HUD Awards Over $39 Million To Protect Families from Home Health and Safety Hazards

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

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded over $39 million to city, county, and Native American tribal governments, and non-profit organizations, in 15 states to protect children and families from home health hazards. HUD is providing these grants through its Healthy Homes Production Grant Program to identify and mitigate health and safety hazards in the homes of families of low income.

"We are pleased so many local and non-profit leaders are interested in participating in this grant program in order to make the homes of low-income people safer and healthier," said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. "Our partners are acting to intentionally address home-health and safety hazards and HUD is proud to support them."

These investments will protect families and children by eliminating significant health and safety hazards in over 2,400 homes of low-income families, provide resources to build capacity for healthy homes interventions, and support the development of local workforces to hire housing renovation contractors and healthy housing practitioners to complete critical healthy homes work.

"By providing these grants, HUD makes it clear that providing healthy and safe homes for the community is a priority," said Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Director Matthew Ammon. "HUD is committed to protecting families from the impacts of unhealthy housing and to improve the health and viability of communities."

Read a complete project-by-project summary of the programs awarded grants today.

The following is a state-by-state breakdown of the funding announced today: