Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant Program

The LHRD program funds units of state, local and tribal government to implement comprehensive programs to identify and remediate lead based paint hazards in privately owned rental or owner occupied housing. The LHRD program is targeted to urban jurisdictions (either alone or through a consortium) that have at least 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental housing units. Healthy Homes Supplemental funds may be used only in homes also receiving HUD-funded lead hazard control work (interim controls or abatement). Grantees must use an inspection tool that identifies all 29 hazards identified in the Healthy Homes...

If your organization is established under section 501(c) (including any subsidiary sections) of the Internal Revenue Code, you are not eligible to apply for funding under this NOFA. Under the authorizing statute for this grant program, only cities, counties/parishes, and other units of local government, and certain States and Native American Tribes (see below) are eligible to receive funding under this NOFA. State government and Native American tribal applicants (whether they are the principal applicant or partner applicants in a consortium) are eligible to apply for funding under this NOFA only if they have an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized lead-based paint training and certification program as of the submission deadline date (see www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/traincert.htm). Multiple agencies within a local government, or multiple units of local government, or a state and one or more units of local government may apply as a consortium; however, an eligible principal (lead) applicant that will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all requirements in this NOFA must be identified. Where an application involves multiple entities, each entity must meet the civil rights threshold requirement of Resolution of Civil Rights Matters. If you, the applicant, are not a component of the executive branch of your jurisdiction’s government, that is, if your department or agency does not report directly or through a direct chain of command to the chief executive officer of your jurisdiction (e.g., the governor, the county executive (by whatever title), or the mayor (by whatever title), you must identify the law that provides the authority establishing you as a part of the State government or the unit of local government. To do so, you must provide the specific statutory citation(s) (e.g., 1 Mystate Revised Code 2345), and either the relevant wording as an attachment, or the specific web address(es) of the relevant wording in the body of your application. Be sure to verify that each web address cited is active and available without cost. The LHRD Grant Program is targeted to urban jurisdictions. In addition to the requirements in Section III.A., above, applicant MUST have at least 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental housing units (either alone or through a consortium), as listed at the Census website (http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml). Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Shannon Steinbauer Shannon.E.Steinbauer@hud.gov