Lead Abatement Grant

News Advisory

Department of Housing and Urban Development Awards City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Grants for Lead Abatement

CLEVELAND – On Thursday, September 24, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will present the City of Cleveland with a Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant check for $3,714,272 and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health with a Lead Hazard Control Grant check for $3,231,610 to address lead hazard reduction throughout the city and county.

The grant funding announced today will help reduce the number of children, families, and homes that experience lead poisoning in the City of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

WHO

• Michael Cosgrove, Interim Director of Department of Community Development, City of Cleveland
• Terry Allan, Health Commissioner, Cuyahoga County Board of Health
• Matt Ammon, Director of Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

WHAT

• HUD lead hazard reduction grant award

WHEN

• Thursday, September 24, 2015
• 11:30 a.m.

WHERE

• Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland
  5700 Broadway Ave
  Cleveland, OH 44127