For Immediate Release: November 28, 2023

Alexandria’s Healthy Homes Network—a coalition of organizations and City agencies—has launched a comprehensive engagement effort to understand resident priorities around home hazards and conditions. 

Alexandrians are invited to take a brief online survey until January 3, 2024. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Amharic, Dari, and Pashto. 

Paper surveys are also available, and a multi-language help line is available at 703.746.4988. Healthy Homes Network organizations and volunteers will set up pop-up opportunities around Alexandria to talk directly with residents.

The first phase of this community engagement work will set priorities on home condition topics such as mold, pests, accessibility, aging in place, and working heat and air conditioning. The second phase will explore the causes behind local home hazards, including public and private policies or systems that make the issues worse. This second phase will also focus on developing solutions for the priority areas. The community engagement effort will go through spring 2024. 

This community discussion is part of Alexandria’s larger Healthy Homes Initiative. The initiative is working to ensure all Alexandrians have healthy and safe, hazard-free housing. Work is facilitated by the Alexandria Health Department along with local partners in Alexandria’s Healthy Homes Network. Other efforts include the development of metrics to assess the quality of local housing, tools to catalog existing home safety resources, and programs to respond to health issues created by unhealthy homes. 

Join Alexandria Health Department’s mailing list for future healthy homes engagement opportunities and learn more about the initiative at tinyurl.com/healthyhomesalx.

For media inquiries, contact Eve Elliott, Alexandria Health Department Communications Officer, at eve.elliott@vdh.virginia.gov or 804.467.5160.

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