Health, Housing & Energy (HeHE) Programming

The Health, Housing & Energy (HeHE) initiative is a community-centered program of 11th House Initiatives focused on helping households successfully access and benefit from housing, energy, and resilience-related resources.

HeHE works to reduce energy burden, improve housing stability and safety, and strengthen long-term community resilience through trusted guidance, implementation support, and operational coordination.

The Challenge

Many public-benefit programs are difficult to navigate and fragmented across agencies, funding streams, contractors, and service providers.

While funding and technical solutions often exist, households frequently encounter barriers including:

  • administrative complexity,

  • unclear eligibility requirements,

  • deferred housing conditions,

  • contractor coordination challenges,

  • disconnected systems,

  • and lack of trusted implementation support.

As a result, many households are unable to fully access or complete available programs and services.

Our Approach

HeHE is designed to help communities and households move successfully through complex systems by providing:

  • community navigation and participant support,

  • implementation coordination,

  • operational and administrative infrastructure,

  • outreach and education,

  • whole-home implementation support,

  • and cross-sector partnership coordination.

Rather than functioning as a direct construction contractor, HeHE operates as an implementation support and coordination platform focused on reducing barriers, improving participant movement, and strengthening long-term implementation systems.

Our work emphasizes:

  • trusted relationships,

  • practical implementation,

  • operational accountability,

  • and whole-home, community-centered approaches.

Core Focus Areas

HeHE currently supports initiatives related to:

  • energy efficiency and weatherization,

  • electrification and energy affordability,

  • healthy homes and housing stability,

  • whole-home resilience,

  • community navigation and implementation support,

  • rural and underserved community access,

  • and public-benefit program coordination.

Current Initiatives

Current HeHE-related initiatives include:

  • Maryland Energy Administration Residential Energy Equity Program

  • Maryland Energy Administration Affordable Electrification Outreach initiatives

  • Community-based energy education and navigation

  • Whole-home retrofit coordination and implementation support

  • Energy burden reduction programming

Partnership & Coordination

HeHE works in collaboration with:

  • nonprofits,

  • utilities and cooperatives,

  • local governments,

  • contractors,

  • educational institutions,

  • housing organizations,

  • and community-based partners.

The initiative is designed to strengthen coordination across programs and organizations while improving equitable access to community-serving resources.

Long-Term Vision

HeHE seeks to help build communities where households can successfully access coordinated housing, energy, and resilience resources through trusted support systems and durable implementation infrastructure.

The long-term goal is to strengthen the systems, partnerships, and operational capacity needed to improve equitable community outcomes over time.