The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $314 million to 77 state and local government agencies, a record investment to protect children and families from lead-based paint and home health hazards. In addition, HUD is awarding more than $5 million to identify and address home health and safety hazards in six tribal communities.
These grants are provided through HUD’s Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program and Healthy Homes Production Grant Program for Tribal Housing to identify and clean up dangerous lead in low-income housing. Many of the grantees announced today will work to clean up lead hazards in Opportunity Zones.
“We are committed to improving the lives of all families, especially children, by creating safer and healthier homes,” said Secretary Ben Carson. “One of HUD’s priorities is protecting families from lead-based paint and other health hazards. These grants will help states, tribes, and local communities do precisely that.”
The Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program grants include $30 million in HUD’s Healthy Homes Supplemental funding to help communities address housing-related health and safety hazards, in addition to lead-based paint hazards. Seven local communities were awarded grants to help their ‘High Impact Neighborhood’ where they will conduct lead hazard control and healthy homes work intensively in a targeted neighborhood impacted by poor housing conditions. HUD’s new tribal grants fill critical needs in communities where limited resources exist to address substandard housing that threatens the health of the most vulnerable tribal residents.
Combined, these investments will protect families and children by targeting health hazards in more than 14,700 low-income homes with significant lead and health hazards for which other resources are not available to address these needs.
“HUD understands the close connection between health and housing,” said Matthew Ammon, Director of HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. “This year, HUD is awarding a record number of awards to jurisdictions to directly support their efforts to identify and clean up housing-based health hazards like lead and mold.”
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes promotes local efforts to eliminate dangerous lead paint and other housing-related health hazards from lower income homes; stimulates private sector investment in lead hazard control; supports cutting-edge research on methods for assessing and controlling housing-related health and safety hazards; and educates the public about the dangers of hazards in the home. Read a complete project-by-project summary of the programs awarded grants today.
Lead Hazard Reduction in Opportunity Zones
Created under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Opportunity Zones aim to stimulate long-term investments in low-income communities by offering significant capital gains tax relief to those who invest in these distressed areas. This initiative is anticipated to spur $100 billion in private capital investment in Opportunity Zones. Incentivizing investment in low-income communities fosters economic revitalization, job creation, and promotes sustainable economic growth across the nation, especially in communities HUD serves. Applicants seeking funding under HUD’s Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Production Grant Program for Tribal Housing receive bonus points to further drive public investment to these areas (see grantee chart below).
The following is a state-by-state breakdown of the funding announced today:
Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Program
|
State |
Grantee
|
Lead Hazard Control
|
Healthy Homes |
Total Amount |
| Alabama | City of Tuscaloosa + | $2,999,871 | $2,999,871 | |
| Arizona | City of Tucson + | $3,553,630 | $400,000 | $3,953,630 |
| Maricopa County | $1,482,710 | $300,000 | $1,782,710 | |
| California | County of Fresno | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| City of Pomona | $4,000,000 | $600,000 | $4,600,000 | |
| County of Alameda | $3,000,000 | $600,000 | $3,600,000 | |
| City of Los Angeles | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| Connecticut | City of New Haven | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 |
| City of Norwich | $2,655,058 | $300,000 | $2,955,058 | |
| District of Columbia | Department of Energy and Environment + | $2,994,371 | $600,000 | $3,594,371 |
| Delaware | New Castle County + | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 |
| Florida | City of Hialeah | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 |
| Georgia | State of Georgia | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 |
| Iowa | East Central Intergovernmental Association | $2,999,996 | $300,000 | $3,299,996 |
| County of Cerro Gordo | $2,570,476 | $405,485 | $2,975,961 | |
| Illinois | County of Peoria + | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 |
| County of McHenry | $2,046,919 | $201,050 | $2,247,969 | |
