https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/shower-floor Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/shower-floor#comment-36350 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:07:25 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/renter?p=2602#comment-36350 If that’s black mold, that’s a serious problem. Black mold causes respiratory illnesses and could trigger or complicate allergies or asthma. Not only is your landlord responsible for the repair, he is also responsible for the removal of the black mold. Black mold makes a unit uninhabitable; thereby your landlord just violated the warranty of habitability and the ruling of your local health department against black mold. You can inform your landlord again that there is already black mold forming and perhaps that could spring him to action. Black mold is a problem that needs to be addressed ASAP. Your landlord could get in trouble if he does not act on it. Now, if ever your landlord does not do anything for the repairs and black mold requests, you have three options. You can either report the existence of black mold on your local health department, the lack of repairs on your local housing authority and you can file a formal complaint against your landlord. Don’t forget to document everything by taking pictures – that should still hold true regardless of the option you choose. Good luck!

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