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Why should I have work done on my home? Lead-based paint may be causing an extreme danger to all individuals living in or visiting your unit, particularly children under the age 6.
- Breathing in lead dust or consuming chips of lead-based paint can cause severe health and development delays to young children, pregnant women and otherwise healthy adults of all ages.
Is the removal of lead-based paint hazards required by law? The law requires that owners of a property in which a child with an elevated blood level lives to take immediate action to remove the hazards.
- A lead risk assessment will be conducted if it has not already occurred to determine if lead-based paint hazards exist in your property. When it is determined that there is lead-based paint in your property, work will be scheduled to remove the existing hazards.
- Lead Safe Washington program provides funds to property owners to inspect buildings for lead-based paint hazards and, most importantly, remove those hazards to make your home safer.
Could I be permanently displaced from my own home? No, homeowners will never be permanently displaced from units. By law, some work requires temporary relocation during construction; however you will be compensated accordingly.
- Your household will be eligible for relocation funds to ensure you are properly compensated during the construction period.
- Your unit will not only be safer as a result of the work, but will look better.
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