Grants will focus on targeting lead and health hazards in low-income homes. | Pixabay
Grants will focus on targeting lead and health hazards in low-income homes. | Pixabay
The City of Waterloo received more than $3 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through its Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Grant Program (LBPHR), according to Iowa's News Now.
The award is part of a larger award of $163 million that was provided to 44 state and local governments in 23 states. The grants are to help protect families from the dangers of lead-based paints.
“We are renewing our commitment to improving the lives of families, and especially, their children by creating safer and healthier homes,” HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson said, the news media reported. “At HUD, one of our main priorities is to protect families from lead-based paint and other health hazards, and these grants will help states and local communities do precisely that.”
Waterloo will receive $3,384,678. The investments will focus on targeting lead and health hazards in low-income homes.
“Across the region, these grants are critical to protect families from lead-based paint and ensure that children have every opportunity for healthy development,” HUD Great Plains Regional Administrator Jason Mohr said, the news media reported
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