This report responds to the requirement in the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (LPPPA), as amended, that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development "prepare and transmit to the Congress a comprehensive and workable plan, including any recommendations for changes in legislation, for the prompt and cost-effective inspection and abatement of privatelyowned single family and multifamily housing, including housing assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937."

This report also provides "an estimate of the amount, characteristics, and regional distribution of housing in the United States that contains lead-based paint hazards at differing levels of contamination," as required by the same legislation. Other Congressional requirements are addressed in this report, as explained later in this chapter.

This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.