PEELING LEAD PAINT
By law, your landlord is required to inspect your apartment for peeling paint and other lead paint hazards at least once a year if a child 5 years or younger lives with you or routinely spends 10 or more hours each week in your apartment.
- You must notify your landlord in writing if a child 5 years or younger comes to live with you during the year or routinely spends 10 or more hours each week in your apartment with you during the year.
- If a child 5 years or younger lives with you or routinely spends 10 or more hours with you each week in your apartment, your landlord must inspect your apartment and provide you with the results of these paint inspections.
- Your landlord must use safe work practices to repair all peeling paint and other lead paint hazards.
- Always report peeling paint to your landlord. Call 311 if your landlord does not respond.
WINDOW GUARDS
By law, your landlord is required to install window guards in all your windows if a child 10 years or younger lives with you, OR if you request window guards (even if no children live with you).
- It is against the law for you to interfere with installation, or remove window guards where they are required. Air conditioners in windows must be permanently installed.
- Window guards must installed so there is no space greater than 4.5 inches above or below the guard, on the side of the guard, or between the bars.
- ONLY windows that open to fire escapes, and one window in each first floor apartment when there is a fire escape on the outside of the building, are legally exempt from this requirement.
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