Cleveland lead advocates for safe housing

Cleveland City Council passed new lead paint requirements for landlords Wednesday, giving Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration 18 months to develop a citywide program to reduce childhood lead poisoning. The law requires owners of rentals built before 1978 to have their properties inspected for lead hazards every two years. Cleveland’s Building and Housing Department will start enforcing the new rules in March 2021 and require all rentals to be certified as lead safe by 2023. The legislation also doubles the rental registration fee, raising it from $35 to $70.

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, April 17: Signet Jewelers to lay off workers;Summit County enacts First Peoples Day;National Weather…

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, April 3: Akron middle school students receive updgraded STEM lab;Lawmakers approve gas tax…

Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing (CLASH) has delivered what it says are 10,300 signatures to the Clerk of Council to petition for a change in the city's lead paint law. The proposed ordinance would require rental properties built after 1978 be safe from lead paint. CLASH attorney Rebecca Maurer says their proposal wants to flip the current method.

Here are your morning headlines for Monday, Feb. 4: Stow considers raising tobacco buying age to 21;Barberton jail to close amid budget cuts;Akron…

Cleveland will announce a goal on Tuesday to bring down the rate of childhood lead poisoning and make the city “lead safe” by 2028, Council President Kevin Kelley said in an interview Monday afternoon. By 2028, Kelley said, the city aims for no children to register blood-lead levels above five micrograms per deciliter, which experts have considered a threshold for poisoning. He called the 10-year goal “aggressive but reasonable,” saying that the specific details of the city’s plan are still being worked out.