This is a case where you can spend 10K on lead remediation now, and the payback to society in terms of adults who didn't have lead poisoning is many fold. But

This is a case where you can spend 10K on lead remediation now, and the payback to society in terms of adults who didn't have lead poisoning is many fold. But then, we put the costs of that remediation on the people who have the least time and money to do it (people who are working and supporting small children). Do you know how cruel it is to ask someone who is living paycheck to paycheck to somehow magically come up with thousands of dollars or have their children be poisoned? But the city refuses to pay for it, by faking tests, so, it doesn't get done. This is not some kind of accidental neglect; it's intentionally being done by people who value their tax dollars in the short term literally more than poisoned children. It's tragic, the pointless, meaningless suffering.