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Orange County Habitat for Humanity talks home, health and safety in a new panel series - The Daily Tar Heel <br />https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/09/habitat-housing-healthcare-panel-0906[9/9/2019 7:08:59 PM] <br />When this happens, Balakrishnan said she refers these families to various housing agencies, such as <br />EmPOWERment, Inc., to help them find new housing. <br />Loughlin said if the county has resources available, she will try to pair families with North Carolina <br />Healthy Homes, an organization that works to identify environmental issues in the home and educate <br />families about inexpensive cleaning products without asthma triggering fumes. <br />Loughlin said there are some solutions she is working on integrating within the community to improve this <br />issue, like home repairs and education. Balakrishnan said she plans to get these families extra support by <br />working closely with doctors. <br />“When I go in, I find out that patients are either not able to keep up with the medication or decided not to <br />get it again because they can’t afford to purchase it,” Balakrishnan said. “What I try to do is sit down with <br />the family and try to provide that extra support, that extra health education.” <br />@diane_adame <br />city@dailytarheel.com <br />Sign up for the OC Report and get all the Chapel <br />Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough news delivered to your <br />inbox every week! <br /> <br />First Name <br />Last Name <br />Email* <br />The OC <br />Report/Orange <br />County News