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Las Vegas presents SHIFT housing programs for seniors, from lead abatements to Knox lockbox pilot
Summary
Neighborhood services manager Pat Petri briefed the Senior Citizens Advisory Board on SHIFT (Safe Home Improvements Funding and Training), outlining lead-abatement grants through 2029, a housing rehab cap of $24,999 per home, an older-adult home-mod program using occupational therapists, a leak-repair partnership with the Las Vegas Valley Water District and a Ward 4 Knox lockbox pilot.
Pat Petri, neighborhood services manager in the city's Department of Neighborhood Services, told the Senior Citizens Advisory Board on April 2 that the department's SHIFT program (Safe Home Improvements Funding and Training) bundles several housing programs aimed at preserving safe, affordable housing for older residents.
"The goal of the program is just to create lead safe and healthy housing in Las Vegas and reduce childhood lead poisoning," Petri said, describing a lead-based paint abatement grant administered through the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (HUD) and a recently awarded follow-up grant that Petri said will allow the program to continue through 2029. Petri said the…
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