Video - Moldy vacant apartment makes other tenants sick

August 11, 2008

Moldy vacant apartment makes other tenants sick

Story by Liz Zamora (Contact)

Monday, August 11, 2008

KTKA.com - Topeka,KS*

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" Was laying in bed and watching TV and then all of a sudden boom, "

says Holmes. She later learned that sound she heard was

someone kicking the door into a vacant apartment in the Country Club

Apartments. She and the other tenants called police. No one was

there, but what they found was much more frightening to them. They

took photos of what they found.

There was mold on the doors and throughout the apartment. The sink

and the floor had deteriorated beyond repair. Now people in the

building say they're getting sick.

" My kids have been sick and I've seen the girl downstairs has two

little babies that were sick, " says Holmes.

Goslin took these photos and says the mold can be found

throughout the apartment complex.

She says, " I just walked in and it hit me in my chest. Everybody's

walking around with towels and washrags because they were feel sick. "

We waited for management to show up, but no one ever did. One

maintenance worker told us the manager quit on Friday. He says he

didn't know about the problem and referred us back to the Cohen-

Esrey corporate office, who we called several times.

They would not return our calls but told the maintenance worker to

ask us to leave. Neighbors did call, and a code inspector showed up

to look at the apartment. We do know mold is not a violation, but

neighbors want to know if there are other issues that are violations.

Even after repeated phone calls, we still have not heard back from

the management company to see what will happen with the apartment.

We'll let you know what we find out. We'll also let you know if

there are any code violations found in that apartment.

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