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VERIFY: Flyer offering free paint jobs for older Houston homes is legit
“It’s possible you’ll be eligible for a free lead inspection. If your home was constructed earlier than 1978, and the paint is peeling, flaking, chipping,” the flyer reads.
HOUSTON — The VERIFY workforce is trying right into a flyer that’s circulating in some Houston neighborhoods.
It advertises free paint jobs for older properties with chipped paint. It claims to be a part of the Metropolis’s initiative to take away hazardous lead from properties.
“It’s possible you’ll be eligible for a free lead inspection. If your home was constructed earlier than 1978, and the paint is peeling, flaking, chipping… your home could possibly be painted or get vinyl siding put in without charge to you,” the flyer reads.
The flyer consists of the Metropolis of Houston and the Houston Well being Division logos.
A number of folks requested the Confirm workforce to seek out out if it’s a professional.
Our supply for that is Kellen Sweny, Deputy Assistant Director on the Houston Well being Division.
“This flyer was generated by the Metropolis of Houston,” Sweny confirmed.
Sweny explains the U.S. Division of Housing and City Growth awarded the Houston Well being Division a $9.7 million grant in 2019 to assist town proceed its mission to make Houston properties secure from lead.
“We’re on the lookout for properties that had been constructed earlier than 1978. And, additionally, for properties which have youngsters underneath the age of six who’re most vulnerable to this lead poisoning. Since 1996, when this program began, town has abated greater than 3100 properties. We’re scheduled to finish one other 450 in our present grant,” Sweny stated.
The Metropolis has recognized properties largely within the close to northside and Fifth Ward neighborhoods, the place 83% of properties had been constructed earlier than the 1978 ban on lead-based paint.
So, we will Confirm that this advert is a part of the Lead-based Paint Hazard Management Program.
Sweny says the Metropolis of Houston outreach flyer consists of the phone quantity to use. That quantity is (832) 393-5141.
She provides, the Metropolis won’t ever ask on your social safety quantity or any type of fee.
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