Mahoning commissioners approve applying for $3M lead-abatement grant

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County commissioners have approved a resolution for a local lead-control program to apply to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a three-year, $3 million grant.

Most of the money will go toward removing lead hazards from 201 housing units in Mahoning County, the majority of which are in Youngstown, Phil Puryear said after today’s commissioners’ meeting.

Puryear, director of the Mahoning County Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control program, noted that nearly all the units are for low-income families with children under age 6.

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