Weatherization and Respiratory Health in Maine

Project Funder: Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust

Project Partners: Maine State Housing Authority and ERT Associates

Project Contact: Jill Breysse, jbreysee@nchh.org, 443.539.4155

Project Description: The Maine State Housing Authority, the National Center for Healthy Housing, and ERT Associates explored asthma rates among occupants in housing units served by Maine's Weatherization program and which had moisture and mold problems. The goal of this effort was to understand better the moisture and mold hazards and asthma rates in households where Weatherization work occurs to help address housing-based asthma triggers.

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