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Owners and managers of pre-1978 apartment buildings in Concord can bring testing, exterior and common-area paint, turnover repairs and removal to Concord Lead Paint Removal. The 2020-2024 American Community Survey puts 26% of Concord homes in buildings of five or more units, and the city runs its own inspection program for rental buildings of four or more.
The page is written for building owners; single-unit rentals follow the same rules. We help owners schedule lead work around tenants in Concord, Martinez and Pleasant Hill.
Stairs, balconies, railings, trim, fences and breezeways are what an inspector can see from outside, and a pre-1978 building may carry old paint on every one. Scraping failing paint there is renovation work when someone is paid, and containment keeps chips off walkways and out of planters.
A landlord who pays someone to patch, sand or repaint between tenants is commissioning EPA renovation work in any pre-1978 unit; the EPA lists owners and managers as covered parties. Expect an EPA-certified firm with a certified renovator. Anything under 6 square feet in a room, or 20 outdoors, is a minor repair.
What does an owner of a pre-1978 building have to hand over? At a sale or lease, the EPA pamphlet and the Lead Warning Statement, plus the owner’s account of any known lead paint; records stay on file for three years. CDPH adds that amending a lease starts the clock again. Short leases of 100 days or less, units without a bedroom and buildings an inspector certified lead-free are exempt.
Housing with federal assistance may fall under HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule, and what it requires depends on the kind of assistance. Ask whoever administers your assistance which parts apply to the building.
Ordinance 00-2, adopted March 7, 2000, created Concord’s Multi-Family Rental Housing Inspection Program for rental buildings with four or more units on a parcel, including fences, walls and accessory structures. A city building inspector reviews units and common areas every two years against the building and housing codes and the code’s exterior and site maintenance standards. The program’s page does not mention lead, so an inspection is not a lead test.
CDPH’s county directory lists a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program operated by Contra Costa County Public Health, at (925) 608-5318. Ask the county whether any help for lead repairs in rental buildings applies to you; no funding is promised here.
The number of buildings and units, how much of the work is outdoors, whether tenants stay in place, and whether the plan is testing, interim controls or permanent abatement all shape the scope. Phasing around occupied units adds scheduling and notice steps.
Turnover repairs are the business of lead-safe renovation and remodeling. Whether a certified inspection can prove units lead-free is explained in lead paint inspection and testing. Concord Lead Paint Removal links everything else.
How many buildings and units, when were they built, and are they occupied? Send the address and any notice from the city. We'll get back to you soon with an estimate or any questions we have. Estimates are free and there's no obligation.
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