Projects
Healthy Homes highlights the connection between health and housing, and how to take a holistic approach to identifying and resolving problems that threaten the health and well-being of residents. Healthy Homes is a multi-dimensional concept that spans the historically separate domains of housing, public health and environmental health.
This 8-month project was a pilot for a larger IPM Rowhouse project. PA IPM partnered with a local pest control company (Pest Free Maintenance) and a community development corporation (People’s Emergency Center) to assess and improve the living conditions of the occupants in one home in West Philadelphia.
This one-year project was funded by US EPA. We selected a block of row houses in West Philadelphia and another in North Philadelphia for this project. A part-time IPM Health Educator, Rhonda Griffin, was hired and based at the Philadelphia Outreach Office to assist with the education and outreach campaign.
