Lead Safe compliance

[Nick Shri]

I couldn't find much about lead safe compliance program in Cleveland on the forums. Existing investment property owners - have you all gone through identifying and certifying with the city regarding lead in your properties? if you haven't, do you plan to? what is the status of City taking actions against owners or property managers? Any insights would be great..

[David Terbeek]

As you will see by the link provided by @Joshua Janus the program is not even fully rolled out to all of Cleveland just yet but will be by the end of this year.  We have not heard of the city taking any enforcement actions just yet but that will start at some point, probably soon.  Housing violations are considered criminal violations so it would be in your best interest to be compliant.  Currently, the only downfall of non compliance (other than technically breaking the law) is that the court will not proceed with an eviction action without it.

If the property is in good condition with no peeling paint and replacement vinyl windows (we always replace the old wood windows because they cause lead dust every time they are used) the process is painless and easy, if a bit pricey.