Lead Paint
Despite being awarded $2.7 million to spend on removing hazardous lead paint lingering in Richmond, Va., project development manager Daniel Mouer has managed to complete lead removal at only 10 homes since 2017, the Richmond Free Press reports. Mouer has struggled to find landlords and homeowners willing to let him do work on their property using money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant.
Lead removal has been completed on 10 homes, Mr. Mouer said, well short of the 50 residences that were supposed to be completed in the first 12 months of the grant that became active in March 2018.
Mr. Mouer said the program has spent $10,000 to $20,000 per residence to abate the lead hazard, including repainting walls and replacing windows and doors.
Mouer said the shortage of homes has made it difficult to offer training for smaller contractors seeking to earn state certification in lead remediation. Moeur said at the current rate of remediation, the city may never reach its goal of removing lead hazards from 150 homes. However, the city is planning to hold training classes for contractors and construction managers for lead-paint-abatement certification.
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