Title: Lead_Information | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Headings: 
HUD OFFERS GRANTS TO CLEAN UP LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS
Funding to protect children from lead poisoning
Lead and Your Health
Lead Poisoning
Who gets lead poisoning?
Lead and Your Home

Content: There are resources available to find out if there are lead hazards in your home and what you can do to protect your family during remediation of lead hazards. The federal lead disclosure law, which covers renting and buying a pre-1978 home, requires the landlord or seller to tell about known lead paint and lead paint hazards – which includes high levels of lead in dust or soil, and to provide a lead warning statement, a HUD-EPA information pamphlet, and a lead disclosure form. The law allows a tenant or buyer to withdraw from the lease if the lead conditions are not felt not to be satisfactory. If a tenant (or buyer) of a pre-1978 home did not receive lead disclosure, HUD’s Lead Regulations hotline can be contacted to make a report – 202-402-7698, or leadregulations@hud.gov
The best way is to have a lead risk assessment done; this has a certified lead risk assessor inspect and test the home for lead-based paint hazards in the paint, dust, and soil, and provide a report on the results. EPA’s webpage on Evaluating and eliminating lead based paint hazards has links for finding certified lead risk assessment firms in each state. EPA’s webpage on Evaluating and eliminating lead based paint hazards has links for finding certified lead risk assessment firms in each state. The risk assessor will look for deteriorated paint – which the risk assessor will test to see if it is lead-based paint – and sample floor dust, window dust, and bare soil, and then send the samples to a lead laboratory to see if the levels are high. The risk assessor will also provide a report on the inspection and lab results, and make recommendations on how to control any lead hazards identified. Should you have your home tested for Lead?