The Health and Housing Department of the City of Danbury protects the public's health through health promotion programs, clinical services and the enforcement of State and City health regulations. Major service programs are listed in outline form below. A number of the department's services are provided to residents of the Greater Danbury Area.
Services are available in Spanish.
In cooperation with Danbury Hospital, the department operates a tuberculosis clinic and a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Health Department staff also monitor communicable disease outbreaks within Danbury, provide information on international travel and other communicable disease issues. This division also provides housing discrimination complaint investigation, non-profit affordable housing development and staff support for Danbury's Fair Rent Commission and the Danbury Housing Partnership.