National HIA Meeting 2012

HIA & Housing Policy

Article April 3, 2012 Read time:

Projects: Health Impact

OVERVIEW

This session will explore the application of HIA to housing policy. Leading practitioners in the field will present on their work.

Moderator: Rachel Thornton, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Kim Gilhuly, Human Impact Partners

Privatizing Public Housing in the 21st Century: An HIA of the Rental Assistance Demonstration Project (PDF)

Karen Roof, University of Colorado Denver

Evaluation of an HIA of a Low-Income Housing Redevelopment (PDF)

Steve White, Oregon Public Health Institute

City of Portland’s Rental Housing Inspections Program HIA: A Look at the Potential Impacts of Different Inspection Models on Community Health (PDF)

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