| Winnebago County + | $3,169,301 | $242,538 | $3,411,839 | |
| Louisiana | Jefferson Parrish | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 |
| State of Louisiana | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 | |
| Massachusetts | City of Lynn* | $8,704,184 | $600,000 | $9,304,184 |
| City of Worcester | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| City of Boston | $3,922,674 | $420,000 | $4,342,674 | |
| City of Quincy | $300,000 | $300,000 | ||
| Maryland | Baltimore City* | $9,100,000 | $600,000 | $9,700,000 |
| Maine | City of Lewiston | $4,606,649 | $600,000 | $5,206,649 |
| City of Biddeford | $2,948,144 | $298,600 | $3,246,744 | |
| Maine State Housing Authority + | $3,218,377 | $600,000 | $3,818,377 | |
| City of Portland (ME) | $2,038,041 | $503,655 | $2,541,696 | |
| Michigan | City of Grand Rapids + | $3,771,077 | $460,600 | $4,231,677 |
| City of Detroit*+ | $9,100,000 | $600,000 | $9,700,000 | |
| City of Warren | $1,000,000 | $300,000 | $1,300,000 | |
| Minnesota | Hennepin County + | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 |
| State of Minnesota | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 | |
| Mississippi | City of Jackson | $1,650,000 | $150,000 | $1,800,000 |
| North Carolina | City of Charlotte | $3,039,624 | $595,598 | $3,635,222 |
| City of Wilmington (NC) + | $1,500,000 | $300,000 | $1,800,000 | |
| New Jersey | City of East Orange + | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 |
| County of Bergen | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 | |
| Township of Irvington + | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 | |
| City of Newark (NJ) | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| New York | City of Elmira + | $1,013,388 | $280,000 | $1,293,388 |
| Onondaga County | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| City of Rochester | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| Erie County (NY) | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| Genesee County | $1,000,000 | $300,000 | $1,300,000 | |
| County of Niagara | $2,500,000 | $250,000 | $2,750,000 | |
| Ohio | City of Cleveland*+ | $9,100,000 | $600,000 | $9,700,000 |
| City of Columbus | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| Mahoning County | $4,000,000 | $600,000 | $4,600,000 | |
| County of Erie (OH) | $3,478,430 | $350,000 | $3,828,430 | |
| Cuyahoga County + | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| City of Canton | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $3,300,000 | |
| City of Akron + | $4,000,000 | $600,000 | $4,600,000 | |
| Summit County + | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| City of Lima | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | ||
| Oklahoma | County of Tulsa | $1,226,891 | $1,226,891 | |
| City of Oklahoma City | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | ||
| Pennsylvania | County of Montgomery + | $1,500,000 | $300,000 | $1,800,000 |
| County of Delaware | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | ||
| State of Pennsylvania | $2,500,000 | $400,000 | $2,900,000 | |
| City of Harrisburg + | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| County of Bucks + | $1,563,106 | $1,563,106 | ||
| City of Lancaster*+ | $9,100,000 | $600,000 | $9,700,000 | |
| Rhode Island | City of Woonsocket + | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |
| Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation* | $7,841,160 | $599,800 | $8,440,960 | |
| South Carolina | City of Spartanburg | $1,000,000 | $299,964 | $1,299,964 |
| Tennessee | City of Memphis + | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 |
| Texas | City of San Antonio + | $4,000,000 | $600,000 | $4,600,000 |
| Montgomery County (TX) | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | ||
| City of Houston*+ | $9,100,000 | $600,000 | $9,700,000 | |
| City of Waco + | $2,000,000 | $300,000 | $2,300,000 | |
| Utah | Salt Lake County + | $4,525,207 | $600,000 | $5,125,207 |
| Virginia | Commonwealth of Virginia | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 |
| Chesterfield County + | $1,355,285 | $225,000 | $1,580,285 | |
| Vermont | Vermont Housing and Conservation Board | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |
| Wisconsin | City of Milwaukee | $5,000,000 | $600,000 | $5,600,000 |
|
TOTAL |
$283,874,569 |
$30,382,290 |
$314,256,859
|
Healthy Homes Production Grant Program for Tribal Housing
|
State |
Tribal Grantee |
Total Amount
|
| Alaska | Kenaitze Salamat of Tribal Designated Housing | $913,086 |
| Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority + | $1,000,000 | |
| Native Village of Buckland | $625,000 | |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | $999,827 | |
| New York | Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe | $1,000,000 |
| South Dakota | Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate + | $545,710 |
|
TOTAL |
$5,083,623
|
* These communities have been awarded grants as High Impact Neighborhoods.
+ Located in an Opportunity Zone
