Federal and Texas rules require lead-based paint disclosures before sale or rent of pre-1978 housing in Arlington. Renovations must use EPA Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting certified contractors and follow lead-safe work practices.
Arlington homes built before 1978 are subject to the federal Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, which requires sellers and landlords to provide the EPA pamphlet, attach a lead disclosure, and allow buyers a ten-day inspection window. Renovation, repair, or painting projects disturbing more than six square feet of paint indoors or twenty square feet outdoors must be performed by EPA RRP certified firms following lead-safe work practices. Arlington Building Inspections refers complaints to the Texas Department of State Health Services and EPA Region 6 for enforcement. Childcare centers in older Arlington buildings face additional inspection thresholds under state child-safe occupancy rules.
Federal RRP violations can reach 37,500 dollars per day, and disclosure failures expose sellers and landlords to triple-damage civil suits under the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act.
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