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Michigan Family Finds Toxic Mold Inside Home

February 1, 2023/in Current Headlines, "Sick Buildings", Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

As reported first by WZZM 13, Grand Rapids, Michigan, a family in West Michigan learns their medical issues may be caused by living with black mold for years.  After noticing a small amount of mold on a wall and reporting it to their property owner, they learned there was a much more significant amount of […]

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SC Renters with Mold Problems Have Very Few Options

November 18, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

Summary South Carolina state law offers two options for renters with mold problems if landlords refuse to make a repair: Move Take the owner to magistrate court Renters with mold are also advised to call South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs to determine if they can break their lease without penalty.  If available, the process […]

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South Carolina Lawmakers Study Mold Remediation Industry

October 20, 2019/in Current Headlines, Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

Mold is a more prominent problem in South Carolina following an increase in flooding in recent years. So, lawmakers are trying to get ahead of the national agencies and set standards for mold remediation in the state. Laws governing the mold remediation industry differ from state to state. Even though there are mo national standards […]

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Hurricane Dorian Cleanup Stalls in North Carolina

September 20, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

Background Hurrican Dorian came just under a year after Hurricane Florence devastated part of North Carolina. And, Hurricane Florence hit less than two years from when Hurricane Matthew caused devastating flooding in many of the same areas. Dorian was just a category one hurricane based on wind speed when it moved inland. However, the storm […]

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Aurora Apartment Complex Residents Say Maintenance is Painting Over Mold

June 10, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

By Alex Rose, Fox News Denver AURORA, Colo. — Several residents of an Aurora apartment complex say maintenance is hiding unsafe living conditions instead of fixing them. Tiesha Davis and Tiana Sinnett say maintenance is literally painting over the mold they have complained about at The Courtyards at Buckley. “Instead of them treating it, they […]

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Renter’s Protections Signed Into Georgia Law

May 10, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

A new Georgia law protects renters from being evicted for complaining about problems like mold, rats and bugs. Gov. Brian Kemp signed the measure, House Bill 346, into law Wednesday. Supporters say it empowers renters to remain in their homes and punishes landlords who don’t fix housing problems. Under the new law, landlords who wrongfully […]

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Dangerous Mold at Gainesville FL Apartment Complex

April 28, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

Gainesville, Fla. (WGFL) — Angelo DePrado says for the last few months he’s been living in an apartment with mold. “I’ve been sick for a couple of months at least and I can barely breathe,” DePrado said. A water leak on the third floor of his Campus Lodge apartment caused major flooding in his unit. […]

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Families Still Feeling Effects After Pipe Bursts at Billerica Apartment Complex

March 31, 2019/in Landlords & Tenants /by Carolyn Willbanks

by Natalie Rubino, Boston 25 News Three days after a pipe burst at an apartment building in Billerica, families are still feeling the effects as they search for places to stay. The Monty family is one of many who can’t stay in their apartment due to the pipe that burst at The Commons at Boston […]

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City will pay tenants To move

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

5/11/03 Cincinnati will ante up $50,000 to help relocate more than 500 tenants who are being forced to move from a large Bond Hill apartment complex due to problems with mold among other major health hazards. City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to take the money from an emergency fund set aside for relocation, building inspection […]

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Detroit City Council hears residents’ tales of roaches and mold

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

10/16/02 Detroit City, MI – Perralene Madison, 62, says she never had to live with roaches, until now. Myldred Wray, another senior citizen, says she never lived with black mold growing on her walls, until now. Madison and Wray were among a group of residents who appeared before the Detroit City Council on Tuesday to […]

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Apartment Groups Take On Mold Issue, Call On Congress To Support New Research To Form Basis For Publ

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

6/18/02 Washington, DC – Reflecting new concerns about possible health effects from mold, a Congressional subcommittee held hearings today on “Mold: A Growing Problem.” Submitting testimony on behalf of the apartment industry, the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and National Apartment Association (NAA) stressed that rental housing providers are committed to environmentally safe housing, but […]

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Tests On Apartment Mold Show Wide Growth Variety

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

11/08/02 State Wants Plan for Cleanup at Elsmere Complex by Edward L. Kenney, Staff reporter Tests on mold samples that state officials collected at an Elsmere apartment complex indicate a variety of molds, some of which can cause allergic reactions and infections. “The mold was not only extensive in its growth, but there was a […]

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City may aid in tenants’ move

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

5-06-02 Cincinnati, OH -The city likely will add to the pool of money to help 560 low-income people relocate this month from a large Bond Hill apartment complex that has been deemed a health hazard. At Vice Mayor Alicia Reece’s urging, City Council will vote Wednesday on whether to allocate $50,000 from a city emergency […]

