Landlords not taking mould issues seriously despite grave illness, tenants claim

[davidc4430]

Landlords not taking mould issues seriously despite grave illness, tenants claim

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-29/landlords-not-taking-mould-issues-seriously-despite-illnesses...

caught this on the radio this morning.

one case talked about was where properties had exhaust fans that were not working months and even years after being reported by renters.

one owner said 'bathrooms have windows, tennants should open the windows to keep bathrooms dry'

so hes saying a single woman living alone should open her bathroom window?

a well thoughtout response.

hows about the owner fixes the exhaust fan in a timely manner?

[zanadoo_56]

You need cross ventilation in rooms to try and keep mould at bay...and even then it may not work.

We spent a few years living in a Housing Commission concrete house...and no matter how often the bathroom was cleaned (from ceiling to floor) and no matter how well ventilated the room was, the mould was back in days - wall to wall and all over the ceiling as well.  It was a losing battle.  Ditto the laundry where the door to outside swelled up due to the mould and couldn't be opened.

I get asthma and the mould didn't help.  There were times when I felt so tired from the effort to breathe that I wished I could just give up.

The day we left that house was the first day of never having bronchial asthma ever again.

[shoppingbag*]

Mould is extremely dangerous to health, and can cause a huge variety of illnesses. When people end up at the hospital or doctors, the mould association is rarely made. People asscociate it with respiratory illnesses, but this is only the tip of the iceberg.