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Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn't require detectors

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Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn'''t require detectors

Residents of a South Carolina public housing complex are demanding answers after two of their neighbors died from the gas.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — KinTerra Johnson and her three young children had to flee their apartment at 3 a.m. on a cold January night, or else risk losing their lives.

Two of their neighbors were already dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Emergency officials found dangerously high levels of the gas throughout the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex near downtown Columbia, where more than 400 people lived, nearly all African American, including more than 140 children and many elderly residents in frail health.
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The Repub game plan: $5+B for a useless wall & nothing for smoke/CO detectors in public housing.
 
JacksinPA said:
Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn'''t require detectors

Residents of a South Carolina public housing complex are demanding answers after two of their neighbors died from the gas.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — KinTerra Johnson and her three young children had to flee their apartment at 3 a.m. on a cold January night, or else risk losing their lives.

Two of their neighbors were already dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Emergency officials found dangerously high levels of the gas throughout the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex near downtown Columbia, where more than 400 people lived, nearly all African American, including more than 140 children and many elderly residents in frail health.
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The Repub game plan: $5+B for a useless wall & nothing for smoke/CO detectors in public housing.
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Ummm...

The Dems have the House, you know.
 
JacksinPA said:
Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn'''t require detectors

Residents of a South Carolina public housing complex are demanding answers after two of their neighbors died from the gas.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — KinTerra Johnson and her three young children had to flee their apartment at 3 a.m. on a cold January night, or else risk losing their lives.

Two of their neighbors were already dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Emergency officials found dangerously high levels of the gas throughout the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex near downtown Columbia, where more than 400 people lived, nearly all African American, including more than 140 children and many elderly residents in frail health.
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The Repub game plan: $5+B for a useless wall & nothing for smoke/CO detectors in public housing.
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They sell those detectors at Home Depot for under $34.

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Why would they not require smoke detectors? Did they get a legal variance, for this?
 
Mycroft said:
Ummm...

The Dems have the House, you know.
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Fat lot of good it does them. Congress can allocate all it wants (as the Founders intended) but Trump has found a loophole that lets him confiscate as much as he thinks he needs for his pet projects.
 
Grand Mal said:
Fat lot of good it does them. Congress can allocate all it wants (as the Founders intended) but Trump has found a loophole that lets him confiscate as much as he thinks he needs for his pet projects.
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sigh...

Your hyperbole is worse than useless because you actually believe your nonsense.
 
Chomsky said:
Why would they not require smoke detectors? Did they get a legal variance, for this?
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Federal housing may be exempt from local regulations regarding things like smoke/CO detectors.
 
JacksinPA said:
Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn'''t require detectors

Residents of a South Carolina public housing complex are demanding answers after two of their neighbors died from the gas.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — KinTerra Johnson and her three young children had to flee their apartment at 3 a.m. on a cold January night, or else risk losing their lives.

Two of their neighbors were already dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Emergency officials found dangerously high levels of the gas throughout the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex near downtown Columbia, where more than 400 people lived, nearly all African American, including more than 140 children and many elderly residents in frail health.
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The Repub game plan: $5+B for a useless wall & nothing for smoke/CO detectors in public housing.
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From your citation:

NBC News has found 11 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in HUD housing since 2003, based on local news reports.
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Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn'''t require detectors

So this is the current Administrations fault? Really?

What was going on for the 13 years PRIOR to the current Administration? Who was in charge for eight of those years? Hmmm.

Instead of blaming the current administration for everything, why not address the issue itself and suggest actions to recommend to YOUR Congressman?
 
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JacksinPA said:
Federal housing may be exempt from local regulations regarding things like smoke/CO detectors.
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CHAPTER 35: SMOKE DETECTORS

35-1. APPLICABILITY. In order to meet Housing
Quality Standards (HQS) and regulatory
requirements, after October 30, 1992 at least
one smoke detector is required on each level of
a rental dwelling unit assisted or insured by
HUD. Off-line units not meeting minimum
requirements as set forth in this Chapter must
be brought into compliance. Unit and physical
inspections undertaken after the above
mentioned date are subject to the requirements
of this Chapter. Compliance with smoke
detector requirements shall be checked during
the course of unit inspections for assisted
projects or physical inspections for insured
projects and/or through management reviews.
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https://www.hud.gov/sites/documents/DOC_35331.PDF
 
AFAICT in South Carolina CO alarms are required in all newly constructed dwelling units and occupancies. Effective date: July 2013

Figures. A southern red state.
 
JacksinPA said:
Federal housing may be exempt from local regulations regarding things like smoke/CO detectors.
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No idea. You could be right.

Around here there's no longer "federal housing", but instead "federally subsidized housing". Recipients of federal housing benefits live in essentially the same residential housing in the private sector, except there are some additional regulations and the privately owned property must be registered with the feds to receive federal funds.
 
Chomsky said:
Required?
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South Carolina, for instance, updated its fire code in 2016 to require carbon monoxide detectors in residences, but says “it is up to the locals to enforce in most local buildings,” said Lesia Shannon Kudelka, a spokesperson for the state government.
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Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn'''t require detectors




Another 11 states require carbon monoxide detectors in private dwellings regulatorily through the adoption of the International Residential Code or via an amendment to their state’s building code: Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wyoming.
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http://www.ncsl.org/research/enviro...carbon-monoxide-detectors-state-statutes.aspx
 
JacksinPA said:
Carbon monoxide is killing public housing residents, but HUD doesn'''t require detectors

Residents of a South Carolina public housing complex are demanding answers after two of their neighbors died from the gas.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — KinTerra Johnson and her three young children had to flee their apartment at 3 a.m. on a cold January night, or else risk losing their lives.

Two of their neighbors were already dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. Emergency officials found dangerously high levels of the gas throughout the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex near downtown Columbia, where more than 400 people lived, nearly all African American, including more than 140 children and many elderly residents in frail health.
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The Repub game plan: $5+B for a useless wall & nothing for smoke/CO detectors in public housing.
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They can't buy one for themselves?


They cost about $10-20.

Duh....
 
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