The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) agreed to a consent order with Blossom Associates, LLC and Maryanne Hart, the owner and operator of multiple rental units in Massachusetts who allegedly refused to rent to a family because the family had children under the age of 6.
Massachusetts requires housing providers to remediate lead paint in units where children under 6 live. The laws also create liability for housing providers if they do not remediate and young children suffer lead poisoning.
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