NAHB: Homestar threatened by lead rules

Areport from the NAHB suggested lead-safety rules could disrupt the ambitious Homestar retrofit program.

In testimony Thursday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Connecticut remodeler Bob Hanbury said that rules effective April 22 governing contractors in homes where lead paint may be present will prevent meaningful retrofit work from being done, because there won’t be enough certified renovation contractors trained in the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Lead Safe Work Practices.