What to do When a HUD Home Tests for Lead Based Paint: FHA 203k Here's a story that's become all too familiar to real estate agents and buyers in today's housing market. A buyer finds a house they love with great potential, and pays for an inspection. Information for lead-based paint professionals Locate an accredited lead-based paint activities training program Become an accredited lead-based paint activities training provider As for lead based paint abatement, the irony is you can cure lead based paint issues simply via encapsulation, it's interesting the "certificate" exists now when most lenders don't look for this. FHA Lead Based Requirements For 'historic' Properties From what we have read that just addresses the FHA guidelines for building we need something that addresses historic buildings." Before I address this in my 3rd Reply regarding the Lead Based Paint Requirements of FHA I did an According to HUD 4000.1, the FHA loan handbook, "If the Property was built before 1978, the seller must disclose any information known about lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards before selling the house, in accordance with the HUD-EPA Lead Disclosure Rule (24 CFR 35, subpart A, and the identical 40 CFR 745, subpart F)." The VA-assigned appraiser must assume that "a defective paint condition (involving cracking, scaling, chipping, peeling, or loose paint) on any interior or exterior surface of properties built prior to 1978 involves lead-based paint." The only exception to these effective dates affects Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed loans. Prior to the release of the new regulations, the FHA had required a lead-based is he responsible to remove or correct any lead-based paint hazards. Further, a purchaser is not • Is officially certified as free of leadbased paint by an EPA-certified lead- based paint - inspector; or 2014 HOME Application Guidelines December 2013 Information on Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards for Renters,