Division VIII

(a) The Mayor's Office shall develop proposed programs for grants, loan guarantees and no- or low-interest loans for owners of property contaminated with lead. The Mayor's Office shall transmit to the Board of Supervisors a range of options for such programs within one year.

(b) In preparing proposed programs, the Mayor's Office shall consider and make recommendations regarding the following potential elements: whether and to what extent financial assistance should be provided based on an owner's voluntary abatement of lead hazards, the income of the owner and the owner's tenants, the risk of tenants becoming homeless if abatement work proceeds and the cost of the work is passed through to the tenants, the presence of children under the age of six on the property, the current blood lead levels of children who frequent the property, the condition of the property, whether rehabilitation, energy conservation or other improvements are planned, and whether the owners of nonrental property should be required to demonstrate financial need and the presence of children under the age of six with a certain blood lead level.

(Added by Ord. 376-92, App. 12/23/92; amended by Ord. 409-96, App. 10/21/96)