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Home Is Where the Health Is: Bringing Green, Healthy Housing to Low-Income Populations
The Green and Healthy Affordable Homes project at an apartment complex
in rural Minnesota is one of the nation's first demonstrations of how
rehabilitating low-income housing using green and health criteria can
improve residents' health. Forging productive partnerships and engaging
residents were factors in achieving positive health outcomes and
improving building performance. Further advocacy is needed to bolster
low-income green housing rehabilitation.
Copies of this article are available for purchase online for $15 apiece.
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- Peter Levavi, Beyond Green Roofs (May–June 2008)
- Environmental Justice for Children (May–June 2005)
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