In Omaha, of cials launched an initiative late last year to check for radon in up to
285 units over ve years. Workers from a local nonpro t, Omaha Healthy Kids
Alliance, tested 38 vacant homes through May and found high radon levels in 16.
Then nothing happened. Essentially.
In all but one case, the housing authority allowed new families to move in without
xing the problem. The agency also didn’t tell those families about the radon
found in their homes.
Joanie Poore, who joined the agency as chief executive in June, originally told the
newsroom that the issue fell through the cracks during a series of leadership
transitions.
“I don’t feel as though we were sitting on these results and no one would ever
follow up,” she said.