Residents in old houses with chipped paint could get $28,000 refurbishing grant

If your home was built before 1978 and you have chipped paint around windows, doors, and exterior facades, you could be eligible for a $28,000 grant from the Louisiana Housing Corporation to remove led paint and to weatherstrip your home!

Kevin Lee wants the public to be aware that about 50 lucky families in Ouachita Parish could be eligible to receive their share of $1.5 million grant approved through the Louisiana Housing Corporation to help Ouachita Parish residents get rid of lead from their homes.

Lee is the development services coordinator of the Monroe Planning and Urban Development Department.

Lee says the city HUD department, in cooperation with the Louisiana Housing Corporation, has…

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