Though lead-based paint was banned in the late 1970s, lead still remains in the paint of roughly 37 million structures in the United States. On Friday, the federal government announced two grants to help remove the paint and make homes healthier.
►Roughly $165 million are open to public housing agencies, the largest investment in health and safety grants for public housing to date, the agency says, combining federal dollars from the Housing-related Hazards Capital Fund and the Lead-Based Paint Capital Fund programs., another $403 million are open to state and local government applicants for homeowners to improve safety in homes built before 1978.
The funding amounts are based on congressional appropriations passed in prior years that have now become available, an agency spokeswoman said.Friedman told USA TODAY applicants will need to describe the developments where they plan to implement the funds and how they will follow through with the changes.. The deadline for public housing agencies is April 13, the agency said.Lead paint remediation is a complex process that can be costly for low-income homeowners, said Galvez.
“The families that we serve oftentimes do not have the resources to fix those problems,” she said. “And they worsen.”“What makes lead-based paint dangerous is when it comes off the wall, and that happens when there’s maintenance... struggles to maintain that housing in good quality," said Mount Sinai pediatrician Dr. Perry Sheffield, who co-directs the New York center with Galvez.
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