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- The Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.905 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 7, 2015 and posted on May 7, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 23, 2015 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 115959 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $45,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) City or township governments County governments Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- States, cities, counties/parishes, Native American Tribes or other units of local government are eligible to apply for funding under this NOFA. Multiple units of a local government (or multiple local governments) may apply as a consortium however, an eligible principal (lead) applicant must be identified that will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all requirements specified in this NOFA. Where an application involves multiple entities, each entity must meet the civil rights threshold requirement of Resolution of Civil Rights Matters. Please refer to Section III.C.2 of the General Section for additional guidance on this requirement. State government and Native American tribal applicants (whether they are the principal applicant or partner applicants in a consortium) must have an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized lead based paint training and certification program (see http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/traincert.htm). Applicants seeking funding under the LHRD Grant Program, which is targeted to urban jurisdictions, in addition to the requirements in Section III.A., above, 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.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant Program is a discretionary HUD grant run through the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH). Its core aim is to help eligible government entities run comprehensive, community-based efforts to find and control lead-based paint hazards in privately owned housing, including both owner-occupied homes and rental units. The program is closely tied to HUDs 2012 to 2015 Environmental Justice Strategy, reflecting a focus on environmental and health problems that fall hardest on high-risk communities, including low-income households, minority communities, young children, and people with disabilities. Alongside lead work, HUD also offers Healthy Homes Supplemental funding so grantees can use the Healthy Homes Rating System to assess, prioritize, and fix other housing-related health and safety issues in the same eligible units, helping communities treat lead hazards as part of a broader healthy housing approach rather than a stand-alone repair activity.
Program outcomes are centered on protecting children under age six and reducing the likelihood of elevated blood lead levels by targeting housing where risk is highest. That means prioritizing older housing stock and neighborhoods where low-income and minority families are more likely to be exposed, and directing resources toward units where children already live or are likely to live. HUD expects grantees to maximize both the number of young children protected and the number of housing units made safer through lead hazard control. The program also emphasizes using cost-effective methods that can be replicated and maintained over time, so local governments build solutions that last beyond the grant period. Another major expectation is capacity-building: grantees should strengthen local systems and workforce practices so lead-safe work methods are standard during hazard control projects as well as during routine renovation, remodeling, and maintenance activities.
The NOFA places strong weight on coordination and civil rights responsibilities. Applicants are expected to integrate LHRD activities with other local health and housing programs, and to encourage collaboration, data-sharing, and coordinated targeting between health departments and housing agencies. Recipients must also affirmatively further fair housing, which is not only stated as an objective but treated as a civil rights program requirement. Practically, this involves ensuring that lead-safe units are affirmatively marketed and that families with young children are given priority, helping make sure the benefits of hazard reduction are accessible and equitably distributed. The opportunity also reinforces environmental justice principles, calling for fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, or income. In addition, recipients must comply with disability nondiscrimination requirements, including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and, as applicable, Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
A further policy goal is to connect the investment to local economic opportunity. To the greatest extent feasible, grantees are expected to direct job training, employment, contracting, and related economic opportunities created by the grant toward low- and very low-income residents, especially people receiving housing assistance, and toward businesses that provide economic opportunities to those populations in the project area. This expectation aligns with HUD requirements referenced in 24 CFR Part 135 and related NOFA and General Section provisions, reflecting HUDs interest in ensuring that federal housing and health investments also support local workforce and small business participation.
In terms of funding details, this opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number FR-5900-N-13, CFDA 14.905) had an estimated total funding amount of $45,000,000 with an anticipated 12 awards. Individual awards ranged from $1,000,000 (floor) to $3,500,000 (ceiling), and cost sharing or matching was required. Applications were due June 23, 2015, by 11:59:59 p.m. ET, and the opportunity was later archived on September 1, 2015. While the dates are historical, the structure illustrates the scale HUD envisioned for city- and community-level lead hazard reduction initiatives.
Eligibility is limited to government entities: states, cities, counties or parishes, federally recognized Native American Tribes, and other units of local government. Multiple jurisdictions can apply together as a consortium, but they must name a principal lead applicant responsible for compliance with all grant requirements, and each participating entity must meet civil rights threshold requirements related to the resolution of civil rights matters. State governments and Native American tribal applicants (whether leading or participating in a consortium) must have an EPA-authorized lead-based paint training and certification program. Because LHRD is targeted to urban jurisdictions, applicants also had to meet a key housing stock threshold: at least 3,500 occupied pre-1940 rental housing units, either within a single jurisdiction or combined across consortium members, as documented through Census data. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible.
Overall, the LHRD program is designed to help local governments move beyond isolated lead interventions and instead build comprehensive, sustainable lead hazard control systems that are targeted, equitable, collaborative across agencies, aligned with fair housing and environmental justice principles, and capable of leaving behind stronger local capacity and safer housing for families with young children.
Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant Program FAQs
What is the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant Program?
The Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant Program is a discretionary grant program from HUD, administered through the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH). It supports eligible government entities in running comprehensive, community-based efforts to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately owned housing.
What is the main purpose of the LHRD program?
The core purpose is to reduce lead-based paint hazards in privately owned housing (both owner-occupied homes and rental units), especially in places where the risk of lead exposure is highest, in order to protect health and reduce the likelihood of elevated blood lead levels in children.
