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Draft 2018 University of California, Merced Long Range Development Plan
Merced County is fast-growing and has a higher proportion of residents in poverty compared with California or the U.S., broadly. In addition, the residential va...
Excessive Revocation in Wisconsin
Human Impact Partners, together with WISDOM and EX-Prisoners Organizing, conducted an HIA on the health impacts of Wisconsin’s revocation system on indivi...
Benton Accessory Dwelling Units
This HIA, carried out by the Benton County Health Department, evaluated a series of policy-change scenarios to amend the existing county code for Accessory Dwel...
Michigan Street Corridor Plan: A Health Impact Assessment
In March 2012, project partners received funding from the Michigan Department of Community Health Division of Environmental Health to conduct a Health Impact As...
Georgia Qualified Allocation Plan for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
This health impact assessment, or HIA, will inform the 2015 Georgia Qualified Allocation Plan for low-income housing tax credits. The plan is required each year...
Atlanta Regional Plan 2040
The first-ever HIA on a major metropolitan transportation and comprehensive growth plan will be led by the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (C...
The Long Road Home: Decreasing Barriers to Public Housing for People With Criminal Records
Historically, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development policies have exposed people with a criminal history and their families to eviction and denial of...
Overheating Buildings in Coastal Communities: Homes, Health Impacts, and Opportunities for Collaboration in San Francisco
The San Francisco Department of Public Health Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability, conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) to address increased hea...
Measure H: Preventing and Reducing Homelessness in Los Angeles County
The LA County Department of Public Health conducted an HIA to evaluate the potential health impacts of Measure H, a ballot initiative that would raise LA County...
City of Worcester Union Hill Revitalization
The City of Worcester is beginning a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy in the Union Hill area, a neighborhood that has experienced decline in r...
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP) at Boston Medical Center conducted an HIA of a pilot program run by Illinois’ largest electric u...
Humboldt County General Plan Update
The HIA addressed an update of the Humboldt County General Plan. Three growth alternatives to accommodate future population were being considered in the General...
Central Corridor Area Plan
The San Francisco departments of Public Health (SFDPH) and Planning used the Sustainable Communities Index (SCI) to describe community assets in the Central Cor...
Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF...
Omaha Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan
The Douglas County Health Department conducted an HIA to inform the Omaha Planning Department and City Council’s Deer Park Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan...
Lincoln Park Small Area Plan
The Minnesota Department of Health conducted an HIA of the potential health effects of the small area plan for the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Duluth. The HIA ...
Farmers Field
In 2012, Human Impact Partners worked with the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), and Physicians fo...
Long Beach Housing Element
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Housing Long Beach, and Human Impact Partners conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) of the Housing Element of the City...
West North Avenue Streetscape Plan
The Baltimore City Health Department conducted an HIA of the West North Avenue Streetscape Plan, an urban redevelopment project for a major east-west corridor i...
Mid-Michigan Fair and Affordable Housing Plan
This health impact assessment will inform the development of a five-year fair and affordable housing plan by incorporating potential health impacts, social equi...
Bottineau Transitway
Hennepin County’s Department of Housing, Community Works and Transit (HCWT) conducted an HIA to inform planning decisions on the proposed Bottineau Transi...
Potential Utility Fee to Fund Columbia Transit
The Columbia Transit system is stressed due to increased student ridership, new routes, budget cuts, and higher fuel costs. The Columbia/Boone County Department...
Curry County Housing Stock Upgrade Initiative Pilot
The HIA examined the potential health impacts on Curry County, Oregon, residents’ health of upgraded manufactured housing and recommended ways to tailor t...
Wastewater Infrastructure in Fresno County
The Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability conducted an HIA to inform decisions about wastewater infrastructure in the Fresno County (California) Gen...
Hartford Neighborhood Revitalization and Sustainability Plan
Community Solutions, with Michael Singer Studio, conducted an HIA of the development of a revitalization and sustainability plan for Northeast, a neighborhood i...
