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jlf1961 -> RE: Help for lead poisoning (12/10/2013 3:36:50 PM)
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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1
I said I was an asshat for what I wrote.
But how the fuck can any real estate seller allow such a building to be sold in that condition in the first plce - legally.
And why didn't she get the house checked over before she bought it?
You couldn't do that over here without explicit disclosure of such hazzards or you could face a bill for fixing it or rehousing the family.
Sometimes I dispair at the US laws and what people get away with.
So... still being an asshat and still no sympathy.
Actually, a home inspection over here is not part of the real estate deal, unless either the buyer makes it a stipulation in the sale, in the situation of HUD homes, they are usually "Fixer Uppers" and as such usually dont get a home inspection done.
And buying an older home is a major risk, since there could be a lot of hidden problems that would not be found unless the walls were opened up. Things like knob and tube wiring, asbestos insulation, lead pipes, galvanized pipes etc.
You see when the government Housing and Urban Development agency sells a home, they dont have to give a disclosure form, many such homes were used as crack houses, meth labs, grow operations, or just run down. They are sold dirt cheap and barely qualify as livable. Most of the people that buy HUD listed homes are just barely able to make the mortgage payments.
Then there are those people who buy these houses and flip them after completely renovating the house. A house they bought for 60 thousand may then be sold for over a hundred thousand.
The HUD program is geared toward revitalizing neighborhoods, run down properties are sold, fixed up etc.
It doesnt matter to the bureaucrats that the people that are buying them cant afford to do the renovations, so it is a nice vicious circle.
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