Housing Division - Breathe Easy Program
The Breathe Easy at Home program is designed to improve access and communication
between medical homes for children with asthma, public health agencies and housing
agencies within the City of Boston. A collaboration effort amongst several city
agencies, which includes the Inspectional Services Department's Housing Inspection
Division, Boston Medical Center, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Urban
Asthma Coalition, Bowdoin St Neighborhood Health Center, and Asthma Regional Council
of New England, it was developed to ensure that inspections, where warranted, are
performed quickly and any follow up inspections are performed to make sure substandard
conditions are resolved.
Through this shared website doctors, nurses or other health professionals can refer patients with asthma for housing inspections if they suspect substandard housing conditions may be triggering a child's asthma in their home. Triggers such as the presence of cockroaches, mice or mold or moisture problems can cause serious issues for some children with asthma.
This innovative program will track kids through the inspection, violation preperation, reinspections, and housing court systems, to improve communication between medical, public health and housing in hope of reducing these conditions to make kids healthier.
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