Sec. 3303. Interagency council on healthy housing
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There is established in the executive branch an independent council to be known as the Interagency Council on Healthy Housing . The objectives of the Council are as follows: To promote the supply of and demand for healthy housing in the United States through capacity building, technical assistance, education, and public policy. To promote coordination and collaboration among the Federal departments and agencies involved with housing, public health, energy efficiency, emergency preparedness and response, and the environment to improve services for families and individuals residing in inadequate or unsafe housing and to make recommendations about needed changes in programs and services with an emphasis on— maximizing the impact of existing programs and services by transitioning the focus of such programs and services from categorical approaches to comprehensive approaches that consider and address multiple housing-related health hazards; reducing or eliminating areas of overlap and duplication in the provision and accessibility of such programs and services; ensuring that resources, including assistance with capacity building, are targeted to and sufficient to meet the needs of high-risk communities, families, and individuals; and facilitating access by families and individuals to programs and services that help reduce health hazards in housing.
To identify knowledge gaps, research needs, and policy and program deficiencies associated with inadequate housing conditions and housing-related illnesses and injuries. To help identify best practices for achieving and sustaining healthy housing. To help improve the quality of existing and newly constructed housing and related programs and services, including those programs and services which serve low-income families and individuals. To establish an ongoing system of coordination among and within such agencies or organizations so that the healthy housing needs of families and individuals are met in a more effective and efficient manner.
The Council shall be composed of the following members: The Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Secretary of Energy. The Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Education. The head of any other Federal agency as the Council considers appropriate. Six additional non-Federal employee members, as appointed by the President to serve terms not to exceed 2 years, of whom— 1 shall be a State or local government Director of Health or the Environment; 1 shall be a State or local government Director of Housing or Community Development; 2 shall represent nonprofit organizations involved in housing or health issues; and 2 shall represent for-profit entities involved in the housing, banking, or health insurance industries.
The co-Chairpersons of the Council shall be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Every 2 years, the Council shall elect a Vice Chair from among its members. The Council shall meet at the call of either co-Chairperson or a majority of its members at any time, and no less often than annually.