Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program
Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistance Listings: 14.902 -- Lead Technical Studies Grants
14.906 -- Healthy Homes 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
Government
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Public and Indian housing authorities
- Special district governments
- County governments
Nonprofit
- Other Native American tribal organizations
- Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
- Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)
Education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Public and state institutions of higher education
Business
- Small businesses
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Additional information
U.S. territory or possession are eligible to apply.Applications to supplement existing projects are eligible to compete with applications for new awards. However, organizations that apply and use the same Principal Investigator (PI) that is identified on any active LHHTS grants must demonstrate that the time to be spent in the new grant and any other LHHTS grants is not above 100% full time equivalent.If supported by the majority of the Application Review Panel, HUD will make an award of up to $800,000 under the LTS Grant Program or up to $1,000,000 under the HHTS Grant Program for the highest scoring application from a qualified new applicant, as defined here, on the condition that the application receives a score of at least 79 points. A new applicant is an organization that has not been previously funded by the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) under the Technical Studies Grant Program to which they are applying as the primary grantee. A new applicant may have previously been a sub-grantee under an award to another organization. If there is not a qualified new applicant for funding, any remaining funds will be made available to the general pool of qualified LHHTS Grant Program applicants based on the final overall ranking. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FY24_Lead_and_Healthy_Homes_Technical_StudiesFR-6800-N-15.pdf | FY24_Lead_and_Healthy_Homes_Technical_Studies(FR-6800-N-15).pdf | Jun 21, 2024 02:05 PM UTC |
| FY24_Lead_and_Healthy_Homes_Technical_StudiesFR-6800-N-15TechnicalCorrection.pdf | FY24_Lead_and_Healthy_Homes_Technical_Studies(FR-6800-N-15)TechnicalCorrection.pdf | Jul 2, 2024 09:08 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
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Closed: August 6, 2024
Award
$13,200,000
Program Funding
15
Expected awards
$300,000
Award Minimum
$1,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
FR-6800-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:
June 21, 2024
Archive date:
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