{"id":1965,"date":"2020-04-06T01:07:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T05:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2020-03-27T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:34:16","slug":"what-to-do-if-you-alert-your-landlord-to-mold-and-they-do-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/06\/what-to-do-if-you-alert-your-landlord-to-mold-and-they-do-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do If You Alert Your Landlord To Mold, and They Do Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_471\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Mold Litigation in 2020 - Is Suing Worth the Trouble?\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mold Litigation in 2020 &#8211; Is Suing Worth the Trouble?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Your apartment needs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/mold-treatment-remediation.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manhattan mold removal<\/a>. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/04\/realestate\/an-apartment-with-a-mold-problem.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">numerous reports to management<\/a>, no action is taken. Are you forced to suffer in silence? As a paying tenant, you\u00a0have available options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Is Manhattan Mold Removal Necessary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indoor mold and mold spores can cause a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/27\/can-you-die-from-mold-exposure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upper respiratory symptoms<\/a> such as sneezing, itchy eyes and wheezing. Even people with no previous history of allergies can experience these symptoms after prolonged exposure. Anyone with an underlying respiratory ailment or weakened immune system is particularly vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not you&#8217;re presenting with symptoms, mold is a documented health risk. Pulmonologist\u00a0Sonali Bose, assistant professor at Mount Sinai&#8217;s Icahn School of Medicine, ranks mold as a hygenic problem on a par with a cockroach infestation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Landlords Fail to Act<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mold is not always visible, causing many landlords to dismiss complaints. But property owners are bound by legal requirements to maintain apartments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/24\/my-landlord-is-not-taking-action-on-my-mold-cleanup-request-what-should-i-do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free of health and safety risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your first course of action should be to write a letter or email to management detailing the problem, including leaky pipes or any conditions that may have caused the mold. Insist on Manhattan mold removal, not a simple paint-over.<\/p>\n<p>If the landlord still doesn&#8217;t respond, you could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/25\/when-should-tenants-withold-rent-does-mold-count\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">withhold rent<\/a>, but that strategy carries risks that could impact your ability to rent in the future. Save this as an absolute last resort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Turn to Stern Mold for Effective Removal and Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/16\/what-to-know-about-moldexterm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proprietary MoldExterm program<\/a> is non-intrusive, cost-effective and eco-friendly. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/free-mold-treatment-quote.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact us<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your apartment needs Manhattan mold removal. After numerous reports to management, no action is taken. Are you forced to suffer in silence? As a paying tenant, you\u00a0have available options. Why Is Manhattan Mold Removal Necessary? Indoor mold and mold spores can cause a number of upper respiratory symptoms such as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,81,24,1],"tags":[406,407,329,185,405],"class_list":["post-1965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mold-and-your-health","category-mold-law","category-mold-tips","category-news","tag-apartments-and-mold","tag-mold-and-landlords","tag-mold-in-your-apartment","tag-mold-lawsuit","tag-tenants-dealing-with-mold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1970,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965\/revisions\/1970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}