U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson recently presented $1.5 million to the city of Waco, Texas, to protect children and families from lead-based paint and home health hazards.
Carson made the grant announcement during an event with Waco Mayor Kyle Deaver and city leaders. The city will address lead hazards in more than 140 housing units for very low-income families with children.
“We're proud to be here with the city of Waco and Mayor Deaver today as they take another important step towards creating safer and healthier homes for the most vulnerable families and children in their community,” Carson said. “These grants will help the city eliminate lead-based paint and other health hazards from low-income households and ensure they live in safe and reliable homes.”
The grants are provided through HUD’s Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control and Lead-Based Paint and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant programs to identify and clean up dangerous lead in low-income housing.
They will protect families and children by targeting health hazards in low-income homes with significant lead and health hazards. HUD’s lead hazard control grant programs have successfully filled critical needs for remediating housing hazards, focusing on the most vulnerable residents of communities with limited local resources to address these hazards, according to a HUD news release.
HUD, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services are working collaboratively to diminish childhood exposure to lead from lead-based paint and other sources.
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