Pioneer Square Neighborhood Plan
A graduate class at the University of Washington conducted an HIA of the Pioneer Square 2015 plan, A Strategy for Seattle’s First Neighborhood. Pioneer Square...
Single-Room Occupancy Hotels in San Francisco
The San Francisco Department of Public Health conducted an HIA to explore how three policies it was considering could improve health for residents in single-roo...
PlanOKC HIA
The Oklahoma City Planning Department, in partnership with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department and the city Office of Sustainability, conducted an HIA of...
San Pablo Corridor
The HIA addressed a decision about where to locate affordable housing along a high-traffic transit and retail corridor in Richmond and El Cerrito, California. T...
Eastern Neighborhoods Community Plans
The San Francisco Department of Public Health conducted an HIA in response to community requests in the Mission, South of Market, and Potrero Hill neighborhoods...
Waters’ Edge Development
At the request of the developer, Actual Communities LLC, Safe and Healthy Communities conducted a rapid HIA of Waters’ Edge, a proposed development for re...
Earned Income Tax Credit in Arkansas
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, in partnership with Children’s HealthWatch, conducted an HIA to examine the potential health effects of crea...
HOPE VI to HOPE SF: San Francisco Public Housing Redevelopment
The HIA provided a retrospective analysis of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) HOPE VI efforts to rebuild two affordabl...
Zoning and Student Housing in La Plaza Vieja
The La Plaza Vieja Neighborhood Association, residents of Arrowhead Village, Hermosa Vida community organizers, the Department of Anthropology at Northern Arizo...
Sunnydale Public Housing Redevelopment
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is undertaking an HIA to provide information on the planning of a public housing redevelopment. The effort is part...
Interstate 75 Focus Area Study
This HIA reviewed the final recommendations of the Revive Cincinnati: Neighborhoods of the Mill Creek Valley for health impacts to adjacent neighborhood residen...
MacArthur BART Transit Village
MacArthur Transit Village project was presented in October 2006 at the MacArthur BART Citizen’s Planning Committee meeting. This HIA was conducted by the ...
Westerly Creek
As part of their Denver Healthy People 2011 and subsequent Denver Healthy People 2020 initiatives, the City of Denver conducted an HIA of the plans to renovate ...
East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
East Harlem has lost more than 1,500 affordable housing units since 2011 and is projected to lose nearly 7,000 more over the next decade. The New York Academy o...
University of Southern California Specific Plan
Human Impact Partners, in collaboration with Strategic Actions for a Just Economy and Esperanza Community Housing Corp., conducted a rapid HIA of a proposed 5.2...
Transit Oriented Development Within Nashville’s Northeast Corridor
The Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is creating a 30-mile transportation system between downtown Nashville and Gallatin, Tennessee. The ...
Glendale Riverwalk
The Tri-County Health Department, in collaboration with the City of Glendale and Communities Putting Prevention to Work, conducted an HIA on the Glendale Riverw...
Jack London Senior Housing
The HIA addressed a proposed residential and commercial development at the Jack London Gateway (JLG) in Oakland, California. The project included 55 units of lo...
Boston Living Wage Ordinance
The Boston Public Health Commission conducted an HIA to inform upcoming decisions by the mayor and City Council on proposed changes to the Boston Living Wage Or...
Executive Park Subarea Plan
The San Francisco Department of Public Health conducted an HIA to look at the health impacts of a proposed 2, 800-unit new residential area on 71 acres in the s...
North Platte Mobile Home Ordinance
The West Central District Health Department conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) on proposed changes to North Platte City ordinances that govern mobile ho...
Marin Housing Code Enforcement Policies
Legal Aid of Marin and Human Impact Partners conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) of proposed changes to the Housing Code Enforcement Policy in three juri...
