NEARLY $13.2 MILLION AWARDED TO ADDRESS LEAD AND OTHER HOME HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS

摘要

HUD has awarded nearly $13.2 million to state and local government agencies in three states to protect children and families from lead-based paint and home health hazards. These grants are provided through HUD's Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grant Programs (LBPHR) to identify and clean up dangerous lead and other health and safety hazards in the homes of low-income families. These grants also include nearly $1.3 million from HUD's Healthy-Homes Supplemental funding to help communities with housing-related health and safety hazards in addition to lead-based paint hazards. These investments will target significant lead and health hazards in over 600 low-income homes for which other resources are not available. These grants are the second round of 2021 grants from the LBPHR Program and are part of HUD's continued efforts to solve the nation's lead crisis. In August 2021, HUD awarded nearly $95 million to 28 state and local government agencies in 19 states to protect children and families from lead-based paint and other home health hazards.