Calling all contractors! Help BURA with lead remediation!

June 9 at 6 p.m.

Belmont Housing Resources for WNY

2393 Main Street Buffalo

The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency (BURA) is hosting contractor recruiting events to help remediate lead inside homes located in high-lead risk neighborhoods in the City of Buffalo.

High-lead risk neighborhoods include the upper west side and the Schiller Park areas – zip codes 14213, 14211 and 14215.

Contractors will be asked to replace windows, doors, paint and make lead-safe improvements to the homes. During the recruitment events applicants will be guided through the process of becoming a contractor with the City of Buffalo

Schiller Park neighborhood

Upper West Side Neighborhood

Lead Hazard Reduction

BURA and the City of Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning offers a Lead Hazard Reduction Program. Through this program homeowners can get help with lead remediation.

The program focuses on neighborhoods in Census tracts 61, 171, 37, and 38. Those areas are the city’s upper west side neighborhood and the Schiller Park neighborhood.

TO QUALIFY

The home must have been built before 1978
Must meet income-eligibility requirements
Have child under the age of six living in the home

For more information: Schiller Park residents are asked to contact the Matt Urban Center 716-893-7222 and Upper West Side residents contact Heart of the City Neighborhoods 716-882-7661.