Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program | FR 6900 N 13

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The Lead Hazard Reduction (LHR) Grant Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) designed to reduce childhood lead poisoning, with a clear focus on protecting children under age six. The program funds comprehensive, local lead hazard control efforts in eligible, privately owned housing, including both rental properties and owner-occupied homes. At a practical level, the grant supports communities in finding lead-based paint hazards (common in older housing) and paying for activities that control or eliminate those hazards so that families, and especially young children, are less likely to be exposed.

The program is open to government entities rather than individuals. Eligible applicants include state governments, counties/parishes, cities or townships, special districts, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. HUD also allows multiple entities to apply together as a consortium, which can help neighboring jurisdictions or aligned agencies pool housing stock and administrative capacity. In consortium applications, one organization must be named as the lead applicant responsible for meeting the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) requirements and overseeing compliance, and each participating entity must satisfy HUDs threshold requirement related to the Resolution of Civil Rights Matters.

A key eligibility condition applies specifically to states and federally recognized tribes: by the application deadline, they must have an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-authorized lead abatement certification program in place. This requirement does not apply to cities, counties/parishes, or other local government units. The grant is structured to support areas with substantial risk, particularly communities with older housing where lead-based paint is more likely to be present.

Funding levels depend on which category an applicant qualifies for and their recent grant history. The largest awards are available under the Highest Lead-Based Paint Abatement Needs category: applicants with at least 3,500 occupied pre-1940 rental housing units (either on their own or combined through a consortium) may request up to 7,000,000. Applicants that do not meet that specific pre-1940 rental threshold but apply under that category will be moved into the general pool, and if their request exceeds the applicable cap, HUD will reduce it to the maximum allowed under the category they are actually placed in. Applicants who qualify for the Highest Needs category are not forced to use it; they may choose to apply under the Other Jurisdictions category instead.

For applicants not using (or not qualifying for) the Highest Needs category, the cap depends on whether they are new or returning grantees. A first-time grantee, or a jurisdiction whose previous lead hazard control grant ended two or more years before the deadline, may request up to 4,000,000. If the applicant had a previous grant that ended less than two years before the deadline, they may request up to 5,000,000 under the Other Jurisdictions category. Across all categories, there is also a minimum request amount: applicants must apply for at least 1,000,000 total (counting lead funding plus any Healthy Homes Supplemental funds if they request them).

In addition to lead-focused funding, HUD offers Healthy Homes Supplemental funding meant to strengthen the impact of lead hazard work by addressing other housing-related health and safety risks in the same homes being treated for lead-based paint hazards. The idea is to avoid a narrow fix and instead tackle multiple hazards that can affect resident health. The Healthy Homes Supplemental amount you can request depends again on grant history. First-time grantees, or those whose prior grant ended two or more years ago, may request up to 400,000 in Healthy Homes Supplemental Related Activities on top of the required lead funding. Other applicants may request up to 750,000 in Healthy Homes Supplemental funds in addition to their lead funding request.

Administrative details from the announcement include that this is a HUD grant (Funding Opportunity Number FR 6900 N 13) under CFDA 14.900, with a maximum award ceiling of 7,000,000, and HUD anticipates making about 50 awards. The application closing date listed is 2025-08-14. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are explicitly ineligible, reinforcing that this opportunity is intended for public-sector applicants (and structured collaborations among them) capable of running compliant, large-scale hazard control programs.

• The Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.900.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-06-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-08-14. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $7,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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