Lead Safe Housing Registry (Rental Properties)

The Lead Safe Housing Registry Lists were developed to help agencies and families with young children to locate housing that has been made “lead safe”. The following properties were determined to be lead-safe following their participation in the Cerro Gordo County Lead Hazard Control Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s Office of Healthy Homes & Lead Hazard Control. This list does not mean the units listed are vacant or available at this time. If the property contains multiple units (i.e. duplex, triplex), other units at the given property that are not listed here, may not be lead-safe.

“Lead-safe” means that there was no deteriorated lead-based paint, no lead-contaminated dust, and no exposed lead-contaminated soil identified at the time of the lead evaluation. This does not mean the property is “lead-free” as lead-based paint or lead in the soil may remain. On-going lead safety requires the owner to safely maintain paint coatings and soil covering and to use lead-safe work practices in maintaining or repairing the unit. Prospective renters or buyers should check with the owner to see if these practices have been followed.

Cerro Gordo County makes no warranties as to the current condition of the property since the clearance testing date, also known as the “lead-safe date”, listed. Normal deterioration or activities of the owner, tenants, or others may have disturbed lead-based paint and contaminated the unit since the test date.  Please contact us at 641-421-9339 for more information about Cerro Gordo County Lead Hazard Control Program.