, the Alliance focused on the serious environmental health
hazards caused by hurricanes-especially ones related to housing-and how
the recovery process can reduce these and hopefully prevent similar
consequences in future hurricanes.

The Guide is divided into three parts:
*Part I provides basic information on the array of public benefits that
are available to hurricane survivors.  Understanding how to access these
benefits can be critical for maintaining one's health, including access
to health care, and having sufficient resources for short-term basic
needs, including food and shelter.
*Part II addresses several short- and medium-term recovery issues.  The
part covers topics related to preservation and repair of housing with an
emphasis on health and safety issues related to returning to
flood-affected areas and properties.
*Part III frames larger, longer-term questions about health and
affordability that are intertwined with recovery and
rebuilding-questions for which there are not yet clear answers.  The
discussion of these questions can help point the way for a more
democratic and participatory rebuilding process that takes seriously the
affordable, healthy housing needs of people.

To access the guide, visit
www.afhh.org/res/res_publications_hurricane_recovery_guide.htm
<http://www.afhh.org/res/res_publications_hurricane_recovery_guide.htm>.

Please feel welcome to distribute this guide widely.



Brian Gumm, Writer and Researcher
Alliance for Healthy Homes
227 Massachusetts Ave NE Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
202-543-1147
FAX: 202-543-4466
bgumm@afhh.org
www.afhh.org

Founded in 1990 as the Alliance To End Childhood Lead Poisoning, we have
expanded our work on lead poisoning prevention to address other
housing-related health hazards.





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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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