Taking Action for You: Fox59 helps family with apartment mold problem

When a viewer called Fox59 to let us know she wasn't getting any help from her landlord in her mold-infested home, we took action to make sure her family has a healthy place to live.

It is in the wall, it is in the carpet, it is all behind my couch, the tenant said.

The concerned mom said she wanted to remain anonymous to protect her family, but felt contacting Fox59 was the only way to get help.

Mold a very big concern for me because I have a baby on a nebulizer. He was sick twice last week back to back in the hospital.

We brought in Brian Lester from Indiana Mold Remediation to check the apartment.

Thats a heavy, black, sooty mold growth and that's definitely something we don't want to allow to stay in the unit, Lester said about some of the mold.

Painting over the mold isn't enough, according to Lester. The apartment needs to stay dry.

Theres a problem; the tenant said every time it rains outside, her walls and carpet get wet, too.

It literally rains inside my apartment, she said.

The first thing you need to do is stop the source of moisture, Lester told Fox59. Then you remove porous building materials that are non-cleanable.

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Taking Action for You: Fox59 helps family with apartment mold problem