Funding to make low-income families’ homes safer and healthier
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 |