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Christopher Johanson
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  • Medfield, MA
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Family with children, FORCED to delead the house...

Christopher Johanson
  • Investor
  • Medfield, MA
Posted

I'm buying a duplex this week, which happens to be a killer deal. Lots of square feet, little cost... good cashflow projections etc. The duplex is floor by floor (as opposed to side by side). The first floor unit is lead-compliant by MA standards. There is however, some lead paint in the upstairs unit that makes it non-lead-compliant. 
According to the MA states laws for lead paint, a landlord must delead the property if a family with children under the age of six want to rent the unit. There's also a law that says you cannot discriminate when choosing renters by the fact that they have children. 

Basically what it looks like is that if I want to rent out that unit publicly, then as soon as a family comes along I'll be FORCED to delead the unit. Because I can't say no, and I can't let them live there.
This seems pretty ridiculous to me. Any solutions? I can't believe MA is so strict, such that any random family could pretty much force you to spend thousands of dollars, at any random time...

Thoughts?

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