The five topics
- Renting, buying & moving. null (Guide in preparation)
Keep your health coverage, prescriptions and doctors when you move. - Utilities, energy & household bills. Medical Baseline: lower utility rates if someone at home relies on medical equipment (California)
Check whether Medical Baseline can lower your utility rates when someone at home relies on medical equipment. - Repairs & healthy indoor environments. A renter's checklist for documenting dampness or mold
Document dampness or mold in a rental so the problem gets fixed. - Accessible homes & aging in place. null (Guide in preparation)
Plan home changes that help someone stay safely at home, and learn who may help pay. - Neighborhood services & everyday logistics. null (Guide in preparation)
Find your water system's annual quality report and read its tables.
A home can support health or undermine it. Damp walls and mold, a utility bill that climbs because someone depends on an oxygen concentrator, a move that disrupts prescriptions and doctors, stairs that become a hazard, tap water you are not sure about: these are household problems with health consequences. The guides here deal with them in practical steps and name the agency or program that can help.
What this area covers
Renting, buying & moving. How to keep your health coverage, prescriptions and doctors when you move to a new county or state.
Utilities, energy & household bills. Medical Baseline: lower utility rates in California when someone at home relies on medical equipment, and how to apply.
Repairs & healthy indoor environments. A renter's checklist for documenting dampness or mold, so a landlord or inspector has a clear record to act on.
Accessible homes & aging in place. Which home changes help an older or disabled person stay safely at home, and who might help pay for them.
Neighborhood services & everyday logistics. How to find your water system's annual quality report and read its tables.
Start here
- Medical Baseline: lower utility rates if someone at home relies on medical equipment (California)
- A renter's checklist for documenting dampness or mold, with a printable dampness and mold photo-and-notice log
From the patient education and policy libraries
- Understanding Asthma: A Guide to Managing Your Breathing
- Fall Prevention: Practical Steps to Stay Safe and Independent
- Community Supports: The 15 Non-Medical Benefits Medi-Cal Will Now Pay For
Before you start
Keep a simple household file: your lease or mortgage papers, utility account numbers, the name of any medical equipment and the clinician who ordered it, and dated photos of any problem. Most steps in these guides go faster when you can show a record instead of describing one from memory.
Where this connects
Housing conditions, utility affordability and accessible homes are public health questions as much as household ones. The policy library explains how Medi-Cal's Community Supports can pay for certain housing-related needs, including some home accessibility changes for people who qualify. When a guide here suggests a complaint or an application, it names the office that handles it.