Apply to Check for Lead-based Paint in Your Home
Posted April 4, 2025
Salt Lake City has received a grant to expand testing for lead-based paint in homes. If you think you might have lead paint in your home, apply for our Home Repair Program. We will test your home and remove lead paint that we find.
Who Is This Funding For?
The grant funding we received is focused on certain groups of people. To get testing or repairs, you must:
- Live in Salt Lake City
- Have a house income level of 80% AMI or below
First funding will go to houses with children 5 or younger.
What is AMI?
An AMI, or area median income, level compares your house income to those who live around you. So an 80% AMI means that the total income of everyone in your house must not be more than 80% of the income of your county neighbors.
Check Your House AMI Percentage (PDF | 84 KB)
How Long is This Available?
We will offer assistance with this funding for four years. Our goal is to test and repair up to 300 units.
Contact Us
If you have additional questions about this program, let us know!
- Point of Contact: Bryan Swensen
- Email: bryan.swensen@slc.gov
- Call: 801-535-6229
- Visit:
451 South State Street, Room 445
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Learn More About This Funding
Salt Lake City is strengthening its efforts to tackle a serious health hazard—lead-based paint in homes—with a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Department’s Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction program focuses on preserving and improving affordable housing and protecting the health and safety of children and families.
“Every child deserves a safe and healthy home, and every parent deserves peace of mind knowing their home won’t put their kids at risk,” said Mayor Erin Mendenhall. “Removing harmful lead paint from homes is a crucial part of making our city safe for everyone.”
The grant will specifically target low-income households with children under the age of six. Young kids have the greatest risk of developing health problems due to lead exposure, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
The grant will be available through Housing Stability’s Home Repair Program, which also offers no and low-interest loans to address health, safety, and structural issues to qualifying low-income households.
“We’ve already helped hundreds of residents remove lead-based paint from their homes through our Home Repair program,” said Salt Lake City Housing Stability Director Tony Milner. “These federal funds will help us continue our critical work stabilizing Salt Lake City’s low-income homeowners.”
Over the past decade, the City has rehabilitated more than 1,300 homes. With roughly 20,000 homes built before 1940 in Salt Lake City—when nearly 90% of homes contained lead-based paint, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—this initiative marks a significant step toward safer housing for families.