Re: Hazardous Homes Part I: The mold menace

[Guest guest]

The trouble with the $3000 or so fee for mold detection and cleanup is

that most mold victims become jobless and have very little income.

Barth

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t> http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=265804

t> A bill expected to be introduced in Congress early this year by Rep.

t> Conyers, D-Michigan, would create a national insurance program

t> to protect homeowners against major losses as a result of mold.

t> The law will call for a program similar to the national flood-

t> insurance program already in place.

t> And it would also try to address some of the questionable practices

t> by some so-called mold consultants by requiring the certification of

t> mold inspectors.

t> Costs of remediation can vary. But Bristol, with the National

t> Association of Mold Professionals, said removing mold from one

t> contaminated wall of a home will cost, on average, about $3,000.

t> That includes an inspection, mold sampling and testing, and cleanup.

t> Families confronted with mold and health problems sometimes have to

t> move from their homes or spend thousands of dollars to have the mold

t> removed and a home remodeled so that the mold doesn't return.

[Guest guest]

The problem with that is 3,000 dosn't start to usaully cover it.

Patilla DaHun <glypella@...> wrote: The

trouble with the $3000 or so fee for mold detection and cleanup is

that most mold victims become jobless and have very little income.

Barth

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t> http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=265804

t> A bill expected to be introduced in Congress early this year by Rep.

t> Conyers, D-Michigan, would create a national insurance program

t> to protect homeowners against major losses as a result of mold.

t> The law will call for a program similar to the national flood-

t> insurance program already in place.

t> And it would also try to address some of the questionable practices

t> by some so-called mold consultants by requiring the certification of

t> mold inspectors.

t> Costs of remediation can vary. But Bristol, with the National

t> Association of Mold Professionals, said removing mold from one

t> contaminated wall of a home will cost, on average, about $3,000.

t> That includes an inspection, mold sampling and testing, and cleanup.

t> Families confronted with mold and health problems sometimes have to

t> move from their homes or spend thousands of dollars to have the mold

t> removed and a home remodeled so that the mold doesn't return.

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