The Alliance for Healthy Homes has created a four-part Lead-Safe Housing Policy Guidance Series to assist state and local policy makers and government agency staff in establishing a prevention-based framework to advance lead-safe housing. To develop this resource, the Alliance drew upon enlightened approaches that jurisdictions across the country are already pursuing and finding effective. The Alliance hopes that this Guidance series will be helpful to health and housing practitioners as well as other advocates for children’s health in every city, county, and state—regardless of its current laws or level of political will.

The Lead-Safe Housing Policy Guidance Series includes the following four components:

I. Basic Lead-Safe Housing Standards: A three-tiered approach to setting clear, workable, and protective standards that define rental property owners’ duties.

II. Legal Authorities: The spectrum of legal authorities and enforcement options needed for state and local agencies to implement and enforce lead-safe housing standards.

III. Programmatic Opportunities: Effective strategies for state and local agencies to strengthen code enforcement and build technical capacity to expand the supply of lead-safe housing.

IV. Reference Materials: Applicable federal law, regulations, and standards, fundamental tenant safeguards, and a glossary of common terms.

You can also access the entire series in one document by clicking here.