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Why should I have work done in my rental unit(s)? Lead-based paint may be causing an extreme danger to all individuals living in or visiting your property, particularly children under the age of six.
- 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 landlords 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 my tenants be permanently displaced or stop paying rent? No, tenants will never be permanently displaced from units. By law, some tenants will be required to temporarily be moved during construction and will be compensated accordingly. Because the Lead Safe Washington Program provides a per diem to all tenants, you will still receive monthly rent for all units occupied at the time of construction.
- Depending on the required lead hazard work, tenants may need to be temporarily relocated.
- The Department will pay a per diem and you will still receive rent from currently occupied rental units.
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