Lake Merritt BART Station Specific Plan
The HIA addressed the City of Oakland’s station area planning process for land use improvements around the Lake Merritt BART station in downtown Oakland. ...
Cowlitz County Coal Export Terminal
Millennium Bulk Terminals is proposing to construct and operate a coal export terminal on a 190-acre site along the Columbia River in Cowlitz County, Washington...
Rental Assistance Demonstration Project
Human Impact Partners, Advancement Project, and National People’s Action conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) of Congress’ federal 2011 propos...
Warranty of Habitability in Arkansas
The Arkansas Community Institute, Central Arkansas ReEntry Coalition, and local partners conducted an HIA of H.B. 1166, which would create a “warranty of ...
Sycamore Light Rail Station
The Sycamore Light Rail Station Health Impact Assessment is underway Mesa, Arizona. Sycamore Station—literally the east end of the light rail system&mdash...
Coffelt-Lamoreaux Public Housing Redevelopment
Catalyze Research and Consulting, LLC, along with the Phoenix Revitalization Corporation and with support from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) ...
Oak to Ninth Avenue
The University of California Berkeley Health Impact Group conducted an HIA on the ‘Oak to Ninth’ waterfront development project. The proposed projec...
Just Cause for Eviction
This Rapid Health Impact Assessment (RHIA) evaluated the potential health impacts on renters of Boston’s proposed Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance, which...
Elmira Housing
In 2018, Common Ground Health conducted a rapid HIA to examine the effects of aging housing stock on the health of low-income communities in Elmira, New York, a...
Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program
The HIA addressed the health implications of a housing assistance and homelessness prevention program called the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program (MVRP), as...
Houston Transit-Oriented Development
Texas Southern University conducted an HIA to examine the health impacts of possible development patterns that could occur in the neighborhood near a planned st...
Universal Design in Single-Family Housing in Davidson, North Carolina
In 2013, Davidson Design for Life conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) that examined the health impacts of incorporating universal design and visitability...
Massachusetts Small Business Technical Assistance Program
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, together with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, conducted an HIA to inform state decisions on f...
Gateway Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit: A Closer Look at Health and Land Use
The Washington County Departments of Public Works and Public Health and Environment, in collaboration with the Gateway Corridor Commission, conducted an HIA to ...
Douglas County Comprehensive Plan
In 2010, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) received funds from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) to support and conduct H...
Madison Heights
The Arizona Department of Health Services (AZDHS), in partnership with the Local Iniative Support Corporation (LISC), the Housing Authority of Maricopa County, ...
Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan for a Community in Albany, Georgia
The Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at the Georgia Institute of Technology, along with the Georgia Department of Public Health, conducted a h...
Housing and Urban Development Designated Housing Rule Update
The Health Impact Project, in partnership with the Oregon Public Health Institute and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, conducted an HIA to inform an upda...
Divine Mercy Development
In 2010, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct a Health Impact Assessme...
Concord Naval Weapons Station Reuse Project
The HIA addressed potential reuse plans for the Concord Naval Weapons Station, a 5,028-acre former US Navy weapons storage site that is to be redeveloped by the...
Goodhue County Zoning Districts
Goodhue County Health and Human Services, in partnership with the Goodhue County Land Use Management Department, will conduct an HIA to inform decisions around ...
Wage Theft in Los Angeles
Human Impact Partners, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Coalition Against Wage Theft, conducted an HIA of the proposed wage theft ordinance in Los Angeles....
School Level Needs Assessment Regulations Under the Every Student Succeeds Act
The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, conducted a rapid HIA to inform the U.S. Departm...
Long Beach Downtown Plan
Human Impact Partners, in collaboration with East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice and Californians for Justice, conducted a rapid HIA to examine how ...
Shelter-in-Place Policy
Shelter-in-place policies aim to support residents’ ability to remain in their homes after an earthquake or other major disaster. The San Francisco Depart...
