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SP-65 Lead based paint Hazards — 91.215(i) <br />Actions to address LBP hazards and increase access to housing without LBP hazards <br />The Residential Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (Title X) emphasizes prevention of <br />childhood lead poisoning through housing -based approaches. This strategy requires the Cityto implement <br />programs that protect children living in older housing from lead hazards. <br />Overall, the City has a relatively older housing stock, with 60,335 of the City's 74,755 total housing units <br />(80.7%) built before 1980 according to ACS data. These units have the potential to contain lead -based <br />paint. In these units, the best way to have reasonable assurance that lead -based paint hazards are not <br />present is to have the painted surfaces tested. <br />According to the standard lead paint testing costs, a typical lead -based paint screening survey costs <br />approximately $450. To reduce lead -based paint hazards, the City of Santa Ana takes the following actions: <br />• Monitorthe lead -poisoning data maintained bythe Orange County Department of Health Services <br />(OCDHS). According to the State of California Department of Public Health, there were 75 <br />incidents of Orange County children with blood lead levels greater than 9.5 micrograms per <br />deciliter in 2015. This includes 66 children under the age of 6, and 9 children between the ages of <br />6 and 21. <br />• Educate residents on the health hazards of lead -based paint through the use of brochures and <br />encourage screening children for elevated blood -lead levels. <br />• Disseminate brochures about lead hazards through organizations such as the Fair Housing <br />Foundation and the City's Building Department. <br />How are the actions listed above related to the extent of lead poisoning and hazards? <br />Overtime, the actions listed above will promote greater awareness of the hazards of lead -based paint to <br />children and will also address unsafe housing conditions in pre-1978 units where children may potentially <br />be exposed to lead -based paint hazards. <br />How are the actions listed above integrated into housing policies and procedures? <br />When implementing a residential rehabilitation program, the City disseminates brochures provided bythe <br />U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to all applicants as part of the transmittal of the program <br />application. Any unit receiving assistance through the program that was built priorto January 1, 1978 will <br />be tested for lead -based paint. If lead -based paint is present, appropriate abatement procedures are <br />implemented as part of the rehabilitation contract consistent with the requirements of 24 CFR Part 35. <br />Consolidated Plan SANTA ANA 137 <br />OMB Control No: 2506-0117(exp. 06/30/2018) 75A-145 <br />