December 12th, 2017
In October 1998, in response to Executive Order 13045 on “Protection of Children from Environmental Risks and Safety Risks,” the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the Healthy Homes Initiative (HHI). The primary goal of the HHI is to protect children from housing conditions that are responsible for multiple diseases and injuries. As part of this initiative, HUD is preparing a series of papers to provide background information to their current HHI grantees, as well as other programs considering adopting a healthy homes approach. This background paper focuses on asthma and provides a brief overview of the current status of knowledge on the extent and nature of asthma triggers in the home, assessment methods for asthma triggers in the home, mitigation methods for asthma triggers in the home, and information needs in the field of asthma research.