Cleveland father Darrick Wade is urging federal lawmakers to pass the Lead Safe Housing for Kids Act in 2022, which would require more extensive lead testing at HUD housing units.
CLEVELAND — Darrick Wade is a Cleveland father who has been fighting for better lead testing at federally assisted housing units at the city, state and federal level for the past three decades, after losing his son Demetrius to lead poisoning in 2007.
"This Lead Safe Housing for Kids Act is very important to me as well as personal because of my son," Wade said. “There are some 10,000 units that are federally assisted, as well as some 14,000 housing choice voucher units that aren't covered by Cleveland's law." Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing or CLASH has now partnered with national environmental justice law firm EarthJustice in calling on Congress to pass the Lead Safe Housing for Kids Act.
“It protects children and families from led poisoning in federally assisted housing by closing a regulatory gap on how these units are inspected for lead," Park said."Currently, housing choice voucher and some other federal assisted housing units only require an ineffective visual assessment for lead hazards when seeking occupancy by families with children.
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