Increasing Community Sustainability through Housing Stability


Year Complete: 2023
Local Government: Detroit, MI
Local Foundation: The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation

Project Purpose

To address intersectional housing issues by empowering and equipping limited income homeowners to address lead hazards, energy inefficacy, and other home repair needs.  

Key Lessons Learned

Translating the danger of lead poisoning to the public is difficult to convey. If organizations can convey this information through social media or another platform, participation to get informed could be increased.

Participation and recruitment for participation should be robust. Even with participants signed up for the classes, there can always be some fall off in actual participation. Signing up more people ahead of time is a good strategy.

Additional Information and Resources

For an inside look into UCHC’s lead-remediation workshop, click here.