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Tenant Wants Mold Problem Fixed

WOWT - Omaha,NE*

" It's like I'm stuck in hell "

May 30, 2008

http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/19405989.html

A heartland woman has concerns for the health of her family. She

believes the house she lives in has mold growing in the furnace.

Briauna al-Muhaimin gets a whiff of it every time she turns the

furnace on and she believes that the leaking foundation of the house

she rents is causing a health problem.

Briauna is on Section 8 housing, has two young children and is seven

months pregnant.

She showed us a furnace filter which appears to have a lot of water

running through it. A maintenance man checked for the problem.

" He told me that it's mold, " Briauna said. " He said that he'd see

that mold is growing inside this brand new furnace from the

foundation leaking and it's sucking it up when I turn on my air

conditioner or heat. I've been wondering why we've been getting sick

since we've been living in this house. "

An Omaha Housing Authority inspector agreed that there is a

potential problem.

The out-of-town owner has 30 days to make repairs but the local

management company can't fix the problem without the owner's consent.

Briauana wants something done.

" It's like I'm stuck in hell, " she said.

The property management representative tells Six on Your Side they

will fix the problem but the owner has yet to be contacted. The

owner will lose Section 8 funding if repairs are not made.

Briauana says she wants the Omaha Housing Authority to move her to

another home.