HUD AWARDS $1.8 MILLION IN GRANTS TO REDUCE HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS IN CONNECTICUT HOMES
Funding will remove or reduce health and safety hazards in homes

BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $1,860,000 in grants to the
State of Connecticut LAMPP to help children and families living in the state reduce health and safety hazards in their homes. The grants will support efforts to control asthma and allergy triggers such as mold, moisture, mitigate safety hazards in homes, and improve energy efficiency. Grants will also support research to advance methods for hazard reduction.

The grant funding announced today is part of $18 million HUD is awarding nationwide to clean up health hazards in thousands of homes, train workers, and increase public awareness about reducing and preventing health hazards in their homes.

"HUD is committed to providing healthy and safe homes as part of our mission to help make the nation's housing more healthy and sustainable," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "These grants will help communities to protect families and children from significant health and safety hazards."

The State of Connecticut LAMPP will utilize their Healthy Homes Production Grant Program funds to remove health and safety hazards in 280 low-income homes and reduce health and safety hazards in 350 housing units. For more information contact: Donna Balaski, (860) 424-5342.

The funding announced today will go to cities, counties, states and universities to eliminate dangerous health and other safety hazards in thousands of privately-owned, low-income housing units. These funds are provided through HUD's Healthy Homes Production, (HHP) Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LTS, HHTS), and Asthma Interventions in Public and Assisted Multifamily Housing (AIPAMH) grant programs.

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