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HUD No. 22-189
HUD Public Affairs
(202) 708-0685
For Release
Wednesday
September 28, 2022

HUD Awards Over $125 Million to Protect Families from Lead and Other 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 over $125 million to 26 state and local government agencies to protect children and families from lead-based paint hazards and additional home health hazards.

HUD is providing these grants through its Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program to identify and clean up dangerous lead in low-income families' older homes. These grants include more than $13 million from HUD's Healthy Homes Supplemental funding to help communities address homes with housing-related health and safety hazards in addition to lead-based paint hazards.

These investments will protect families and children by targeting significant lead and health hazards in over 4,000 low-income homes for which other resources are not available.

"Today, we are extending our efforts to improve the health and safety of children and other members of families with low incomes," said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. "The funding provided today will help these families – especially their children - to be healthier and to improve their attendance and experiences in school and work over the coming decades."

"HUD is making clear, through these grants, that it prioritizes healthy and safe homes in communities around the Nation," said Matthew Ammon, Director of HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. "An important part of becoming and staying healthy is a hazard-free home. HUD is committed to protecting families from lead and other housing-related health and safety hazards and to providing healthy, affordable, and sustainable housing."

Read a complete project-by-project summary of the programs awarded grants today. The following is a state-by-state breakdown of the funding announced today:

 
Grant Program
State
Organization Name
Lead Units Proposed
Healthy Homes Supplement Units Proposed
Lead Amount
Healthy Homes Supplement Amount
1
LHRD
CT
City of Hartford
165
165
$4,055,826
$350,000
2
LHRD
CT
City of Meriden
77
50
$4,000,000
$300,000
3
LBPHC
DE
New Castle County
325
325
$8,000,000
$700,000
4
LBPHC
FL
City of Tallahassee
173
80
$4,000,000
$400,000
5
LBPHC
GA
Augusta, Georgia
75
75
$3,560,000
$400,000
6
LBPHC
IA
East Central Intergovernmental Association
120
114
$4,228,000
$700,000
7
LHRD
IL
Winnebago County
140
0
$4,220,259
$0
8
LBPHC
IL
City of Kankakee
100
50
$2,757,668
$255,439
9
LHRD
IL
City of Chicago
335
335
$8,000,000
$700,000
10
LHRD
IN
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority
120
105
$4,000,000
$700,000
11
LBPHC
KS
Wyandotte County
45
85
$3,420,348
$510,000
12
LBPHC
ME
City of Biddeford
95
70
$3,192,210
$361,875
13
LHRD
MI
City of Kalamazoo
80
80
$3,971,441
$696,000
14
LHRD
MI
City of Detroit
132
132
$5,000,000
$650,000
15
LHRD
MN
Hennepin County
300
150
$6,000,000
$700,000
16
LHRD
NE
City of Omaha
160
120
$3,707,355
$700,000
17
LHRD
NH
Manchester (NH)
200
200
$4,668,215
$700,000
18
LBPHC
NV
City of Las Vegas
100
85
$2,675,483
$697,400
19
LBPHC
NY
Genesee County
65
65
$2,130,000
$325,000
20
LBPHC
NY
City of Elmira
50
50
$1,050,000
$250,000
21
LHRD
NY
Rensselaer County Department of Health
75
60
$2,182,036
$155,678
22
LHRD
NY
City of Rochester
150
150
$2,989,491
$700,000
23
LBPHC
OH
Mahoning County
170
130
$5,000,000
$700,000
24
LHRD
PA
City of Philadelphia
340
360
$7,300,000
$700,000
25
LHRD
TX
City of Houston
375
175
$8,000,000
$700,000
26
LBPHC
VT
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
90
0
$4,226,277
$0
TOTALS
4,057
3,211
$112,334,609
$13,051,392

LBPHC = Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
LHRD = Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program

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