The Office of Program Performance and Evaluation recently changed its name to the Office of Healthy Housing to better position the Office to deal with housing conditions such as substandard housing, building code violations, pests and lead paint in older housing that lead to preventable health outcomes. The Housing Resources Commission continues to implement the requirements of the Lead Hazard Mitigation Act. Since the passage of the Act the incidence rate of lead poisoning in Rhode Island has dropped from 6.9 to 1.6 according to the latest Health Department 2007 Childhood Lead Poisoning Report. We believe the work done through this Office has directly contributed to the decrease in childhood lead poisoning by raising people’s awareness about the danger of lead and educating landlords and contractors in lead safe work practices.

Co-Chairs:
Robert Aaronson
Brenda Clement

Staff:
Doris De Los Santo
Housing Resources Coordinator