PIH in coordination with other HUD offices as necessary, research and address potential causes of the variance in the number of EBLL cases among States on the EBLL tracker and identify solutions that are within HUD's control.
Status
On May 7, 2024, the Office of Field Operations (OFO) stated that it met with the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) and Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) on March 4 and April 23 and agreed that OFO and OLHCHH will review CDC data on counties with the highest prevalence of EBLLs in children for counties whose states that have reported their BLL data to CDC. OFO will review its EBLL tracker to determine reporting rates by the largest public housing authorities in those counties. OLHCHH will assign an analyst to summarize the most recently available prevalence rates based on selected states. Subsequently, OFO will scrutinize public housing authorities within those states to ascertain the reported cases.
The revised estimated completion date is February 28, 2025.
Analysis
To fully address this recommendation, OFO must provide evidence of meetings held and summaries of the research conducted. For example, what was the exchange with OLHCHH, did OFO coordinate with any other offices, and what research was conducted? OFO needs to research potential causes for the variances and determine what HUD could do to address them.
Alternatively, OFO must establish that there are no solutions within HUD’s control to address any identified causes.
Implementation of this recommendation will help ensure that EBLL cases are reported and recorded appropriately in the EBLL tracker.