How to report my apt complex for mold growth?

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I moved in my apt on aug 1st 2017. I have always paid my rent on time .I've already experienced 2 leaks from rain in which my apt manager had the carpet clean technician remove the padding and shampoo the carpet. It has been raining lately (for the past week)and both of my rooms has flooded. I have been notifying my apt manager about this issue for two weeks now and she keeps saying be patient she will fix it. She said she wil have a contractor come out in which he came one time and stated tht the only way to fix the problem is to move everybody out and rebuild because the foundation in the complex is terrible. He also stated that its not just my apt.he had already visited 4 apts prior to mine on the first floor. My walls now have mold, so i went to the officeto notify them again and they said they will fix it tomorrow.i feel like they are giving me the run around. I do not want to break my lease or get evicted but it looks like i am forced to do so.. Is there anybody i can call to report them???

loanmasterone · Answer

In most cases, you do not have mold in your rental unit.. You have mildew in your rental unit.

This is normally a problem solved by the tenant. There are many home made remedies you might use to get rid of the mildew from your rental unit. You would have to google mildew removal to find several remedies.

You might also purchase a cure at your local hard ware stores. the cost is minimal.

Of you are having problems in your rental unit that might be a health issue, you might want call the city Department of Health to 
have a city inspector come and inspect the units to see if they are in fact a health hazard.

If the city inspector determine the rental units are a health  hazard, your landlord would be issued a citation to correct the situation and a time in which the corrections would have to be corrected. Once the corrections have been competed according to city city safety codes.

If you feel as if the rental is a danger based on structural damage, you should call the building and permit department. Once again  the city would sent an inspector to see if the rental unit is up to city building codes. If the building is not up to city codes, once again, the inspector would issue your landlord a citation to correct the situation, and a date the corrections would need to
be corrected and reinspected. for code compliance.

It might be that it is determined that the rental unit is unsafe to reside  in. Each person (tenant) would be required to move.

I hope this has been of some benefit to you,good luck.

"FIGHT ON"

Anonymous · Answer

1st thing to do is look online for the tenant/landlord laws for where you live............those laws may/may not have some help

Psychology Student · Answer

Sounds like my previous landlords. They were really garbage people. Considered "slum lords," in that area for decades. It is a bummer that you have to deal with all this due to your crappy landlords.

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