Healthy Homes Minnesota
About Us
The Minnesota Department of Health's (MDH) Healthy Homes Minnesota initiative is intended to help MDH further its mission to protect, maintain and improve the health of all Minnesotans through a statewide focus and holistic approach to making indoor environments healthier and safer.
Purpose: "Promote healthy housing for all Minnesotans"
Goal: Empower all Minnesotans to live in homes that are dry, clean, safe, well ventilated, pest-free, contaminant-free, and well maintained.
Approach: Healthy Homes Minnesota
A state-wide Healthy Homes initiative coordinated by MDH and partner organizations is building a comprehensive coalition of public health and safety professionals with the goal of providing the training and tools necessary to address a broad range of housing deficiencies and hazards associated with unhealthy and unsafe homes. Healthier homes will directly result in healthier people, leading to lower health care costs and more vibrant communities.
MDH's primary role will be in training, educating and providing scientifically based guidance and tools to make homes and other indoor places safer and healthier. This initiative will focus on environmental risk factors in homes for both acute and long-term illnesses. Collaborative efforts are expected to:
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Build on established capacity and expertise of current public health programs (e.g. lead, indoor air, asthma, injury prevention);
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Improve health, productivity, and quality of life of residents;
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Reduce health care costs from common housing-related illnesses and injuries; and
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Help diminish health disparities for at-risk populations.
