Hundreds of public housing apartments across CT set for lead paint removal
Credit: ctpublic.org
Mark Mirko / Connecticut Public Connecticut governor Ned Lamont (left) talks with Richard Monocchio, HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, and Juana Matias, HUD Regional Administrator for Region 1, in front of a Hartford public housing complex after a press conference October 4, 2024, after the city received $4-million from HUD to remediate lead paint.
Hundreds of public housing apartments statewide will soon be made safer as part of an effort to remove toxic lead paint from the state’s housing.
About 1,000 apartments in Hartford and Norwich will undergo lead paint remediation.
Connecticut’s aging housing leaves children particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning, which can lead to damage to the brain, kidneys and nervous system…
