Lead hazard reduction demonstration grant program

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control awarded the City of Chester $4,398,296.30 under the Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program (CFDA 14.900) on March 16, 2026, to conduct lead inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, and abatement in pre-1960 rental and owner-occupied housing units in Upper Chester, Pennsylvania, with a minimum 65 percent of funds directed to direct lead hazard control activities and local capacity-building in lead-safe work practices. The award runs through March 18, 2030. Performance takes place in Upper Chester, Pennsylvania.

The program targets housing units where children under six years of age face the greatest risk of lead poisoning, particularly pre-1940 construction in low-income and minority neighborhoods. Activities include identifying and controlling lead-based paint hazards in privately-owned housing, building local capacity of trained and certified individuals and firms to address lead hazards safely, and developing community-based approaches that integrate the grant program within other local initiatives through public and private partnerships addressing housing-related health and safety hazards for low-income families with children under six. Healthy Homes supplemental funding is available to enhance lead-based paint hazard control by comprehensively identifying and addressing other housing hazards.