STAT June 13, 2024
The nation’s public-housing system provides homes to hundreds of thousands of low-income families, many of them Black or Hispanic. That makes availability and condition of public housing an enormously important factor in health equity. Replacing gas stoves and appliances in these homes with electric ones would advance equity.
The Biden administration has initiated meaningful improvements and investments to the public housing stock in the U.S. These have included establishing long-overdue basic safety standards like ensuring that all public housing units are equipped with carbon monoxide alarms, and updating energy efficiency standards, which will make families more comfortable and save money. But it needs to go further. Gas stoves and appliances are now well established as a threat to public health....
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