Thinking about buying or renting a house?
Make sure it's lead-Safe.
Check-out Wayne County’s LeadSafe Housing Registry!
What is the LeadSafe Housing Registry?
The County of Wayne’s Lead
Safe Housing Registry was created by the "Lead
Safe Wayne County Program" to provide potential renters and buyers information about the status of lead
Safety for pre-1978 housing stock within the County of Wayne. The "Lead
Safe Wayne County Program" will maintain a lead
Safe/free housing registry of rental and owner-occupied units assisted by the program as well as any other properties certified as lead-
Safe or lead-free requesting enlistment on the registry.
All housing units built after 1978 will be assumed to be lead-free. The "Lead
Safe Wayne County Program" neither owns nor manages any of the units listed on the Registry. Dwelling units in the category of lead-
Safe will be required to update their certifications every two years or be removed from the list.
Make Sure Your House is Lead Safe, Protect Your Children
Your home may have lead-based paint, which can cause serious health problems for your family. If lead-based paint begins to chip, crack, peel, or chalk, it soon becomes lead dust that gets on floors, windowsills and other surfaces. Your children might touch it with their fingers and put it in their mouths—the main way that lead gets into children’s bodies. There is no
Safe level of lead in you or your child’s body. Even minimal amounts of lead can poison and affect children’s development, especially preschoolers. Children also crawl and play on the floor, where lead dust can accumulate, and can ingest lead dust through normal hand-to-mouth behavior.
The "Lead
Safe Wayne County Program" can help you.
LeadSafe Housing Registry
The following list identifies the homes that were made lead-Safe as part of Wayne County’s Lead Hazard Reduction Program also known as "LeadSafe Wayne County ".
County of Wayne
Last Update: 9-30-09
Notes:
- Dwelling units will remain on the list for two years.
- Please refer to the Disclaimer language included herein
General Information about the County of Wayne Lead
Safe Housing Registry
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is lead poisoning?
Lead poisoning is still the number one environmental health threat to children under the age of six. Deteriorated lead-base paint is the leading cause of lead poisoning in Highland Park and Hamtramck. Most children are poisoned through chronic, low-level exposures, which can cause many developmental problems including reduced IQ, hyperactivity, impaired growth, learning disabilities, and behavior problems.
How can I Get the Lead Out of My Home?
The "Lead
Safe Wayne County Program" is an effort to eliminate lead poisoning in homes where children under the age of six live. If you are eligible, you may qualify to have your home rehabilitated to eliminate lead-based paint health hazards- all at no cost to you.
How Do I know If My Family Is In Danger?
If your home was built before 1978, your paint may have dangerous levels of lead in it. Older homes are even more likely to have lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards. Children with lead poisoning may have learning, growth, and behavior problems, although they may not look or act sick. The only way to know if your children have lead poisoning is to have them tested. All children under six years of age should get a blood lead test.
How Do I Qualify?
You may be eligible if:
- •You Live in Wayne County or have a rental property in Wayne County.
- Your home was built before 1978
- You have children under the age of six living in or frequently visiting your home
- You earn a low income
- You have rental property occupied by low-income residents
- The painted surfaces of your home are deteriorated
How Can the Program Make My Home Safe from Lead-Based Paint Hazards?
The "Lead
Safe Wayne County" will test your home for lead hazards and make your home lead
Safe (if lead-based paint hazards are found) by:
- Performing a complete lead dust clean-up using a special vacuum cleaner, or
- Removing any parts of your home that have lead-based paint, such as windowsills, frames and doors and replacing them with new ones, or
- Placing a solid barrier over all lead-based paint surfaces, so that no one can reach them, or
- Removing damaged lead-based paint and repainting with a non-lead-based paint
Definitions
The following definitions are provided as a guide to assist in understanding the conditions of housing units maintained in this registry. By providing this information the custodian(s) of the registry and/or the author(s) cannot be held responsible for the ongoing future conditions of the properties listed, which is the property owner’s responsibility. Enlistment is based exclusively on property owners agreeing to participate in the registry and the certified document of record verifying a lead-safe or lead-free condition. New lead hazards may/can occur through materials reintroduced to the property containing lead hazards and/or improper maintenance practices.
"Lead-Safe"
The definition "Lead-
Safe housing" does not mean all lead paint has been eliminated from a property, but that at the time of lead clearance inspection by a certified lead inspector, the property contained no lead hazards, i.e., no visible paint chips or dust and painted surfaces were visibly in tact and any dust wipes taken tested below the more stringent of State and or Federal lead levels defining a hazard at the time/date posted in the clearance document of record. Occupants must be notified/aware of all locations/materials containing lead so that any damages can be reported to the ownership of the property and reasonable care can be exercised in those locations in the normal course of maintenance/house cleaning.
"Lead-free"
Lead-free does not mean there is no lead at the property in question, trace elements of lead can be found in almost all properties regardless of the year they were built. The definition of "lead-free" means a property has been tested according to State guidelines for the presence of lead-based paint in/on all painted components, in soil and dust including other surfaces which are known to contain lead and certified by a state approved official as being below the State and or Federal lead levels identified as hazardous at the time/date posted in the inspection/evaluation document of record.
"Lead-Safe Clearance Certification"
The Lead-
Safe Clearance letter serves as a certification that, the property was tested and confirmed to be lead safe on the day it was issued. Lead safe means that the testing showed that the lead levels were less than the federal and state required levels.
Unfortunately, regular wear and tear can chip, peel, or chalk the paint making it very unsafe especially for children under the age of six. Therefore, landlords/owners must maintain the paint intact (not peeling) in order to ensure that the property is kept lead safe.
Disclaimer:
The County of Wayne does not assume any liability or responsibility for the veracity of the test results, nor the classification of the housing as either "Lead
Safe" or "Lead Free". While the County of Wayne has no reason to suspect that the determinations of Lead
Safe are incorrect, they assume no liability for personal injury, damages, claims, costs, expenses, losses, fees, expenses of any kind or nature arising out of the occupancy of the units listed in the registry. You are encouraged to immediately report any evidence of the presence of any lead found in an improper condition, within the listed units, to both the owners of housing and the registry.