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  • Recommendation Number: 2019-OE-0003-02
  • Status: Closed
  • Date Issued: February 14, 2021
Closed Date:
December 16, 2021

Monitor environmental reviews of Multifamily-funded properties with potential contamination.

Publication Report

2019-OE-0003 | February 14, 2021

Contaminated Sites Pose Potential Health Risks to Residents at HUD-Funded Properties

The West Calumet Housing Complex (WCHC), located in East Chicago, IN, was a public housing development that opened in 1972 on top of a former lead smelting plant.  HUD and other agencies missed multiple opportunities to identify site contamination… more

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