Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program | FR 6700 N 15

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The Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) discretionary funding opportunity that supports research and technical studies focused on housing-related health and safety hazards. The core purpose is to strengthen the evidence base around how residential hazards are identified, measured, and controlled, with a strong emphasis on lead-based paint and other priority healthy homes risks. HUD is looking for work that does more than restate what is already known; the program is meant to fill practical and scientific gaps that directly affect how well hazards are detected in real homes and how effectively they can be mitigated at a reasonable cost.

A central theme of the opportunity is improving hazard assessment and control methods. That includes developing new tools, refining existing inspection and testing approaches, and improving the accuracy and efficiency of identifying hazards in housing. On the mitigation side, HUD is especially interested in strategies that are cost-effective and realistically implementable in typical residential settings, not just in controlled or ideal conditions. The intent is to generate findings that can be applied by housing and public health practitioners, program administrators, and policymakers who need methods that work at scale across diverse housing stock.

HUD also highlights interest in implementation science, meaning studies that examine how proven interventions can be successfully adopted and replicated in other settings. In practice, that could involve identifying the specific conditions, contexts, or housing types where interventions that have already demonstrated effectiveness can be assessed, adapted, and implemented elsewhere. The focus on "conditions under which" interventions work signals that HUD values research that explains why an approach succeeds in one context and what must be in place for it to succeed in another (for example, differences in building type, climate, resident behavior patterns, local contractor capacity, or program delivery models).

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates more substantial federal involvement than a standard grant, often through collaboration, technical input, or coordinated project oversight during the period of performance. The funding activity category is housing, and the related CFDA numbers are 14.902 and 14.906. The maximum funding per award is listed as $1,000,000, and HUD anticipated making about 13 awards under this opportunity, indicating a competitive national program aimed at supporting a portfolio of studies rather than a single large project.

Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and local governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category); for-profit organizations other than small businesses; and small businesses. This wide eligibility suggests HUD is open to interdisciplinary teams and partnerships that combine academic research capability, field implementation experience, and practical knowledge of housing systems and community needs.

For administrative context, the opportunity is titled "Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program" with Funding Opportunity Number FR 6700 N 15, issued by HUD. The posting lists a creation date of September 15, 2023, with an original closing date of October 30, 2023, and an application deadline of 11:59:59 PM Eastern Time on the closing date. Overall, the program is aimed at producing actionable, evidence-driven improvements in how housing hazards, especially lead and other major residential health and safety risks, are identified and addressed in ways that can be scaled and sustained.

• The US Department of Housing and Urban Development in the housing sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Lead and Healthy Homes Technical Studies (LHHTS) Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.902, 14.906.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 15, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 30, 2023 The application deadline is 115959 PM Eastern time on. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 13 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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