Healthy Homes

(HEALTHY HOMES) $2.5 Million for Healthy Homes Studies
   Nonprofits, state, local and tribal governments can compete for $2.5 million in HUD's FY 2012 Healthy Homes Technical Studies Program. Applications are due by Jan. 31, 2012
posted 12/2/11 11:35 AM  read complete story

(LEAD PAINT) Lead Grants Head To 25 States
   Forty-eight projects in 25 states designed to lower the risk of lead paint poisoning share $127 million in grant awards from HUD. The money will be applied to three HUD programs: Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control, Lead
posted 1/14/11 12:31 PM  read complete story

(LEAD GRANTS) October Deadline For Lead Grants
   State, local governments and Native American tribes have until Oct. 15 to compete for $62 million of HUD's Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program grants. Cities with the greatest need can compete
posted 9/10/10 12:38 PM  read complete story

(GRANTS) Multiple Healthy Home Grants Awarded
   Health of families living in low-income housing in Boston will be tested under a healthy homes program financed by HUD. The Boston Public Health Commission receives more than $1.6 million
posted 3/5/10 12:25 PM  read complete story

(CHINESE DRYWALL) New Treatment for Chinese Drywall
   A Nevada-based firm introduces a new treatment to repair buildings constructed with tainted Chinese drywall. The company's coating system, called AbShield, is a water-based coating specifically formulated to address drywall off-gassing and related odors.
posted 2/9/10 3:32 PM  read complete story

(CHINESE DRYWALL) Feds Set First Criteria for Defective Drywall Diagnosis
   HUD and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are defining exactly how homeowners can document that they have problematic Chinese drywall in their homes.  Homeowners and inspectors must be able to see a blackening of copper electrical wiring or air conditioning evaporator coils, a...
posted 2/2/10 10:29 AM  read complete story

(LAWSUIT) Seniors Suit Cites Toxic Drywall
   A publicly traded homebuilder with significant Chinese drywall problems in its Florida active adult communities files a lawsuit against 14 insurance providers in hopes they will cover drywall
posted 1/29/10 12:19 PM  read complete story

(DRYWALL) Lawsuit Seeks Drywall Remedy
   A publicly traded homebuilder with significant Chinese drywall problems in its Florida communities files a lawsuit against 14 insurance providers in hopes they will cover drywall-related
posted 1/15/10 12:29 PM  read complete story

(DRYWALL) Toxic Drywall Fix In The Works
   Guidelines that will allow use of Community Development Block Grant money to help homeowners pay for renovations of homes plagued with toxic Chinese drywall are on the drawing board at
posted 12/18/09 1:13 PM  read complete story

(HEALTHY HOMES) 27 Apply For Healthy Homes Grants
   The Office of Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control has received 27 grant applications nationwide for the $2.4 million available in the program's initial Green & Healthy Homes Technical Studies
posted 11/20/09 12:01 PM  read complete story