Deleading is mandatory where a child under six occupies a pre-1978 unit, at roughly $8,000–15,000 per unit. Refusing to rent to families with children in order to avoid it is illegal discrimination.
Treat deleading as a capital item on any pre-1978 building, not as a contingency: the trigger is a tenant's family composition, which the owner cannot lawfully control.
- Construction
- Built before 1978
- Deleading cost per unit
- $8,000–15,000
Sources
- Massachusetts Lead Law — M.G.L. c. 111, §§189A–199B