Green Home Initiative

Mayor Angel Taveras launched the Green & Health Homes Initiative Providence Neighborhood Innovation Pilot (GHHIPNIP). This initiative is dedicated to providing houses in the Olneyville and Valley areas with free weatherization. The GHHIPNIP will train minority contractors how to handle health hazards including, poor ventilation, lead paint, and much more. Unlike many other initiatives the GHHIPNIP tries to fix all problems pertaining to the house instead of fixing one aspect and leaving the other problems to another person or company. GHHIPNIP will also train the owners of these homes how to save money through saving energy, and how to live healthier.

With this program in play it will dramatically lower their heating and medical bills. With the weatherization of the homes families will not have to use the heat as much, saving money. Because GHHIPNIP doesn't focus solely on one problem all safety hazards will be covered, providing a healthier and safer environment for living. 

The funding for this great project is coming from the U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Partrnership Funds, as well as the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Lead Hazard Control Program. Funding is also coming from the Open Society Foundations made available by the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning. The total amount of funding for this project is 1.8 million for training, and home retrofits.

Learn more about the GHHI at http://www.greenandhealthyhomes.org/index.cfm