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Greensboro wins about $4.5 million HUD grant to address lead paint in roughly 149 homes
Summary
Josh Mullins, the city’s lead safe housing program manager, said Greensboro received a HUD grant of about $4.5 million intended to remediate lead-based paint in roughly 149 homes; the city has used similar grants to help about 1,000 housing units over the past 15–20 years.
Josh Mullins, the City of Greensboro’s lead safe housing program manager, told FYI Weekly that homes built before 1978 are the primary source of lead-based paint hazards for children and that inspections and targeted remediation are the standard response.
Mullins said the city received a HUD grant “right around $4.5 million” and that the program aims to address lead hazards in about 149 homes in Greensboro. He described how inspectors use handheld X-ray fluorescence scanners to identify lead paint in walls, windows and other high-impact surfaces and explained that remediation can range from a few thousand dollars for small jobs to substantially higher costs for larger projects.
Mullins said the city has received seven similar grants over the years and has assisted roughly 1,000 housing units — single-family and multifamily combined — with lead hazard control over the last 15 to 20 years. He urged homeowners of older houses to request inspections and said the city can provide information on eligibility for grant-funded work.
The broadcast gave contact information for the city’s lead-safe program and directed residents to the City of Greensboro housing and neighborhood development webpage for more details and application steps. Mullins also described steps residents should take: get an inspection, and if lead is found, allow trained contractors to remediate or encapsulate the hazard.
Why it matters: Lead exposure is a well-established health risk for young children; the grant provides targeted federal funding to reduce that risk in lower-income households. The program allocation and the number of homes targeted give residents and service providers an initial sense of the scale of the city’s upcoming remediation work.
Next steps: The program narrative emphasized inspection, eligibility determination and then remediation; the broadcast did not state specific timelines for when individual homes would be enrolled or when remediation would begin for the newly funded round.
Contact information provided in the show: the lead-safe program email (leadsafegso@greensboro-nc.gov) and a phone number (336-373-2383) for program inquiries.
