Sentences with phrase «lead hazards»

That grant program has addressed lead hazards in just 1 percent of the city's total at - risk housing units since its inception in 2009.

Every year hundreds of children are diagnosed with lead poisoning due to exposure of lead hazards during home repairs and renovations.

In that city, housing inspectors check some 12,000 rental units a year for lead hazards.

If the property was built before 1978, then almost certainly you will need to disclose the presence of all known lead - based paint and other lead hazards.

Since lead hazard disclosure is still fairly new, the industry specializing in lead paint issues is still small — but growing.

And not one of the city's 39 inspectors is certified to detect lead hazards.

Thousands more are exposed to lead hazards in their homes every day.

«There are many potential hazards that can be found in our homes such as mold and lead based paint,» says Michelle Miller, Acting Director of the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

Erie County will receive $ 3 million in Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Funding and $ 400,000 in Healthy Homes Supplemental Funding.

City residents can apply to Onondaga County for help removing lead hazards from their homes.

The EPA alleges that the brokerage, the licensee, and the owner didn't give the prospective tenant the required EPA - approved lead hazard information pamphlet before the tenant signed the lease.

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz» Poloncarz Statement on Lead Hazard Reduction Funding Grant

Visit the EPA's Web site for in - depth information about identifying lead hazards in the environment and your home.

Maffei said the Syracuse lead abatement program has already helped remove lead hazards from some 2,500 homes in the city.

There's been chatter about the need for someone to step up and champion the cause of reducing lead hazards in the city.

Notification to parents / guardians and property owners of potential lead hazards present at the property

Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz (at podium) is flanked by Congressman Brian Higgins, Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, and community lead - abatement partners to announce the «Wipe Out Lead» billboard campaign and spotlight a $ 3 million federal lead remediation grant coming to Erie County to help identify & mitigate lead hazard risks in local homes.

Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein added, «Protecting children from lead and eliminating lead hazards in all environments is essential, and it all begins with an assessment and remediation where necessary.

DOH employs five (5) full - time employees and three (3) part - time employees as part of the full Child Lead Hazard program.

Give buyers or renters the federal lead hazard pamphlet (one was printed in the July issue of Today's REALTOR ®).

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown's 11 - point lead hazard control plan released Wednesday was not enough to persuade county legislators to move forward with a separate action plan proposed by County Executive Mark Poloncarz.

«Since 1973, HUD has been leading the charge in lead hazard identification and abatement throughout the housing industry,» says HUD Secretary Julian Castro.

The new Lead Hazard Control Program is an 11 - point strategy that Mayor Byron Brown says will «legislate, collaborate, educate and remediate.»

The legislation also allows for the revocation of a certificate of occupancy for buildings with three or more rental units if lead hazards are found.

Walsh also said he would continue to seek United States Department of Housing and Urban Development grants to support initiatives such as the Syracuse Lead Hazard Control Program, which was denied federal funds and eventually shuttered in 2016.

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The $ 3 million grant was awarded in addition to another $ 400,000 in federal funds that will be used to perform assessments in up to 100 Erie County residences, identifying and mitigating lead hazard risks.

The seller or sales agent must give you the EPA pamphlet Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home or other EPA - approved lead hazard information.

Real estate practitioners must distribute to buyers and renters a federal lead hazard pamphlet but won't be responsible for ensuring that people read and understand the brochure, as was the case in an early draft of the regulations.

Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz issued the following statement after Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced that Erie County was among the counties chosen nationwide to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development («HUD») to address lead hazards in local homes, particularly in low - and very - low income households.

An ordinance has been drafted by the Metropolitan Tenants Organization that would require all apartments in the city to be inspected when leased to a new tenant to catch lead hazards and require landlords to abate.

The Erie County Department of Health offers FREE classes on how to protect yourself and your family from being exposed to lead hazards while doing renovations in pre 1978 homes.

Schumer is talking about lead poisoning because he is co-sponsoring legislation that would allow property owners who make $ 110,000 a year or less to get a tax credit of up to $ 3,000 to help remediate lead hazards.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown leads a news conference, during which he introduced the city's new 11 - point plan for eradicating lead hazards in the city.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo president and CEO Clotilde Perez - Bode Dedecker speaks during a news conference on Buffalo's new comprehensive lead hazard plan.

Schumer has proposed legislation to add federal tax credits for homeowners to remove lead from their homes and called for increased funding for a Housing and Urban Development Lead Hazard Control grant program.

This pilot program gives parents of children living in high risk neighborhoods of Cornhill and West Utica the opportunity to take early action against lead hazards that are poisoning their children in their homes,» Picente said.

Onondaga County, which has its own lead hazard program, would take referrals from Syracuse to clean up hazards in the remaining parts of the city and throughout towns and villages in the county.

In order to qualify for the credit, building owners must perform lead hazard screenings and drinking water tests, and use certified renovation firms; it also requires the use of certified lead - free plumbing products.

The course, developed by the National Environmental Training Association under a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, offers a convenient means to make lead hazard prevention routine.

«I think tenants all over the country are going to be surprised when they're handed these [lead hazard] booklets,» she says.

This standard can be met either by passing a series of lead dust tests or by carrying out certain lead hazard reduction treatments and obtaining an independent visual inspection certifying that the treatments have been completed.

A limitation on lead hazard liability for the owners and property managers of residential rental properties that meet the standard of care

Temporarily reduce lead hazards by repairing damaged painted surfaces and planting new grass to cover soil that could contain high lead levels.

When a landlord renovates occupied rental units or common areas in buildings constructed before 1978, EPA regulations require that current tenants receive lead hazard information within 60 days of the date the renovation will begin.

Any identified lead hazards are required to be remediated by the property owner.

Keep careful records of all work done, Frenkil stresses, as well as copies of a signed acknowledgment that tenants were notified about the potential lead hazards of the work.