42 U.S.C. § 4852: Grants for lead-based paint…

Summary

Gives money to states and local governments to find and fix lead paint dangers in privately owned housing that is not federally assisted, federally owned, or public housing. To get a grant, a state or local government must have an approved community housing plan. Rental projects must serve mostly low-income families (at least 50% of units for families at or below 50% of area median income, the rest at or below 80%; landlords must give priority for at least 3 years to families with a child under 6, with a limited exception for buildings of five or more units). Owner-occupied help must go to homes lived in by families at or below 80% of area median income, and at least 90% of assisted units must have a child under 6 living or visiting there. Round II grantees may use funds for priority housing. Applicants must send a federal application saying how much they want, what they will do, how money will be split, what help owners and residents will get, and promises they can carry out the work. The federal official will pick grants based on how well the plan protects children under 6, how bad the local lead problem is, ability to add other money, and the applicant’s capacity. Grants can pay for inspections, risk assessments, interim controls, full abatement, extra costs for safe renovations, certified contractors, worker blood tests, temporary moves during work, public education, post-work testing, and other related actions. Money can be given as grants, loans, loan funds, loan guarantees, interest reductions, or other approved tools. Recipients must match at least 10% of the grant, may not use more than 10% of the grant for administration, must keep financial records and report yearly on use and numbers of assessments, inspections, interim controls, and abatements. The federal official must publish a Notice of Funding Availability within 120 days after funds are appropriated. Small training grants of up to $200,000 were allowed in fiscal years 1993 and 1994, with $3,000,000 set aside each of those years. Two years after federal lead-paint rules are issued, a state must have an authorized program under federal law to get grants. For environmental review, these grants are treated like HOME program assistance. Congress authorized $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

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(a)General authority

The Secretary is authorized to provide grants to eligible applicants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in housing that is not federally assisted housing, federally owned housing, or public housing, in accordance with the provisions of this section. Grants shall only be made under this section to provide assistance for housing which meets the following criteria—

(1)for grants made to assist rental housing, at least 50 percent of the units must be occupied by or made available to families with incomes at or below 50 percent of the area median income level and the remaining units shall be occupied or made available to families with incomes at or below 80 percent of the area median income level, and in all cases the landlord shall give priority in renting units assisted under this section, for not less than 3 years following the completion of lead abatement activities, to families with a child under the age of six years, except that buildings with five or more units may have 20 percent of the units occupied by families with incomes above 80 percent of area median income level;

(2)for grants made to assist housing owned by owner-occupants, all units assisted with grants under this section shall be the principal residence of families with income at or below 80 percent of the area median income level, and not less than 90 percent of the units assisted with grants under this section shall be occupied by a child under the age of six years or shall be units where a child under the age of six years spends a significant amount of time visiting; and

(3)notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), Round II grantees who receive assistance under this section may use such assistance for priority housing.

(b)Eligible applicants

A State or unit of local government that has an approved comprehensive housing affordability strategy under section 12705 of this title is eligible to apply for a grant under this section.

(c)Form of applications

To receive a grant under this section, a State or unit of local government shall submit an application in such form and in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. An application shall contain— (1)

(2)a description of the amount of assistance the applicant seeks under this section;

(3)a description of the planned activities to be undertaken with grants under this section, including an estimate of the amount to be allocated to each activity;

(4)a description of the forms of financial assistance to owners and occupants of housing that will be provided through grants under this section; and

(5)such assurances as the Secretary may require regarding the applicant’s capacity to carry out the activities.

(d)Selection criteria

The Secretary shall award grants under this section on the basis of the merit of the activities proposed to be carried out and on the basis of selection criteria, which shall include—

(1)the extent to which the proposed activities will reduce the risk of lead-based paint poisoning to children under the age of 6 who reside in housing;

(2)the degree of severity and extent of lead-based paint hazards in the jurisdiction to be served;

(3)the ability of the applicant to leverage State, local, and private funds to supplement the grant under this section;

(4)the ability of the applicant to carry out the proposed activities; and

(5)such other factors as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure that grants made available under this section are used effectively and to promote the purposes of this chapter.

(e)Eligible activities

A grant under this section may be used to—

(1)perform risk assessments and inspections in housing;

(2)provide for the interim control of lead-based paint hazards in housing;

(3)provide for the abatement of lead-based paint hazards in housing;

(4)provide for the additional cost of reducing lead-based paint hazards in units undergoing renovation funded by other sources;

(5)ensure that risk assessments, inspections, and abatements are carried out by certified contractors in accordance with section 2682 of title 15;

(6)monitor the blood-lead levels of workers involved in lead hazard reduction activities funded under this section;

(7)assist in the temporary relocation of families forced to vacate housing while lead hazard reduction measures are being conducted;

(8)educate the public on the nature and causes of lead poisoning and measures to reduce exposure to lead, including exposure due to residential lead-based paint hazards;

(9)test soil, interior surface dust, and the blood-lead levels of children under the age of 6 residing in housing after lead-based paint hazard reduction activity has been conducted, to assure that such activity does not cause excessive exposures to lead; and

(10)carry out such other activities that the Secretary determines appropriate to promote the purposes of this chapter.

