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Women for a Healthy Environment seeks $199,000 to fund rapid home repairs for about 40 households
Summary
Women for a Healthy Environment requested $199,000 to provide quick, critical home repairs paired with community-health-worker visits to stabilize roughly 40 low-income homes and prevent displacement; presenters said the program complements HUD-funded Healthy Homes work and can operate with reduced award amounts.
Lindsay Frazier, director of Healthy Homes at Women for a Healthy Environment, outlined a $199,000 request to fund small but critical home repairs intended to improve environmental health, stabilize housing and prevent displacement for low-income renters and homeowners. She said the funding would stabilize approximately 40 homes and leverage partnerships with FAIR, Hines Endowments, Eden Hall Foundation, Allegheny-led Safe Homes and Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh. "This will allow us to not only go in there and fix that, in a rapid manner, but also we'll have that community health worker do that visit and then be able to make referrals," a presenter said.
Amanda Jankoski described program mechanics and noted the team has operated similar HUD-funded Healthy Homes work serving about 63 houses with an average project cost near $20,000; the proposed demo funds would enable rapid-response repairs that can prevent further deterioration and link clients into longer-term renovation programs. Board members discussed AMI targeting concerns (the proposal targets homeowners up to 80% AMI and renters at 50% AMI) and confirmed the applicants could scale work if partially funded.