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Ohio tenants will get relocation aid

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

8/28/03 Cincinnati, OH – A company managing a large Bond Hill apartment complex that wanted to evict hundreds of low-income tenants and close the facility has agreed to offer them relocation aid. Shortly before a hearing Friday afternoon in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, attorneys for the tenants reached a compromise with the company managing […]

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They have a multiplicity of losses from illness to belongings

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

8/10/02 Sacramento, CA – Tenants of a Rocklin apartment complex are suing property owners over damage from “toxic mold” that caused upper respiratory problems, seizures, bloody noses, sinus infections and severe migraine headaches as well as contaminating everything from clothing to furniture. Concord attorney Richard P. Riley filed the complaint with Placer Superior Court on […]

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Residents join class action; sick from mold

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

8/2/02 Kingfisher, OK – More than 20 people have joined in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Kingfisher apartment complex. The lawsuit alleges owners are responsible for a toxic mold that may have contributed to the death of a 5-month-old and left residents with breathing difficulties. The lawsuit states that Bayli Marie Keese died in […]

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Officials prepare for Forest Glen displacements

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

7/11/03 Olympia, WA – Mary Eckley’s mold-ridden Forest Glen apartment was condemned recently, leaving her homeless. Eckley pitched a tent and lived with her two children in the woods for two weeks.”Tent living, or nothing, is better than those apartments,” said Eckley, who now lives in a Steamboat Island mobile home. “I would never have […]

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Mold Forces Families Out

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

9/12/03  Wareham, MA – At least four tenants of the Depot Crossing low-income housing complex have left their apartments in the past year, complaining that mold from the basement was making them and their children sick. The moves came even before one of the complex’s buildings was condemned this week. Julie Florindo, who lived in Building […]

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Cleanup allowed if materials are saved

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

9/ 7/02 Kingfisher, OK – Mold troubles at a Kingfisher apartment complex are closer to being resolved following a judge’s order Wednesday. The judge agreed to modify a temporary restraining order on the owner of the Meeker Meadows complex. He can now start cleaning up the mold at the apartments, but has agreed to hold any […]

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Is That apartment hazardous to your health?

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

12/4/99 When you sign a lease committing yourself to a unit in an apartment complex or building, you’re agreeing to live in close quarters with strangers. You’re also making the assumption that your building will be properly managed and maintained. That includes such factors as air quality and adequate pest control. As a tenant, you […]

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Health inspectors say landlord turned them away

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

7/22/02 WEST CHESTER TWP. OH- Residents of one of Greater Cincinnati’s largest apartment complexes may have been exposed to potentially dangerous toxic mold as their landlord prevented health officials from helping. Butler County Department of Health representatives described the mold infestation at Woodbridge on the Lake apartments as one of the worst they had ever […]

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California tenant guide

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

Most landlord-tenant relationships go smoothly. However, problems sometimes arise. For example, what if the rental unit’s furnace goes out in the middle of the winter? What happens if the landlord sells the building or decides to convert it into condominiums? This section discusses these and other possible issues and problems in the landlord-tenant relationship. Repairs […]

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Apartment Complexes Post Warning Signs

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

Sacramento, CA – Tenants at Sacramento’s Ardendale Apartments started seeing warning signs a few months ago, warning that their complex “contains chemicals known to cause cancer and birth defects.” “It scares me in the sense that, where exactly and how exactly are these chemicals going to affect me?” said tenant Ryanne Durnin. The property manager, Cynthia […]

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Tenants Upset They Can’t Return

October 3, 2004/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

COHOES – The emotions of frustrated tenants left homeless by last week’s devastating fire boiled over Monday morning when Mayor John McDonald made a personal visit to their burned-out apartment building McDonald headed over to 1 and 3 North Mohawk St. after a 10 a.m. hearing at City Hall in which a joint determination was […]

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Mold blamed in health issues; $100 million lawsuit Pending

August 5, 2002/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

11/09/03 Pasadena, CA – Something awful is happening to children at the Kings Villages housing complex, says longtime tenant Annie Williams. Many wake in the night with heavy nosebleeds, and have asthma so bad their mothers keep breathing machines by their beds. Some have rashes resembling ringworm. She says excessive mold in some units a by-product […]

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Tenants air grievances, encouraged to organize

July 5, 2002/in Landlords & Tenants /by Contributor

11/4/02 Clarion, MS – A group of angry tenants attended a meeting Friday night aimed at organizing a tenants’ rights group. Ward 3 Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes and two attorneys who have dealt with tenant-landlord disputes also attended the meeting and offered advice. Organizer Shirley Pearson said she hopes the meeting at the old youth […]

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