My wife and I are currently in the process of buying a house. It's in the city and was built in 1900, so it's almost definitely has lead paint. Therefore, we didn't get the lead paint test because, if it had lead paint, it would be a costly and time-consuming job of removing it so it was 'safe' to live there. We decided to just keep everything painted, even though it supposedly has lovely chestnut woodwork underneath all the crud.

So the problem is, if lead paint is such a problem how are we going to afford to dispose of it, where are these low-income families going to live while their houses are effectively gutted, and what will they come back to?