Colleen Hennessy

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Colleen Hennessy writes about social and cultural issues in the U.S. and Ireland for publications including The Irish Times, Rewire.news, Ms. Magazine.
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Community Development Field

Is a Home with Lead Hazards Really “Affordable”?

August 24, 2018 | Colleen Hennessy

The cost of housing is not simply the mortgage, rent, and utilities, but the individual and community health, education, and social costs associated with low-quality, unstable, and unhealthy housing.

Children play on an Irish Traveller site on Dale Farm in 2011. A young boy with glasses rubs his eyes outside in Dale Farm, which was once the site of the largest Irish Traveller concentration until families were evicted in 2011. A health impact assessment helped house this indigenous group.
Health

How a Health Impact Assessment Helped House Irish Travellers

July 21, 2018 | Colleen Hennessy

An HIA that focused on Irish Traveller housing programs proves successful because it empowered the population.