Additional Resources:
Physical Environment
Materials in this document are organized under the following headings:
1. General Design Resources
2. Accessibility and Universal Design
3. Green Design and Building
4. Energy Conservation
5. Maintenance and Inspection
6. Safety and Security
7. Funding Resources
8. Sample Documents
1. General Design Resources
· Recommendations for Designing High Quality Permanent Supportive Housing (CSH Publication: 2009)
· Toolkit for Developing and Operating Supportive Housing (CSH)
o Suggestions for Physical Design Standards in Supportive Housing Developments
o Physical Feasibility Checklist
· Affordable Housing Design Advisor
o 20 Steps to Design Quality
o Design Considerations Checklist
· Fair Housing Accessibility First Webpages
Despite the name, these pages are full of design and construction references; they also have a toll-free number for extremely technical questions
· Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Design Guidelines for PSH are under development and should be available in 2010.
2. Accessibility and Universal Design
· Universal Design Principles: NC State University
· Practical Guide to Universal Design: Wilder Foundation
· ADA Homepage
· ADA Checklist
· HUD Visitability Standards
· The Accessible Route: Housing Accessibility Laws: John Patrick Picard, RA Accessibility Consultant.
A copy is also on the usb provided by CSH. This manual provides a very useful cross-walk between the four documents that contain the accessible housing laws and building codes that are relevant for Ohio, including:
· Ohio Building Code: Particularly Chapter 11 "Accessibility"
· Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)
· The American National Standards ANSI A117.1
· HUD Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines (FHAG)
· Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
3. Green Design and Building
· Enterprise Community Partners: Green Communities Homepage
· Enterprise Community Partners: Green Communities Criteria
· Environmental Protection Agency: Green Building
· US Green Building Council
· Ohio Housing Finance Agency: Green Communities
· www.BuildingGreen.com
We are an independent publishing company committed to bringing our members accurate, unbiased, and timely green design. BuildingGreen brings the best research, thinking, and writing to you through many publications, including Environmental Building News, the GreenSpec directory of green products, and the BuildingGreen Suite of online tools.
§ Incremental Cost, Measurable Savings: Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, a first-of-its-kind study, proves the financial impact of creating and preserving affordable homes that meet the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.
4. Energy Conservation
· PUCO Ohio - Energy and Water Conservation Tips
· Ohio Department of Development: Office of Energy Efficiency
5. Maintenance and Inspection
· HUD Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Inspection Form
· Toolkit for Developing and Operating Supportive Housing
o Key Training Issues for Maintenance and Janitorial Staff Working in a Supportive Housing Setting
o Universal Precaution Guidelines
o Housing Quality Standards Checklist
o Key Control and Entering Tenants’ Unit
o Routine and Non-Routine Maintenance and Sample Notices
o Pest Control and Bedbug Eradication
o Unit Turnover Protocol
o Pest Control and Bedbug Eradication
o Bed Bugs: What to do in case of an infestation (Ohio Housing Finance Agency)
6. Safety and Security
· Toolkit for Developing and Operating Supportive Housing
o Safety and Security Responsibilities
o Tips for Creating a Safe Living Environment
7. Funding Resources:
THIS SECTION WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED SHORTLY BEFORE THE TRAINING SESSION IS HELD
Look thru Preservation summit notes for additional resources
· Enterprise Green Funding Resources
· Environmental Protection Agency: Funding
· Database of State Incentive for Renewables and Efficiency: Ohio Page
· Ohio Housing Finance Agency Preservation Fund
· Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing: Green Communities
· Ohio Department of Development: Advanced Energy Fund
· American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: State Administered Funding Opportunities
o Energy and Green Retrofit Section of the ARRA Statute
o HUD's ARRA Energy and Green Retrofit webpage
o HUD's GRP Overview
o HUD Notice Implementing GRP
o HUD's Office of Affordable Housing Preservation
8. Sample Documents
· Master Lease from Direct Access to Housing
· Sub-lease from Direct Access to Housing
To add to Resources List (Advisory Committee Recommendations)
§ Provide information regarding funders’ requirements for physical environment, e.g. Section 8, Housing Authority Inspection requirements.
§ Bedbugs: Guidelines for Best Practices in Prevention and Treatment in resource library
§ Sample maintenance plans (preventative, focus on cost reductions), schedules and inspection forms: NCR?
§ Debrief preservation notes and paper notes in office
http://www.solutionsforledlights.com/2009/05/energy-and-green-retrofit.html - description of HUD/ ARRA Green retrofit program
City of Columbus' Mayor's Green Team
Kimberly Gibson, Assistant to the Energy Advisor at State of Ohio; spoke at green building expo on green stimulus monies for ohio
Columbus Green Building Forum; North Twenty First St. 43203; Green Affordable Home LEED Home pilot projects
CHP, City of Columbus and CGBF project
LEED projects in Columbus; www.usgbc.org mostly public or commercial
CSH: The Seven Dimensions of Quality for Supportive Housing – Quality Assessment Tools 2