{"id":8752,"date":"2018-06-26T10:23:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhpmag.com\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2018-07-02T10:01:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:01:45","slug":"hud-warns-california-landlords-for-failing-to-comply-with-lead-safety-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yieldpro.com\/2018\/06\/hud-warns-california-landlords-for-failing-to-comply-with-lead-safety-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"HUD warns California landlords for failing to comply with lead safety regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it issued notices of violation against the owners of eight HUD-assisted properties throughout California for violations of HUD\u2019s lead safety rules and regulations.<\/p>\n
These latest enforcement efforts are part of HUD\u2019s Protect Our Kids!<\/em><\/a> campaign, which was announced by Secretary Carson earlier this month. This Department-wide enforcement campaign is working to ensure that all federally assisted homes are lead-safe and that landlords of older homes are fulfilling their responsibilities to disclose lead-based paint hazards in their properties.<\/p>\n \u201cLandlords have a responsibility to ensure the homes they rent to their tenants are safe and healthy places to live,\u201d said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. \u201cThese rules are designed to protect families and their young children from the preventable dangers associated with lead poisoning.\u201d<\/p>\n HUD\u2019s enforcement campaign seeks to ensure compliance with the Lead Disclosure Rule and Lead Safe Housing Rule, which are intended to reduce the potential of lead poisoning in children in both privately owned homes and those that receive federal assistance.<\/p>\n Under HUD\u2019s and the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) Lead Disclosure Rule<\/em><\/a>, most landlords and home sellers of homes built before 1978 are required to inform tenants and purchasers of any known lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards in the home. HUD\u2019s Lead Safe Housing Rule<\/em><\/a> requires providers of most pre-1978 housing that is federally owned or receiving Federal assistance to make certain their units are lead safe.<\/p>\n As part of the Protect our Kids! <\/em>campaign, HUD is taking the following actions to ensure compliance with these rules:<\/p>\n To support these local efforts, and to expand the public\u2019s awareness about the dangers of lead, HUD developed a toolkit that underscores the importance of lead testing and provides tips on how to prevent lead poisoning.\u00a0Learn more about National Healthy Homes Month 2018 and ways you can protect your children from lead and other home health and safety hazards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it issued notices of violation against the owners of eight HUD-assisted properties throughout California for violations of HUD\u2019s lead safety rules and regulations. These latest enforcement efforts are part of HUD\u2019s Protect Our Kids! campaign, which was announced by Secretary Carson earlier this month. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":8821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1114,605,432],"tags":[1116,437,184,608,461],"class_list":["post-8752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apartment-watch","category-news","category-pacific-region","tag-apartment-watch","tag-california","tag-hud","tag-news","tag-washington-dc"],"yoast_head":"\n\n