Federal grant programs / Department of Housing and Urban Development

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program (14.905)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$447 million
• Grant awards121
• Typical award$4.7 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$59.6 million
• Size rank397 of 1824
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $62.7 million in fiscal 2021 to $59.6 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 397th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 42% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 31 states and territories.

What the program funds

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant assist State, Tribal, and local governments to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned housing that is owned by or rented to low- or very-low income families. Specific objectives include: (1) Maximize the combination of children less than six years of age protected from lead poisoning and housing units where lead-hazards are controlled; (2) preventing childhood lead poisoning; (3) Stimulate lower-cost and cost-effective methods and approaches to lead hazard control work that can be replicated; (4)Build local capacity to safely and effectively address lead hazards during lead hazard control, renovation, remodeling, and maintenance activities by integrating lead safe work practices into housing maintenance, repair, weatherization, rehabilitation and other programs that will continue beyond the grant period; (5) Affirmatively further fair housing and environmental justice (6) Develop a comprehensive community approach to address lead hazards in housing by mobilizing public and private resources, involving cooperation among all levels of government, the private sector, and grassroots community-based nonprofit organizations, including faith-based organizations, to develop cost-effective methods for identifying and controlling lead-based paint hazards (7) establishing a public registry of lead-safe housing; and (8) To the greatest extent feasible, promote job training, employment, and other economic opportunities for low-income and minority residents and businesses that are owned by and/or employ minorities and low-income persons as defined in 24 CFR 75.5 . In addition to the requirements above, you must have at least 3,500 pre-1940 occupied rental housing units (either alone or through a consortium).

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

To be eligible to apply for the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Program, the applicant must be a city, county, or other unit of local government. States and Indian Tribes may apply on behalf of units of local government within their jurisdiction, if the local government designates the state or the Indian Tribe as their applicant. Multiple units of a local government (or multiple local governments) may apply as part of a consortium; however, you must identify a prime applicant that will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all requirements specified in this NOFO. State government and Native American tribal applicants must have an EPA approved State Program for certification of lead-based paint contractors, inspectors, and risk assessors in accordance with 40 CFR 745 in effect on the application deadline date to be eligible to apply for Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant funds.

What the money can and cannot pay for

See specific NOFO for additional funding use restrictions.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching Requirements: 10 percent local match, which may be cash, including private sector funding, in-kind contributions, or both is required. Except for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, Federal Revenue Sharing programs, or other programs which by statute allow their funds to be considered local funds and therefore eligible to be used as matching funds, Federal funds may not be used to satisfy the statutory 10 percent requirement, but may be used for contributions above that requirement. You must support each source of contributions by a letter of commitment from the contributing entity, describing the contributed resources and their designated purpose.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

With Fiscal Year 2023 and 2022 funds, 21 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grants of approximately $5 million per grant were awarded in 2023.

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: The City will abate 250 lead hazards and address multiple housing-related health hazards in homes during the lead abatement process. The City will continue the work of identifying lead hazard risks in residential properties and working with property owners and tenants through investigation and enforcement to abate lead and home hazards to protect children and families.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

By state

29 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.