Housing

What We Know

Research Results

Results from grant-funded research projects evaluating public health law issues.

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Knowledge Synthesis Product

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Projects

Does "Risk Management" Result in Safer Alternatives to the Use of Lead?

This project will develop and implement a streamlined alternatives assessment tool appropriate for use in a regulatory context. The alternatives assessment compares alternatives to lead and to one another across a variety of attributes.

Topic:
Environmental Health
Health Policy Making
Housing
Has the Philadelphia Lead Court Reduced Exposure to Environmental Lead?

This project evaluates the effectiveness of the establishment of the Lead Court in November 2002 in the City of Philadelphia to determine if this type of innovative legal strategy was effective in enforcing the existing city health code, which would lead to improvement of children's health (by reducing exposure to lead in individual housing units) and improvement of the environment (by decreasing the number of properties with lead hazards).
Topic:
Environmental Health
Housing
Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Are Local Laws the Key to Reaching Children at Risk?

This study will examine a local housing inspection law put into place in Rochester, New York in 2006, and will look as well at laws in several other cities, to see if and how local legislation can be used as a tool to more effectively to fill the gap left between state and federal laws removing paint from gasoline and from the paint used in homes were put in place decades ago.
Topic:
Housing
Injury and Violence Prevention
Maternal, Infant and Child Health
Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities
Has the Federal Lead and Copper Rule Improved Public Health?

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). The revisions will help reduce the public health problems caused by unsafe or toxic levels of lead in drinking water. This study will help identify gaps in existing policies on water sampling to measure lead levels, replacement of water lines that contain lead, and public education aimed at reducing exposure to lead.
Topic:
Environmental Health
Health Policy Making
Housing
Injury and Violence Prevention

Law, Data, & Maps

State, Territorial, and Local Eviction Laws Database

The eviction crisis in the United States is a serious public health issue that affects millions of people each year. The eviction process is regulated by a patchwork of state and local laws and court rules that govern the judicial process, but little is known about the ways in which these laws affect the likelihood of evictions.
Product Type:
Legal Maps
Eviction Laws

This map identifies and displays key features of state, county, and city-level laws governing the residential eviction process in 40 U.S. cities — the 10 largest cities in the four Census regions — in effect as of August 1, 2018.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
State Fair Housing Protection Laws

This map identifies and displays key features of US state fair housing laws in effect from August 1, 2017 through August 1, 2019.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
City Nuisance Property Ordinances Map

This map identifies and displays key features of city nuisance property ordinances across the 40 most populous cities in the United States in effect from August 1, 2017 through August 1, 2019.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
State Landlord-Tenant Laws

This map identifies and displays key features of state-level landlord-tenant laws across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in effect August 1, 2017 through August 1, 2019.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
Local Inclusionary Zoning Laws

Inclusionary zoning laws can serve as a mechanism to provide more housing opportunities by requiring or incentivizing developers to set aside a certain portion of new developments for affordable housing, and are designed to provide more affordable rental and/or owner-occupied housing for low to moderate-income individuals and families. Developers can sometimes meet the requirement by building affordable units off-site or pay into an affordable housing fund. Incentives for developers include expedited permitting, density bonuses, and zoning variances.
Product Type:
Legal Maps
Local Just Cause Eviction & Retaliation Laws

This legal map on LawAtlas.org identifies specific sections of common eviction related ordinances from 10 major U.S. cities in effect as of January 1, 2019.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
Disclosure of Environmental Conditions Laws

This legal map identifies disclosure requirements for environmental conditions in home sales in the United States.

Product Type:
Legal Maps
King County, Washington Healthy Housing Policies Map

This dataset includes nearly 80 components of ordinances that govern the maintenance and inspection of existing housing, including provisions for habitability, injury, mold and pest prevention, air quality and lead and other toxins, including tobacco smoke, in the home. The ordinances presented here cover unincorporated King County, and all 39 municipalities therein.

Product Type:
Legal Maps

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