Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control is a civilian sub-agency within HUD that funds and contracts for residential lead-hazard remediation, healthy housing assessments, training, and related public-health interventions across the United States.

The Office operates primarily through federal grant awards rather than contracts. Over the last five years, it has issued 111 grants in 2022, 83 in 2023, 112 in 2024, 214 in 2025, and 76 year-to-date in 2026, obligating $3.75 billion in combined federal dollars across 1,885 total awards since 2002. Grants are predominantly Project Grants (1,623 awards, 86% of the mix) with a smaller share of Cooperative Agreements (262 awards, 14%). Grant recipient concentration is highly fragmented; the top five recipients by award count hold only 3% of recent grants, and the top five by federal dollars hold only 2% of obligated funds, indicating a distributed funding model across hundreds of state and local housing authorities, nonprofits, and municipalities. City of Detroit leads recent recipients by federal-dollar volume with 4 awards and $23.2 million obligated, followed by City of Houston and County of New Castle, each with 3 awards and $18.4 million obligated.

The Office also maintains a small contract portfolio of 87 total awards since 2006, with combined potential value of $31.7 million and $30.2 million obligated. Recent contract volume has declined sharply: 11 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 1 in 2025, and 1 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent contract award dates to May 2026. Contract competition is moderately concentrated; the top five primes by award count hold 72% of recent awards, while by potential value they hold only 20%. Quantech Inc. leads by award count with 8 recent awards ($1.4 million combined potential value), while Total Solutions Inc. leads by value with 3 awards totaling $2.6 million. Across the contract portfolio, 30 distinct primes have transacted with the Office. Contract set-asides are minimal: 74% of awards carry no set-aside designation, 14% are Total Small Business set-asides, and 13% are 8(a) Sole Source awards. The contracting footprint shows mature-to-declining activity and limited set-aside utilization, which may signal consolidation toward repeat vendors or reliance on existing contract vehicles rather than open competition.

The Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Office works to make private homes safe from lead and other harmful materials.