Funding to make low-income housing safer and healthier
WASHINGTON, DC – March 23, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $110.8 million in grants to 43 local projects to conduct a wide range of activities intended to protect children and families from potentially dangerous lead-based paint and other home health and safety hazards (see chart below).
The grant funding announced today will clean up lead and other health hazards in nearly 6,000 high-risk homes, train workers in lead safety methods, and increase public awareness about childhood lead poisoning. Lead is a known toxin that can impair children’s development and have effects lasting into adulthood.
“Protecting the health and well-being of children is a top priority for HUD. We know that housing conditions directly affect the health of its residents,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “These grants will help communities around the nation protect families from lead exposure and other significant health and safety hazards.”
“With these grant awards, HUD makes it clear that providing healthy and safe homes for families and children is a priority,” said Jon Gant, Director of HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. “It’s simple: you can’t be healthy if your home is sick. HUD is committed to protecting children from these hazards, as part our efforts to help make the nation’s housing healthy and sustainable.”
The following is a breakdown of the funding announced today:
|
Grant Program |
Funding Awarded |
| Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program (LBPHC) |
$78,554,202* |
| Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program (LHRD) |
$32,298,810 |
|
Total |
$110,853,012 |
* This includes the $5,329,093 HUD is awarding to assist in the promotion and development of programs to concurrently identify and address multiple housing-related health hazards with lead hazard control intervention work.
Through these grant programs, HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control promotes local efforts to eliminate dangerous lead hazards from lower income homes; stimulates private sector investment in lead hazard control; and educates the public about the dangers of lead-based paint. A complete project-by-project summary of the programs awarded grants today can be found on HUD’s website.
Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs
Even though lead-based paint was banned for residential use in 1978, HUD estimates that approximately 24 million homes still have significant lead-based paint hazards today. Lead-contaminated dust is the primary cause of lead exposure and can lead to a variety of health problems in young children, including reduced IQ, learning disabilities, developmental delays, reduced height, and impaired hearing. At higher levels, lead can damage a child’s kidneys and central nervous system and cause anemia, coma, convulsions and even death.
The funding announced today directs critical funds to cities, counties and states to eliminate dangerous lead paint hazards in thousands of privately-owned, low-income housing units. These funds are provided through HUD’s Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant programs. To expand the reach of HUD’s Lead Hazard Control Program. HUD is also providing over $5.3 million to help communities transform their lead hazard control programs to address multiple housing-related hazards.
The following is a state-by-state breakdown of the funding announced today:
|
State |
Agency |
Program |
Amount |
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| Arizona | City of Tucson |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| California | City of Long Beach |
LBPHC |
$2,479,996 |
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| City of Richmond |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| San Diego Housing Commission |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| State of California |
LBPHC |
$2,300,000 |
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| City of Los Angeles |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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| Connecticut | Naugatuck Valley Health District |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| City of Norwich |
LBPHC |
$2,107,857 |
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| City of New Haven |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| District of Columbia | District of Columbia |
LHRD |
$2,998,810 |
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| Illinois | City of Kankakee |
LBPHC |
$2,300,000 |
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| Indiana | City of Fort Wayne |
LBPHC |
$2,478,240 |
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| Housing Authority of South Bend |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| County of Elkhart (Elkhart County Government) |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Iowa | City of Marshalltown |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| City of Sioux City |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Maine | Maine State Housing Authority |
LBPHC |
$2,409,093 |
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| Maryland | Baltimore City Dept. of Housing and Community Development |
LHRD |
$2,900,000 |
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| Massachusetts | City of Worcester |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Michigan | Michigan Department of Community Health |
LBPHC |
$2,479,602 |
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| Charter County of Wayne |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| City of Grand Rapids |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Minnesota | City of Minneapolis |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Missouri | Kansas City Missouri Health Department |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| New Hampshire | New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| City of Nashua |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| New York | Onondaga County |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| The City of New York Department of HPD |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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| City of Syracuse |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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| City of Rochester |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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| North Carolina | City of Charlotte |
LBPHC |
$2,479,414 |
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| Ohio | Cuyahoga County Board of Health |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| City of Springfield |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Lucas County Regional Health District |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| City of Akron |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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| City of Cincinnati |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Department of Health |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| County of Lawrence |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Texas | City of Fort Worth |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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| Washington | Washington State Department of Commerce |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| City of Spokane |
LHRD |
$2,400,000 |
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| Wisconsin | Kenosha County |
LBPHC |
$2,480,000 |
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| Community Relations-Social Development Commission |
LHRD |
$3,000,000 |
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*Grant program abbreviations are as follows:
LBPHC– Lead Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
(includes Healthy Homes Initiative supplemental funding, as applicable)
LHRD– Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program
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