Comprehensive Cluster Residential Ordinance-Milford, New Hampshire
The Nashua Regional Planning Commission conducted an HIA on a new comprehensive cluster residential regulation in the Town of Milford, New Hampshire. The regula...
Ohio Housing Inspections
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA), in collaboration with The Ohio State University College of Public Health, conducted a health impact assessment (HIA) to ...
Power Generation Alternatives for the Michoud Natural Gas Plants
The Louisiana Public Health Institute, in partnership with the Alliance for Affordable Energy, conducted an HIA of a proposed natural gas combustion turbine pla...
Saving Energy, Improving Health: Potential Impacts of Energy Efficiency Program Design on Noise and Air Pollution Exposure
California Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, was enacted in 2006. The bill sets the 2020 greenhouse gas emissions goal at 1990 levels and prov...
The Crossings at 29th and San Pedro St. – South Central Redevelopment
The HIA addressed plans for The Crossings at 29th Street, a proposed 11.6-acre development in South Los Angeles providing more than 450 units of affordable hous...
Massachusetts Community Investment Tax Credit Grant Program
Health Resources in Action, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, will conduct a heal...
Zoning for Walkable Mixed-Use Neighborhoods
This desktop HIA examined the impacts of a proposed zoning change in Omaha to support active transportation options. The City of Omaha Planning Department was c...
Mid-Michigan Regional Urban and Rural Services Management Policy
In 2005, 48 jurisdictions in central Michigan adopted a regional growth plan that encouraged cooperation, such as joint planning and shared services, including ...
St. Louis Park Comprehensive Plan
In 2010, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) received a grant from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Di...
Phoenix Light Rail Transit Extension
This health impact assessment examined the transit extension connecting South Phoenix, a disadvantaged neighborhood, to the existing light-rail line of the city...
Charlotte Area Transit System Blue Line Extension
The Mecklenburg County Health Department, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC) and the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS),...
Trinity Plaza Housing Redevelopment
This HIA addressed a proposal to demolish an older apartment building with over 360 rent-controlled units, and replace them with 1,400 market-rate condominiums....
Healthy Neighborhoods for a Healthy Detroit
Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center conducted a health impact assessment to inform the Detroit Future City’s Strategic Framework, a plan to g...
Atlanta Regional Plan 2040
This is a health impact assessment that analyzes how Plan 2040, a comprehensive growth and transportation plan for counties in the Atlanta region, will address ...
Excessive Revocation in Wisconsin
This is a health impact assessment that examines the impact of Wisconsin’s prison revocation system, which involves reincarceration for violations of comm...
Benton Accessory Dwelling Units
This is an executive summary of a health impact assessment that assessed various policy options to modify a code for Accessory Dwelling Units in Benton County, ...
Georgia Qualified Allocation Plan for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
This is a health impact assessment that aims to inform the 2015 Georgia Qualified Allocation Plan for low-income housing tax credits by analyzing how the propos...
Measure H: Preventing and Reducing Homelessness in Los Angeles County
This health impact assessment evaluated the potential health impacts of Measure H, a ballot initiative that would increase the Los Angeles County sales tax to f...
The Long Road Home: Decreasing Barriers to Public Housing for People With Criminal Records
This health impact assessment assessed the health and equity impacts of public housing admissions policies that exclude people with a criminal history, using th...
Overheating Buildings in Coastal Communities: Homes, Health Impacts, and Opportunities for Collaboration in San Francisco
This impact assessment addresses the increased heat vulnerability of coastal communities and overheating problems in a high-rise condominium building in San Fra...
Michigan Street Corridor Plan: A Health Impact Assessment
This health impact assessment investigated the health issues, including asthma and air quality, personal injury, obesity, and socioeconomic inequity, associated...
Savannah’s Tide to Town Urban Trail System
Graduate students at Georgia Tech worked with Healthy Savannah to prepare a rapid HIA on the potential health and social impacts of the proposed Tide to Town tr...