Healthy Homes First National Campaign
Healthy Homes First is a campaign by WE ACT for Environmental Justice. WE ACT defines a healthy home as one that not only avoids health and safety threats in the built environment, but also promotes mental, social, and environmental well-being. Living every day in an unhealthy indoor environment is a violation of basic rights, and environmental justice communities deserve to benefit from the transition to a clean energy future.
We are committed to securing healthy homes for all by ensuring a holistic approach for safe built environments. This means that residents are protected from extreme heat and cold, and have homes that are free from pests, mold, lead, and harmful indoor air pollution. We aim to achieve this hand-in-hand with efforts to weatherize and electrify buildings to improve affordability and reduce pollution. This combined approach will improve overall health and well-being for environmental justice communities that face inequities in public and affordable housing. Learn more about our healthy homes work in New York.
Healthy Homes First Survey
On behalf of WE ACT, Embold Research surveyed both national voters and low-income voters of color in three key cities to better understand voters current perceptions of the use of oil and gas to heat and power homes, as well as garner a deeper understanding of what motivates voters to support and advocate for a transition to electric energy in public housing.