Atlanta proposes $7.75 million lead-hazard program for older low-income homes

Atlanta proposes accepting and budgeting up to $7.75 million for a four-year Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration program. Ordinance 26-O-1516 would ratify the city's grant application and authorize acceptance of the award from HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

The supporting ordinance says the city has been awarded the grant. The program would identify and control lead-based paint hazards in privately owned, low-income housing built before 1978, including work to fix those hazards.

The proposal would also establish and fund City Planning positions to administer the grant. Its four-year performance period would begin when the grant agreement is executed; the agenda does not establish final city authorization or completed lead-removal work.