Healthy Homes for families in Egypt

Housing rehabilitation grant programs provide funding to repair, improve, or modernize dwellings, and remove health or safety hazards from those dwellings. Programs primarily serve families with low and no incomes, and may prioritize services for households with vulnerable members such as young children and older adults. These programs can adopt a comprehensive housing improvement strategy or focus on individual housing components such as heating and insulation, plumbing, structural

Living in an unsafe or unstable home environment can lead to high and often prolonged psychological and physical stress. This can impact on people's physical and emotional health and wellbeing. They may develop mental or physical heath difficulties or harmful coping mechanisms, such as a drug or alcohol dependency.

to avoid Poor housing quality and inadequate conditions - such as the presence of lead, mold, or asbestos, poor air quality, and overcrowding - can contribute to negative health outcomes, including chronic disease and injury.