Toxic City Infographic

I feel that the public health department has to crack down on these landlords in order for a change. In Philadelphia, property owners can rent homes without a city inspection for lead hazards or any violations. They pay $50 to get the required rental license and the only bother to get a license for about one third of the city's 250,000 rentals. They are almost never penalized as well. I also feel that because of the low funding in Philadelphia there isn't much that can be done. Like, a law was passed to make sure every home that was rented to a family with children 6 or under must have properties certified lead safe. So there are efforts being made, that's why I don't agree with the title of the article claiming that Philly is ignoring the issue, because efforts are made. From this article three questions arose: Why isn't this made a big issue like the crimes in Philly, why are these homes still be rented to families, and why can landlords just repaint the homes before renting them?