This is 100% true. Even in high regulation states like Massachusetts nobody is required to remove all lead paint, just lead paint that’s at risk of flaking or being ingested, like a door jamb or a window sill, or a non-intact wall.
To put it another way: a child won’t break through your living room wall and ingest that paint. They might scrape flakes off the already flaking window sill, though.
To put it another way: a child won’t break through your living room wall and ingest that paint. They might scrape flakes off the already flaking window sill, though.