Many Cleveland Landlords Ignore Lead Safety Citations

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Many Cleveland landlords ignore lead safety citations

Two months ago, Cleveland housing officials said the city was ticketing 277 property owners who had failed to get a lead safe certificate after an inspection showed unsafe levels of the toxin in their rentals.  To date, about 4% of those property owners have proven to the city their homes are safe to rent, Sally Martin O’Toole, the director of Building & Housing, said during a meeting Thursday.  And a handful more are awaiting review from the ci…