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mold issues in apartment that are affecting my children
Asked on Jan 24th, 2014 on Personal Injury - Texas
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My son has been sick since moved into the apartment when he was a newborn but also my whole entire family. I have a 8yr, 5yr, and 3yr old as well. my youngests is now 4mo old now. We asked for the ventalation to be clean after they told us it had never been done. I took an air vent off and there is allot of black mold in the ventilazation. I have a note form the doctor stating that the mold is unhealth for the babies health. I need advice.
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You need to follow the rules with respect to tenants rights. Check out this web site:
http://texastenant.org/
There are others like it. You can Google "Texas Renters Rights," and other similar search terms. But, basically, what you need to do is to give your landlord notice. That means you need to write a letter, and send it to your landlord via certified mail return receipt requested. The landlord will then have a specified number of days to fix the problem. If they don't, the Texas Property Code allows you to take certain steps. I'm not a property law attorney. I only know this because I had to do this for one of my brothers, to get him out of a similar situation. But, I do know you need to follow those steps.
You can't live under those conditions; neither can your children.
Answered on Jan 24th, 2014 at 10:42 AM