Identifying Jurisdictions at Risk of Containing Housing Units With Deteriorated Paint: Results and Targeting Implications for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development provides millions in annual funding to make low-income housing lead safe, but funds are limited relative to need. To adequately target efforts, local program administrators must identify neighborhoods that are the most "at risk" of residential lead exposure; however, no federal agency currently provides a public data set for this use.

Objectives

To examine pre-1980 households with large areas of deteriorated paint, a significant and common predictor of lead dust, and identify high-risk jurisdictions. To highlight the potential use of a newly available data set for strategic lead poisoning prevention and targeting.

Design

Microdata from the 2011 American Housing Survey and the 2009-2013 American Community Surve

SUBMITTER: Garrison VEH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462444 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature