<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Leonard,<div><br></div><div>The tenant is complaining of a mold smell and back pains that she alleges are the direct result of mold. Landlord has had 2 certified mold inspectors out to evaluate the property. Both inspectors concluded that there were no elevated levels of mold in the unit. The tenant is making demands on the landlord to remediate, but without some affirmative finding of mold there isn’t much we have to work with. The tenant is also spreading rumors that the house is full of mold.</div><div><br></div><div>The tenant and the landlord had an agreement to sell the property to the tenant, but the tenant’s financing fell through. I honestly think this is an effort to retaliate against the owner or at least diminish the value of the property so she can afford it.</div><div><br></div><div>If the tenant is suffering physical pains as a result of “mold”, we don’t want her in the unit anymore. We also don’t want to spend thousands of dollars chasing a non-existent mold issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Any ideas?</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br><div><div>On Feb 23, 2015, at 7:45 PM, Leonard Cabral <<a href="mailto:leonardcabral@lenslaw.com">leonardcabral@lenslaw.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Todd:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">First, who is complaining about the mold?? If it is the tenant I look to see if the landlord knew of the mold before the apartment is rented. If the tenant is complaining usually what I get for the tenant is some $$ to move (amount depends on how long they lived there and if the landlord knew of the mold before renting). I also have my client do a mold test which I would have a landlord do if they wanted to move a tenant out for mold. If the landlord wants the tenant out and uses mold as the reason I think I could make a compelling argument that the mold addendum is against public policy by using HUD’s Quality Housing Standards. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Leonard P. Cabral, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="mailto:Leonardcabral@lenslaw.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Leonardcabral@lenslaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Todd Allen<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, February 23, 2015 4:34 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[RPPTL LandTen] Mold Addendums<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Has anyone litigated a mold addendum that gives the landlord the ability to terminate the lease for the presence of mold (in the opinion of the landlord)? Interested in hearing if anyone thinks this violates public policy.<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="250" style="width: 187.5pt;"><tbody><tr style="height: 22.5pt;"><td valign="top" style="border-style: none none solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(227, 227, 227); border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding: 0in; height: 22.5pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Open Sans'; color: rgb(41, 91, 122);">Todd B. 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