Tag Archives: HUD

The buildings are squalid, the tenants are fed up, and the landlords? They’re still in business

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Sharon Kramer

The buildings are squalid, the tenants are fed up, and the landlords? They’re still in business National Apartment Association Tells Its Members MOLD CAUSES DEATH; Tells Courts It Doesn’t With The Help of US Chamber and UCLA Thank You National … Continue reading →

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ABC NEWS & CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY – Lavish Spending at Philadelphia Housing Authority Raises Oversight Concerns – HUD-Funded Housing Projects Wasted Money on Belly Dancers, Sex Offenders & Dead Residents

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Sharon Kramer

“Despite red flags from its own internal watchdog, HUD has continued to plow fresh federal dollars into these troubled agencies, including $218 million in stimulus funds since 2009, the joint investigation found.” By Brian Ross and Avni Patel and John … Continue reading →

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Eagle-Vail’s Riverview MOLD INFESTATION tackled – “Eagle County could have gotten away with doing nothing about it, but chose to deal with it instead.”

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Sharon Kramer

“There was lots of mold in Riverview. Now there’s not.” “Eagle County could have gotten away with doing nothing about it, but chose to deal with it instead.” “We chose not to ignore it. We wanted to make sure we … Continue reading →

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Nola.com – FEMA mobile home manufacturers agree to $2.6 million settlement. The settlement doesn’t involve FEMA travel trailers, which housed the majority of storm victims and are more prone to elevated levels of formaldehyde

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Sharon Kramer

FEMA mobile home manufacturers agree to $2.6 million settlement “FEMA downplayed residents’ formaldehyde concerns before government tests on hundreds of trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi found formaldehyde levels that were, on average, about five times what people are exposed to … Continue reading →

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Oh Boy! ACOEM seems to be at it again! Wonder if the US Chamber and the Manhattan Institute think-tank are going to pay their revisers of their Mold Illness Policy to write a “lay translation” for judges just like last time? Wonder if they used expert defense witnesses from Big Tobacco to write this one, too?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Sharon Kramer

TOXLAW: Posted by Sharon Kramer on 1/22/11 ACOEM New Mold Guidelines Ready Within Weeks Seems ACOEM is not interested in any public, physician or IAQ professional comment prior to finalizing their new mold guidelines. Wonder if the US Chamber of … Continue reading →

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