HPD
Lead-based paint (Local Laws 1 and 31)
Older rental buildings test for lead paint, check apartments where a child under six lives every year, and fix doors and windows at turnover.
The clock
When it comes due
- Annual notice: January 1 to 15
- Visual investigation: every year where a child under six lives
- XRF testing: due August 9, 2025
- Who it applies to
- Rental apartments in buildings built before 1960, or 1960 to 1978 where the owner knows there is lead paint, including rental units in one- and two-family homes and co-op or condo units the owner doesn’t live in. The yearly duties apply where a child under six lives
- When
- Every year: the annual notice in January, and a visual investigation of every apartment where a child under six lives
- XRF testing of rental units and common areas was due August 9, 2025, or within a year after a child under six moves in, whichever comes first
- At turnover: lead-positive door and window friction surfaces are abated
- Who does it
- XRF testing by an EPA-certified inspector or risk assessor who is independent of the owner and of any firm hired to fix lead hazards. The yearly investigation covers every painted surface in every room, including closets and cabinets
- What happens next
- Keep XRF records, inspector certifications and affidavits for at least ten years, and pass them to a new owner. Apartments found lead-free by XRF can be exempted from the annual notice and investigation
What Stoop does
- The January notice drafted for your OK
- Apartments with a child under six flagged for the yearly investigation
- XRF records and turnover work kept on the record for ten years
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