The Orange County Health Department announced earlier this month $1.4 million has been granted to the agency from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to remove toxic lead paint in homes of low-income residents, according to a May 11 press release.
The funding has been awarded to a local nonprofit—Azure Community Development—which will lead the removal service for free and facilitate the process for which homes are chosen.
To qualify, the home must have been built in the county before 1978, the family must meet low-income status, and there must be a child under six or a pregnant woman living in the home that could be exposed to the toxins….