Baltimore takes a holistic approach to unhealthy housing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/05/AR2010040503763_pf.html
"The house on Baltimore's Rutland Avenue wasn't charming or well-maintained -- among other things, the skylights were covered by plastic bags -- but Petrina Taylor assumed it was safe enough.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/05/AR2010040503763_pf.html
"The house on Baltimore's Rutland Avenue wasn't charming or well-maintained -- among other things, the skylights were covered by plastic bags -- but Petrina Taylor assumed it was safe enough.
But after five years there, the 31-year-old mother of three learned that carbon monoxide had been accumulating in the house, its escape hindered by a blocked chimney. Then a blood test revealed that lead dust and paint chips had poisoned her baby daughter."
