Home Environment
Learn how to maintain a healthy and attractive home. This page provides information about preventing mold and mildew, using space wisely, and properly handling potentionally hazardous household products.
UF/IFAS Sites
UF/IFAS Publications
- The Facts about Termites and Mulch
- Floors and Carpets
- Furnishings
- Hazardous Household Substances: Alternatives that are Relatively Free of Toxic Effects
- Home Water Testing
- House Plants
- Is Your House a Sick House? The Mold/Air Conditioner Duct Connection
- Maintaining a Healthy Home
- Moisture, Mold, and Mildew
- Renter Power: Keeping It Clean (series)
- Renter Power: Keeping It Safe (series)
Other Sites & Publications
- Learn about Chemicals Around Your House--EPA
- Properly Handle Hazardous Household Products--USDA
- ToxMystery: What's Wrong in This Room?--U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Return to House & Home
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
- Family Album Radio
- Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse
- Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- Florida Division of Housing and Community Development
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Other Sites & Publications
For-Sale Products
- Building, Buying or Remodeling Your Florida Home: A Guide to Energy and Water Savings
- Cockroaches
- Cockroaches CD-ROM
- Cockroach Nymphs
- Cockroaches & Filth-Breeding Flies
- Do You Have Bed Bugs?
- Energy Efficient Building Construction in Florida
- Household Insects ID Sheets
- Household and Structural Pests ID Deck
- Houses that Termites Love to Eat
- Pest Ants & Stored Food Beetles
- Pests In and Around the Home CD-ROM
- Stored Product Pests CD-ROM
- Stored Product Pests and German Cockroach CD-ROM
