Where Health, Equity, and Community Development Meet
Equity Policy Solutions helps municipalities, housing partners, and mission-driven organizations translate health and equity goals into actionable strategies that improve real outcomes for residents and neighborhoods.
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Trusted by municipalities, housing partners, and regional planning coalitions
What We Do
Equity Policy Solutions partners with municipalities, housing teams, and mission-driven organizations to integrate health and equity into planning, policy, and development in ways that lead to real, lasting outcomes.
Health-Informed Housing Strategy
We help affordable housing developers and partners integrate health and equity strategies into site plans, comprehensive plans, land-use codes, and action plans. Our work strengthens project competitiveness while supporting resident wellbeing.
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Services Include:
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Health Action Plans for affordable housing communities
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Health Impact Assessments
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​Equity Assessments
Built Environment Policy & Planning Integration
We support municipalities and planning partners in embedding health and equity strategies into plans, land use codes, and development frameworks.
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Services Include:
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Existing conditions assessment
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Stakeholder engagement
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Comprehensive plan and zoning code integration
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Land use and built environment policy ​
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Alignment with sustainability and climate goals
Implementation & Action Frameworks
Our work goes beyond analysis. We help clients translate recommendations into clear actions, timelines, and decision pathways that can be realistically implemented to improve health outcomes, reduce health disparities and expand equitable access to opportunity.
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Services Include:
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Health Action Plans
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Community engagement plans
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Health and equity metrics and KPIs to measure success
Why Clients Work With Us
We Build a Bridge Between Planning and Public Health Goals
Founder Gretchen Armijo brings more than two decades of experience across urban planning and public health, enabling her to translate health and equity research into practical policy and development strategies that resonate with decision-makers, project teams, and communities.
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Clients rely on Equity Policy Solutions to:
Connect development decisions to measurable health outcomes
Strengthen funding competitiveness and project success
Support multidisciplinary teams with specialized expertise
Ensure equity strategies are integrated rather than shelved
What Partners Say
Development Director, Volunteers of America
Having a resource like the Health Action Plan provided a way for us to share a vision of how we are working with the community at Paloma Garden to create healthier housing. It has been useful as we have conversations with new healthcare partners.
Work With a Health-Informed Planning Specialist
Contact Equity Policy Solutions at GretchenA@equitypolicysolutions.com
to discuss how health and equity strategies can strengthen your next project or initiative.