Worcester offers grants to abate lead paint

When my brother called about it, I was elated. It seemed too good to be true. Landlord Brian M. Salada, ON THE LEAD PAINT PROGRAM WORCESTER— Maribel Saez moved into an apartment in a three-decker on Sterling Street in October with the expectation that her family could settle in there for a long time. Then she learned her daughter was pregnant. “I said, ‘Oh my God, there’s lead here,’ ” Ms. Saez recalled yesterday. “I really didn’t want to move. I need a stable place for my kids, and now my granddaughter.” But lead paint chips and dust pose a serious health risk to children under 6 years old. Lead can harm their growing brains, kidneys and nervous systems, and even low levels of lead may cause learning and behavioral problems in children. Ms. Saez called her landlord, Brian M. Salada, a property investor in San Jose, Calif.... [read full story]