Title
Federal Fiscal Year 2023 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grant
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager to accept a Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction grant in the amount of $3,573,037 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, and
B. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $3,573,037 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes to the Neighborhood Development Grants Fund for program activities.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Rebecca Hefner, Housing & Neighborhood Services
Warren Wooten, Housing & Neighborhood Services
Explanation
* The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grant to cities to fund the testing, risk evaluation, control, and reduction of lead paint hazards in low-income housing.
* The National Center for Healthy Housing estimates 39 percent of homes built in North Carolina were built prior to 1978 and are at risk of containing lead-based paint.
* Lead, a toxic heavy metal, was a major component in paint prior to 1978. Lead-based paint is still present in many older residential properties and poses a danger, especially for children age six or younger who reside in these homes.
* LeadSafe Charlotte provides grants to assist low-income homeowners with addressing unsafe lead paint conditions that pose a potential health hazard to young children.
* Housing and Neighborhood Services will use HUD's grant in the amount of $3,573,037 to fund LeadSafe Charlotte, the city's lead abatement program. Since 1995, HUD's grant program has been the primary funding source for the LeadSafe Charlotte program.
* The program is designed to assist owners of single and multi-family dwellings and landlords with properties having two or more bedrooms. To date, LeadSafe Charlotte has identified and removed lead hazards in 2,265 residential properties.
* The city's pre...
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