What types of housing are covered under this program?
The program focuses on privately owned housing, including owner-occupied homes and rental units, where lead-based paint hazards may be present.
Who is the program intended to protect most directly?
Program outcomes are centered on protecting children under age six by reducing the likelihood of elevated blood lead levels. HUD expects grantees to prioritize units where young children already live or are likely to live.
How does the program prioritize where funds should be used?
The LHRD program emphasizes targeting older housing stock and neighborhoods where risk is highest, including areas where low-income and minority families are more likely to be exposed to lead hazards. Grantees are expected to direct resources toward units that maximize both the number of young children protected and the number of housing units made safer.
How is environmental justice reflected in the LHRD program?
The program is closely tied to HUD's 2012 to 2015 Environmental Justice Strategy. It reflects a focus on environmental and health burdens that disproportionately affect high-risk communities, including low-income households, minority communities, young children, and people with disabilities, and calls for fair treatment and meaningful involvement regardless of race, color, national origin, disability, or income.
What is the Healthy Homes Supplemental funding mentioned with this opportunity?
HUD offers Healthy Homes Supplemental funding alongside lead-related work so that grantees can use the Healthy Homes Rating System to assess, prioritize, and address other housing-related health and safety issues in the same eligible units. This supports treating lead hazard control as part of a broader healthy housing approach rather than as a stand-alone repair activity.
Is the LHRD program only about lead hazard control?
The central focus is lead-based paint hazard control, but HUD also supports a broader healthy housing approach through Healthy Homes Supplemental funding, allowing work on additional health and safety hazards in the same eligible units using the Healthy Homes Rating System.
What does HUD expect grantees to achieve?
HUD expects grantees to (1) protect as many young children as possible, (2) make as many housing units as possible safer through lead hazard control, and (3) use cost-effective methods that can be replicated and maintained over time so solutions remain effective beyond the grant period.
What does capacity-building mean in this program?
Capacity-building refers to strengthening local systems and workforce practices so lead-safe work methods become standard not only during hazard control projects funded by the grant, but also during routine renovation, remodeling, and maintenance activities.
What types of coordination are expected under the NOFA?
The NOFA places strong weight on integrating LHRD activities with other local health and housing programs. It encourages collaboration, data-sharing, and coordinated targeting between health departments and housing agencies.
What are the fair housing expectations for recipients?
Recipients must affirmatively further fair housing, which is treated as a civil rights program requirement. Practically, this includes ensuring lead-safe units are affirmatively marketed and that families with young children are given priority, supporting equitable access to the benefits of hazard reduction.
What civil rights and nondiscrimination requirements apply?
Recipients must comply with civil rights responsibilities, including disability nondiscrimination requirements under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and, as applicable, Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Applicants in a consortium must also meet civil rights threshold requirements related to the resolution of civil rights matters.
How does the grant connect to local economic opportunity?
To the greatest extent feasible, grantees are expected to direct job training, employment, contracting, and related economic opportunities created by the grant toward low- and very low-income residents (especially people receiving housing assistance) and toward businesses that provide economic opportunities to those populations in the project area. This aligns with HUD requirements referenced in 24 CFR Part 135 and related NOFA and General Section provisions.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number and CFDA number for this opportunity?
The Funding Opportunity Number is FR-5900-N-13, and the CFDA number is 14.905.
How much total funding was estimated for this opportunity?
The estimated total funding amount was $45,000,000.
How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated 12 awards.
What was the award size range?
Individual awards ranged from a $1,000,000 floor to a $3,500,000 ceiling.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
Yes. Cost sharing or matching was required for this opportunity.
When were applications due?
Applications were due on June 23, 2015, by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Is this opportunity still open?
No. The opportunity was later archived on September 1, 2015.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to government entities, including states, cities, counties or parishes, federally recognized Native American Tribes, and other units of local government.
Can multiple jurisdictions apply together?
Yes. Multiple jurisdictions may apply as a consortium, but they must name a principal lead applicant responsible for compliance with all grant requirements.
What are the requirements for consortium members?
Each participating entity must meet civil rights threshold requirements related to the resolution of civil rights matters, and the consortium must designate a principal lead applicant responsible for compliance with all grant requirements.
Are there special requirements for state and tribal applicants related to training and certification?
Yes. State governments and Native American tribal applicants (whether leading or participating in a consortium) must have an EPA-authorized lead-based paint training and certification program.
Is this program targeted to certain types of jurisdictions?
Yes. Because LHRD is targeted to urban jurisdictions, applicants had to meet a housing stock threshold tied to older rental housing.
What is the housing stock threshold for eligibility?
Applicants had to have at least 3,500 occupied pre-1940 rental housing units, either within a single jurisdiction or combined across consortium members, documented through Census data.
Are individuals or private businesses eligible to apply directly?
No. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible under the eligibility rules described.
What does HUD mean by "comprehensive, community-based efforts" in this context?
Based on the description provided, the program is designed to move beyond isolated lead interventions and instead support coordinated, targeted, and sustainable local systems for lead hazard control that are integrated with local health and housing programs and that build lasting local capacity.
What longer-term results does HUD want beyond completing lead hazard control projects?
HUD emphasizes approaches that are cost-effective, replicable, and maintainable over time, along with strengthening local systems and workforce practices so lead-safe methods continue during routine housing work beyond the grant period.
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