The purpose of this NOFO is to provide funds to public housing agencies (PHAs) to conduct testing and as-needed mitigation of radon in the units that they manage and where applicable, to support the development of a plan for future testing and mitigation.
Donor Name: Department of Housing and Urban Development
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $600,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes administers this program, which is aligned with HUD’s FY 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan includes a provision to broaden the focus of environmental interventions in homes to address other non-lead poisoning concerns such as radon exposure. It is also aligned with HUD’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), where addressing climate and environmental justice is at the core of HUD’s mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities. Moreover, compliance with environmental justice requirements under Executive Orders 12989 and 14008 calls for alignment with Justice 40, a government-wide effort that aims to deliver 40 percent of the overall benefits of relevant federal investments be delivered to disadvantaged communities through federal agencies through partnership with states and local communities to advance environmental justice and spur economic opportunity for disadvantaged communities.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $600,000
- Award Floor: $150,000
- The performance cannot exceed 36 months from the time of the award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) with the legal authority to develop, own, modernize, and operate a public housing project in accordance with the 1937 Act are eligible. PHAs that are troubled are eligible for funding if the agency is in compliance with any current Memorandum of Agreement or Recovery Agreements.
- See below for the list of entities that are NOT eligible for awards made under this announcement:
- Tribes and tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs)
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Resident associations.
- Individuals, foreign entities and sole proprietorship organizations.
- State governments.
- County governments.
- City governments.
- Indian Housing Authorities.
- PHAs that received awards under the FY 2021 Radon Testing and Mitigation Demonstration for Public Housing grant program.
- PHAs with only Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) or Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) housing in their portfolio.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