(f)Forms of assistance

The applicant may provide the services described in this section through a variety of programs, including grants, loans, equity investments, revolving loan funds, loan funds, loan guarantees, interest write-downs, and other forms of assistance approved by the Secretary.

(g)Technical assistance and capacity building

(1)In general

The Secretary shall develop the capacity of eligible applicants to carry out the requirements of section 12705(b)(16) 1 of this title and to carry out activities under this section. In fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the Secretary may make grants of up to $200,000 for the purpose of establishing State training, certification or accreditation programs that meet the requirements of section 2682 of title 15.

(2)Set-aside

Of the total amount approved in appropriation Acts under subsection (o), there shall be set aside to carry out this subsection $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

(h)Matching requirement

Each recipient of a grant under this section shall make contributions toward the cost of activities that receive assistance under this section in an amount not less than 10 percent of the total grant amount under this section.

(i)Prohibition of substitution of funds

Grants under this subchapter may not be used to replace other amounts made available or designated by State or local governments for use for the purposes under this subchapter.

(j)Limitation on use

An applicant shall ensure that not more than 10 percent of the grant will be used for administrative expenses associated with the activities funded.

(k)Financial records

An applicant shall maintain and provide the Secretary with financial records sufficient, in the determination of the Secretary, to ensure proper accounting and disbursing of amounts received from a grant under this section.

(l)Report

An applicant under this section shall submit to the Secretary, for any fiscal year in which the applicant expends grant funds under this section, a report that—

(1)describes the use of the amounts received;

(2)states the number of risk assessments and the number of inspections conducted in residential dwellings;

(3)states the number of residential dwellings in which lead-based paint hazards have been reduced through interim controls;

(4)states the number of residential dwellings in which lead-based paint hazards have been abated; and

(5)provides any other information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

(m)Notice of Funding Availability

The Secretary shall publish a Notice of Funding Availability pursuant to this section not later than 120 days after funds are appropriated for this section.

(n)Relationship to other law

Effective 2 years after the date of promulgation of regulations under section 2682 of title 15, no grants for lead-based paint hazard evaluation or reduction may be awarded to a State under this section unless such State has an authorized program under section 2684 of title 15.

(o)Environmental review

(1)In general

For purposes of environmental review, decisionmaking, and action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under this section shall be treated as assistance under the HOME Investment Partnership Act, established under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.], and shall be subject to the regulations promulgated by the Secretary to implement section 288 of such Act [42 U.S.C. 12838].

(2)Applicability

This subsection shall apply to—

(A)grants awarded under this section; and

(B)grants awarded to States and units of general local government for the abatement of significant lead-based paint and lead dust hazards in low- and moderate-income owner-occupied units and low-income privately owned rental units pursuant to title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–139, 105 Stat. 736).

(p)Authorization of appropriations

For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $125,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $250,000,000 for fiscal year 1994.

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section 12705(b)(16) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (c)(1) and (g)(1), probably means section 12705(b)(16) relating to housing units that contain lead-based paint hazards which was redesignated section 12705(b)(17) by Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 583(5)(B), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2644. This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (d)(5), (e)(10), and (p), was in the original “this Act”, meaning title X of Pub. L. 102–550, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3897, known as the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 4851 of this title and Tables. This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (i), was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A of title X of Pub. L. 102–550, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3901, which enacted this subchapter and amended section 1437f, 1437aaa–1, 1437aaa–2, 1471, 4822, 5305, 12705, 12742, 12872, 12873, 12892, and 12893 of this title and section 1703, 1709, and 1715l of Title 12, Banks and Banking. The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in subsec. (o)(1), is Pub. L. 91–190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 4321 of this title and Tables. The Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, referred to in subsec. (o)(1), is Pub. L. 101–625, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4079. Title II of the Act, known as the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, is classified principally to subchapter II (§ 12721 et seq.) of chapter 130 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 12701 of this title and Tables. The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, referred to in subsec. (o)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 102–139, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 736. Title II of the Act relates to appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(e) [title II, § 217], substituted “hazards in housing” for “hazards in priority housing” and inserted at end “Grants shall only be made under this section to provide assistance for housing which meets the following criteria—” and pars. (1) to (3). Subsecs. (c)(4), (d)(1), (e)(1) to (3), (7), (9). Pub. L. 104–134, § 101(e) [title II, § 217(a)], substituted “housing” for “priority housing”. 1994—Subsecs. (o), (p). Pub. L. 103–233 added subsec. (o) and redesignated former subsec. (o) as (p).

§4852 Grants for Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction in Target Housing

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