Why is this linked to “Trump swamp”? This has spanned multiple administrations, since at least 1997 and seemingly back to 1978. This is why the idiots voted for Trump in the first place, it did not matter who was in power no one cared. Hopefully this can be fixed although I doubt we will know until we find out that it wasn’t.
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Reports: HUD Failed To Track Lead Paint Cases, Ensure Fixes
1978 is when lead-based paint could no longer be used in new housing. The pre-1978 housing inventory would have to address it, but as needed. You’d think that 40 years later, it wouldn’t still be an issue.
It’s linked to the tRump swamp because he owns it whether it started on his watch or not. The Trump administration is in charge and as such, needs to address the issue. tRump loves to talk about what other presidents didn’t do, and messes he needs to clean up, well, add lead to the list.
Those are things people at the top are responsible for, aren’t they?
HUD has actually had rules about lead paint in place since the mid 1990s but like everything else lead abatement is expensive and nobody cared about allocating money.
Yeah, but Trump won’t care, its only killing and maiming children, right? Trump won’t give a sh*t.
Well, of course, they did.
HUD has been a bureaucratic mess for ages. A lot of it has to do with the Repuke effort to drown government in the bathtub. HUD, as huge as its budget is, never has enough money to actually do anything. Much of that is due to the graft and corruption inherent in the construction industry. There are too many ways to skim off money. The other issue is that like every other bad idea the Repigs had, privatization has scooped profits off of already skinny budgets. Full disclosure, I was president of the board for a non-profit HUD Housing development for elderly folks.
“The Buck stops elsewhere.”
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