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<br /> Consolidated Plan REDWOOD CITY 109 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) <br />SP-65 Lead based paint Hazards – 91.215(i) <br />Actions to address LBP hazards and increase access to housing without LBP hazards <br />The City has developed policies and procedures to address lead-based paint (LBP) hazards in pre-1978 housing in compliance with regulations <br />regarding the use of federal housing assistance funds. Childhood lead poisoning causes reduced intelligence, low attention span, reading and <br />learning disabilities, and has been linked to juvenile delinquency, behavioral problems, and many other adverse health effects. Over the past 20 <br />years, the removal of lead from gasoline, food canning and other sources has been successful in reducing population blood lead levels by over 80 <br />percent. Nearly 1 million children, however, still have excessive levels of lead in their blood, making lead poisoning a major childhood <br />environmental disease. Lead-based paint in housing is the major remaining source of exposure and is responsible for most cases of childhood <br />lead poisoning today. <br />The City incorporates lead testing and clearances for all rehabilitation projects it sponsors in order to ensure that all federal lead safe practices <br />are met. The City also makes lead-based paint information available to local non-profit agencies and to homeowners and renters in the City. <br />How are the actions listed above related to the extent of lead poisoning and hazards? <br />Most homes built before 1978 contain some lead-based paint and lead-based paint is more common and was more extensively used in homes <br />built before 1950. As of 2011, approximately 46 percent of all housing units in the city were built prior to 1960 and are now over 50 years old. <br />Another 28 percent of the housing stock was constructed between 1960 and 1979, making nearly three-quarters of the housing stock 30 years <br />old or older. <br />HUD estimates that over 60 million occupied homes, or approximately 80 percent of all homes built before 1980, have some lead-based <br />paint. Many of those 60 million homes have only small amounts of such paint, however; generally, the older the home, the greater the amount <br />of lead-based paint. The use of lead in paint was highest in housing built before 1960. It was completely banned for residential use in 1978 by <br />the Consumer Product Safety Commission. <br />How are the actions listed above integrated into housing policies and procedures? 6.3.F. - Page 121