Industry warns dust-lead standards raise affordable-housing concerns

Housing industry groups are warning that EPA’s final rule setting TSCA dust-lead restrictions for residential buildings and tightening dust lead hazard standards (DLHS) to “any reportable level of lead” could lead to shrinking participation in federal housing assistance programs. For example, the National Association of Realtors told Inside EPA in a statement on the rule that while housing providers have a longstanding commitment to reducing lead exposure in homes, “the recent EPA rule may create confusion in the marketplace...