{"id":10450,"date":"2021-10-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=10450"},"modified":"2021-10-21T09:20:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T13:20:05","slug":"weatherization-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2021\/10\/20\/weatherization-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WEATHERIZATION MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><b>WEATHERIZATION MONTH<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our new\u00a0 blog series this month is highlighting 45 years of success for the Weatherization Assistance Program. Each week we feature the many benefits of energy efficient homes to help reduce total residential energy expenses and improve overall health and safety. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development maintains the program for Maryland\u2019s residents and informs them of these\u00a0 life-changing opportunities. Last week we discussed the program\u2019s energy efficiency benefits that can help low-income families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week we are focusing on the health benefits and extensive care that allows low-income families to take advantage of our Weatherization Assistance Program. The key role in making homes more livable is making sure the home is healthy inside and out. The Weatherization Assistance Program has led to significant health benefits such as residents needing\u00a0 fewer hospitalizations and ER visits. The annual out of pocket expenses decrease by an average of $514. This program has helped reduce 65% of hospital visits for asthma patients. Additionally, it has helped decrease sinus infections, colds, allergies, and hypertension. Finally, the program has caused a 48% reduction in the number of days residents reported poor mental health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The extensive care benefit, also called the Weatherization Plus Health, is an integrated service allowing residents to ask for the removal of lead, any pest control, mold mitigation and more. More information is available on the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hud.gov\/program_offices\/healthy_homes\/hhi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Plus Health Program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> website. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is committed to helping our residents and their families save money and stay\u00a0 healthy\u00a0 in the community. To find out more information, and if you are an eligible applicant, visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/go.usa.gov\/xMGDz\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Weatherization Assistance Program website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/10\/5BF87946-4E57-4BE4-B05A-B76A04CE49B5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10460\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/10\/5BF87946-4E57-4BE4-B05A-B76A04CE49B5-300x244.jpeg\" alt=\"After weatherization residence with asthma reporting if you were hospitalizations and ER visits. Residence experienced if you were bad physical and mental health days. Children in the household missed fewer days of school. Hustle members reported if you were allergy and cold symptoms.\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/10\/5BF87946-4E57-4BE4-B05A-B76A04CE49B5-300x244.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/10\/5BF87946-4E57-4BE4-B05A-B76A04CE49B5.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEATHERIZATION MONTH Our new\u00a0 blog series this month is highlighting 45 years of success for the Weatherization Assistance Program. Each week we feature the many benefits of energy efficient homes to help reduce total residential energy expenses and improve overall health and safety. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development maintains the program for<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2021\/10\/20\/weatherization-month-2\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,76,240],"class_list":["post-10450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-maryland","tag-neighborhood-revitalization","tag-weatherization"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10464,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450\/revisions\/10464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}