4:00-5:00 p.m

16-C. Preserving Owner-Occupied Homes with a Health Action Plan

Health Action Plans offer affordable housing developers an evidence-based process for embedding health-promoting features into the design of new housing or the repair of existing structures. This session will explore how six community-based organizations used these plans to address the health of older adults while repairing and modifying their homes. You’ll learn how to identify the health needs of older homeowners, ensure their full engagement in the home modification process, and work with design and public health partners to select healthy building materials. Presenters will describe Health Action Plans used to preserve owner-occupied housing in Michigan and Maryland. You’ll take home templates you can use to implement a Health Action Plan in your community.

• Claire Louis, Director of Thome Aging Well Program, Enterprise Community Partners
• Mary Ayala, Senior Program Director, National Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners
• Jessica Eiland Anders, Michigan Program Director, Thome Aging Well Program, Enterprise Community Partners