Regulations last checked for updates: May 05, 2024

Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development last revised: Apr 23, 2024
§ 35.135 - Use of paint containing lead.

(a) New use prohibition. The use of paint containing more than 0.06 percent dry weight of lead on any interior or exterior surface in federally owned housing or housing receiving Federal assistance is prohibited. As appropriate, each Federal agency shall include the prohibition in contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, insurance agreements, guaranty agreements, trust agreements, or other similar documents.

(b) Pre-1978 prohibition. In the case of a jurisdiction which banned the sale or residential use of lead-containing paint before 1978, HUD may designate an earlier date for certain provisions of subparts D and F through M of this part.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 4821, and 4851
cite as: 24 CFR 35.135