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Housing advocates push to expand Massachusetts lead-law obligations to prevent discrimination
Summary
Fair-housing and public-health advocates urged the committee to pass legislation that would require lead-safe units across the rental market rather than only when a child under 6 is present, saying current rules incentivize landlords to avoid renting to families with young children.
Housing- and fair-housing advocates told the committee that Massachusetts’ current lead-law enforcement — which requires abatement only when a child under 6 resides in a unit — creates perverse incentives that lead landlords to avoid renting to families with young children. Christina DaFonseca, executive director of South Coast Fair Housing, said landlords commonly avoid renting to…
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