Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistance Listings: 14.906 -- Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grants
14.902 -- Lead Technical Studies Grants
Last Updated: May 13, 2026
Description
HUD is funding studies to improve knowledge of housing-related health and safety hazards and to improve or develop new hazard assessment and control methods, with a focus on lead and other key residential health and safety hazards. HUD is especially interested in applications that will advance our knowledge of priority healthy homes issues by addressing important gaps in science related to the accurate and efficient identification of hazards and the implementation of cost-effective hazard mitigation. This includes studies using implementation sciences in identifying specific conditions under which...
residential environmental hazard interventions, that have been shown to be effective in specific housing types and residential settings, can be assessed in other contexts.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Nonprofit
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
Business
- Small businesses
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Education
- Public and state institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
Government
- Special district governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- County governments
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- State governments
- City or township governments
Additional information
Applications to supplement existing projects are eligible to compete with applications for new awards.However, Federal agencies and organizations with the same Principal Investigator (PI) that received an award under the FY 2021 or FY 2022 Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies Grant Program cycle are ineligible. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Grantor contact information
Description
Brenda M. Reyes, MD, MPH
Brenda.m.reyes@hud.gov
For programmatic questions on the Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies program
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| Lead_and_Healthy_Homes_Technical_Studies_FR-6700-N-15.pdf | Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (FR-6700-N-15).pdf | Sep 15, 2023 06:31 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Closed: November 6, 2023
Award
$7,000,000
Program Funding
13
Expected awards
$300,000
Award Minimum
$1,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
FR-6700-N-15
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Housing
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
2
Posted date:
September 15, 2023
Archive date:
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