Six Figure Fine Over Paint Disclosures

I am actually taking the course at our local community college next week * $350

I am fortunate to be in VA. Our legislature actually has INDEMNIFIED owners and agents so long as they provided the disclosure AND booklet.  I have the EPA/HUD booklet printed professionally and inserted in my resident handbook for ALL residents.

They got what they deserved.  These are businesses which should know the rules that have been in place for many, many years.

Lead affects the brain and nervous system - especially in children. Exposure to lead based paint by ingestion and inhalation has caused millions of children to suffer mental retardation, behavior disorders, slowed growth. hearing problems and learning problems.

All paint used in homes built before 1978 had lead in it because that's the way it was made.  Eating the paint chips or breathing in the particles from the paint flakes is how the lead gets into our bodies. Lead is poison to the body. That is why we give the Lead Based Paint Booklet to our tenants.

The company that was fined pled guilty to not giving the booklet to multiple tenants. They also pled guilty to not disclosing other reports they had on some properties. These people knew what they were doing. They could have given the booklets to the tenants; they could have disclosed the reports on the specific homes.  Their actions were irresponsible, wrong and illegal.

Common sense would dictate that we do not poison children or adults. Common sense would follow the disclosure regulations. That's all they had to do. Disclose. The article said nothing about the company being required to perform lead remediation. They just had to tell the truth.