MIMA Stow-Hardy House RFB Attachment C Lead-Based Paint Disclosure of Information Form

CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM (CLPPP)

TENANT LEAD LAW NOTIFICATION

This Tenant Lead Law Notification provides important information for tenants and property owners about the risk of lead exposure and legal rights and responsibilities related to lead paint hazards in homes built before 1978. The document describes the steps property owners must take for tenant safety, including providing lead hazard information and, if needed, deleading the property. If available, lead inspection reports and compliance documents must be given to tenants as part of the Tenant Certification Form at the end of this notification. This form complies with both Massachusetts and federal lead notification laws.

Lead Paint Forms for Rental Units
y Property owners/agents and tenants must sign
two copies of the Tenant Certification Form before
renting a housing unit built before 1978
y The owner/agent must provide the tenant with one
signed copy
y The document can be copied or digitized, but the
type size must not be reduced

Property Owner Obligations
y Owners of homes built before 1978 must make
a home lead-safe if a child under the age of 6
lives there

What is a Letter of Compliance?

y Lead-safe means free of lead hazards. The
only way to know if a unit has lead hazards is to
have a lead inspection done by a licensed lead
inspector.

It is a legal letter under state law that says
either that there are no lead paint hazards or
that the home has been deleaded. The letter is
signed and dated by a licensed lead inspector.

y To comply with the MA Lead Law (https://www.
mass.gov/the-massachusetts-lead-law), lead
hazards can be addressed by:

What is a Letter of Interim Control?

○ Deleading the property, or
○ Fixing urgent lead hazards after a riskassessment is done for Interim Control. This is only a temporary solution.

y Use only authorized people to do deleading
work. High-risk deleading must be done by a
licensed deleader. Other deleading work may be
done by trained owners or their agents.
y After the deleading work is done and the unit
passes a reinspection, a lead inspector will
issue a compliance document

It is a legal letter under state law that says work
needed to make the home temporarily safe
from urgent lead hazards has been done. The
letter is valid for one year, but can be renewed
for another year if the property has been
monitored and maintained during that year. The
owner must continue to monitor and maintain