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Resident urges Lewiston to tighten lead-abatement enforcement and consider pulling occupancy permits for lead-positive rentals
Summary
A Ward 5 resident asked the council to pull occupancy permits from rental properties that test positive for lead, citing an earlier estimate that cleaning all lead hazards could take decades and expressing concern for children’s health. The council did not take action; city staff earlier announced a new lead-abatement program manager hire.
Matthew Egren, a Ward 5 resident, used the second public-comment period to urge the Lewiston City Council to take stronger enforcement action on lead hazards in rental housing, asking whether the city should pull occupancy certificates for properties that test positive for lead.
"At what point should the city pull, at least from…
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