HUD Archives: News Releases


HUD No. 22-004
HUD Public Affairs
(202) 708-0685
For Release
Wednesday
January 12, 2022

HUD Awards Nearly $105 Million to Protect Families from Home Health and Safety Hazards
Funding to make low-income families' homes safer and healthier

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded nearly $104.7 million to 60 non-profit organizations, and state and local government agencies located in 29 states to protect children and families from home health hazards.

HUD is providing these grants through its Healthy Homes Production Grant Program which will help grantees identify health and safety hazards in low-income families' homes. The grants will protect children and families with incomes at or below eighty percent of the area median income level by targeting significant lead and health hazards in over 7,400 low-income homes for which other resources are not available.

"By providing these grants, HUD makes it clear that ensuring healthy and safe homes for communities across our nation is a priority," said Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. "HUD is working every day to keep families safe from home health hazards like lead paint because for many Americans, their home is a primary determinate of their health, and that is why HUD is committed to protecting families from these hazards and to providing healthy and sustainable housing for all Americans."

The grants announced today emphasize the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to solving the nation's lead crisis. In December, HUD awarded nearly $13.2 million in grants to state and local government agencies in 3 states through its Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LBPHR) Grant Program to identify and clean up dangerous lead, and health and safety hazards in low-income families' homes.

The Healthy Homes Production Grant Program takes a comprehensive approach to addressing multiple childhood diseases and injuries in the home by focusing on housing-related hazards in a coordinated fashion, rather than addressing a single hazard at a time. The program builds upon HUD's successful Lead Hazard Control programs to expand the Department's efforts to holistically address a variety of high-priority housing-based health and safety hazards, such as mold and moisture, poor indoor air quality, pests, carbon monoxide, injury and safety hazards, in addition to lead-based paint.

In the coming weeks, grantees will begin setting up and implementing their programs and will make applications available for families who are interested and eligible for their local Healthy Homes Program.

Below is a project-by-project breakdown of the funding announced today:

 
Grant Program
State
Organization Name
Total Units Proposed
Grant Amount
1
HHP
AK
Alaska Heat Smart
130
$1,999,999.74
2
HHP
AK
Cold Climate Housing Research Center
50
$1,000,000.00
3
HHP
AK
Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority
40
$2,000,000.00
4
HHP
AL
Alabama Department of Public Health
150
$2,000,000.00
5
HHP
AL
Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc.
100
$1,831,588.00
6
HHP
AL
West Anniston Foundation
150
$1,050,268.80
7
HHP
AZ
Rebuilding Together Valley of the Sun
75
$1,035,558.00
8
HHP
CA
City of Pomona
217
$2,000,000.00
9
HHP
CO
International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology
200
$1,999,919.52
10
HHP
CT
City of New Haven
200
$2,000,000.00
11
HHP
CT
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
75
$2,000,000.00
12
HHP
DE
New Castle County
130
$2,000,000.00
13
HHP
FL
City of Tampa
90
$1,999,560.00
14
HHP
GA
Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
200
$2,000,000.00
15
HHP
IA
County of Cerro Gordo
65
$1,306,240.00
16
HHP
IA
City of Dubuque
100
$2,000,000.00
17
HHP
IA
City of Sioux City
100
$1,503,643.00
18
HHP
IA
East Central Intergovernmental Association
110
$1,950,000.00
19
HHP
IA
Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa, dba EveryStep
135
$2,000,000.00
20
HHP
IL
City of Kankakee
285
$1,426,306.00
21
HHP
IL
City of Springfield
135
$2,000,000.00
22
HHP
IL
Metec
250
$2,000,000.00
23
HHP
IN
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority
104
$2,000,000.00
24
HHP
LA
New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
100
$1,694,522.56
25
HHP
MA
City of Malden Redevelopment Authority
95
$1,678,177.00
26
HHP
MA
Revitalize Community Development Corporation
70 
$1,400,164.00
27
HHP
MD
Enterprise Community Partners Columbia
50 
$2,000,000.00
28
HHP
MD
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, Inc.
300
$2,000,000.00
29
HHP
MD
Maryland Rural Development Corporation
137
$1,175,563.00
30
HHP
MI
City of Detroit
150
$2,000,000.00
31
HHP
MI
City of Muskegon
135
$1,500,000.00
32
HHP
MI
Habitat for Humanity of Michigan, Inc
160
$2,000,000.00
33
HHP
MN
City of Minneapolis
120
$2,000,000.00
34
HHP
MN
Hennepin County
150
$2,000,000.00
35
HHP
MO
County of St. Louis
145
$1,798,124.95
36
HHP
MO
Jefferson Franklin Community Action Corporation
187 
$1,623,040.64
37
HHP
MS
City of Jackson
125
$1,581,981.13
38
HHP
NE
Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance
105
$1,961,547.00
39
HHP
NJ
Isles, Inc.
118
$1,176,164.81
40
HHP
NJ
Morris Habitat for Humanity
84 
$1,597,946.00
41
HHP
NY
Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation, Inc.
130
$2,000,000.00
42
HHP
NY
Home HeadQuarters, Inc.
150
$1,000,000.00
43
HHP
NY
Seneca Nation of Indians
80
$1,614,964.00
44
HHP
NY
Chautauqua County
80
$2,000,000.00
45
HHP
OH
City of Cleveland
310
$2,000,000.00
46
HHP
OH
City of Columbus, Department of Development, Housing Division
155
$2,000,000.00
47
HHP
OH
City of Lancaster
60
$1,000,000.00
48
HHP
OH
Erie County Health Department
78
$1,000,800.00
49
HHP
OH
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
170
$2,000,000.00
50
HHP
OH
Rebuilding Together Northeast Ohio
150
$1,471,023.89
51
HHP
OK
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
130
$1,718,725.00
52
HHP
PA
City of Bethlehem
200
$1,814,947.00
53
HHP
PA
Lancaster General Hospital
150
$1,999,155.06
54
HHP
PA
Women for a Healthy Environment
130
$1,854,450.00
55
HHP
SC
South Carolina Association of Community Action Partnerships
107
$2,000,000.00
56
HHP
TX
City of Houston
120
$2,000,000.00
57
HHP
UT
Salt Lake County
130
$2,000,000.00
58
HHP
VA
City of Roanoke
125
$2,000,000.00
59
HHP
VA
Elderhomes Corp dba project:HOMES
90
$1,419,374.00
60
HHP
VA
Rebuilding Together DC Alexandria
120
$1,601,000.00

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