The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced it had awarded over $3.5 million to the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration. The funds are meant to help protect local families from lead and other home health and safety hazards., , , , HUD is providing these resources to Puerto Rico and other state and local governments through its Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction grant program and its new Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building grant program to identify an.