HUD Awards 127 Million Dollars in Grants including over 3 Million to the State of Kansas
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded the State of Kansas nearly $3,100,000 in grants 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 is part of a 127 million dollar grant announced this past week that is targeted toward the clean up lead and other health hazards in more than 11,000 homes, train workers in lead safety methods, and increase public awareness about childhood lead poisoning. Children who get lead poisoning can have severe developmental issues that will last into adulthood..
“Protecting the health, and indeed the futures, of our children is a top priority for HUD. We cannot allow children to be poisoned in their own homes,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “These grants will help communities around the nation to protect families from lead exposure and other significant health and safety hazards.”
HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims added: “With these grant awards, HUD makes it clear that providing healthy and safe homes for families and children is a priority. It’s simple: you can’t be healthy if your home is sick. There are far too many ‘sick homes’ in our communities, and these funds will target the worst of those homes. HUD is committed to protecting children from these hazards, as part of the Department’s effort to help make the nation’s housing healthy and sustainable.”
The following is a breakdown of the funding announced today:
Through these grant programs, HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Controlpromotes 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 .
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs
Even though lead 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 grant is part of a 127 million dollar grant announced this past week that is targeted toward the clean up lead and other health hazards in more than 11,000 homes, train workers in lead safety methods, and increase public awareness about childhood lead poisoning. Children who get lead poisoning can have severe developmental issues that will last into adulthood..
“Protecting the health, and indeed the futures, of our children is a top priority for HUD. We cannot allow children to be poisoned in their own homes,” said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “These grants will help communities around the nation to protect families from lead exposure and other significant health and safety hazards.”
HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims added: “With these grant awards, HUD makes it clear that providing healthy and safe homes for families and children is a priority. It’s simple: you can’t be healthy if your home is sick. There are far too many ‘sick homes’ in our communities, and these funds will target the worst of those homes. HUD is committed to protecting children from these hazards, as part of the Department’s effort 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 | $66,600,000 |
| “Healthy Homes Initiative” funding | $2,300,000 |
| Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program | $48,000,000 |
| Healthy Homes Production Grant Program | $10,000,000 |
TOTAL $126,900,000 |
Through these grant programs, HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Controlpromotes 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 .
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Grant Programs
Even though lead 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.
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