Toxic Mold: Still No Answers For Another Region 8 Family

[Guest guest]

Marsha Mays Reports

Toxic Mold: Still No Answers For Another Region 8 Family

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=4632999 & nav=0jsh

MARCH 14, 2006 -- POSTED AT 9:00 P.M. CST

JONESBORO, AR -- A Region 8 family was kicked out of their home 5

months ago by a silent, but deadly invader. Toxic mold is to blame

for the $45,000 of damage to the Hargett's home. They've called

everyone they know for help, but still nothing has been done. Not to

mention, the living conditions for the family have drastically

changed. They were forced to move in with their in-laws, sharing one

bedroom.

" It's one room that we're all four staying in and it's really

cramped. Like our clothes are out in the garage, or some of them are

in the attic and we're just having to do the best we can, " says

Tammy Hargett, Owner of Home.

The problem, black, toxic mold. It all started will a leak in the

basement. It spread faster than they could imagine and soon the

whole family was sick. All from the toxic mold that had infested

their home.

The Hargett family tried to stop the growth by taking out the wall

and part of the floor here in the basement, but the mold continued

to grow, and will only get worse with the onset of warmer

temperatures.

" If it keeps growing and it gets into the walls and into the attic,

then there's no hope for the house. It will have to come down, " says

Hargett.

And not only is the home totally ruined, but everything inside the

home is contaminated as well. The family counts this as a total

loss. But where do they go from here?

" I've contacted everybody I could think of to see if we could try to

get some help and nobody says they can. Mold is a natural disaster

and there's nothing they can do to help us, " says Hargett.

The Hargetts said they contacted their homeowner's insurance to get

some financial help with this problem, but they gave them a very

unexpected response. They don't cover toxic mold and there is

nothing they can do to help. And you'd be surprised at the number of

insurance companies that don't cover this type of damage. Something

that makes you wonder just how insured you are.

A trust fund has been set up for the Hargett family at Regions Bank

in boro. For donation information, contact Regions at 931-1000.

[Guest guest]

This is becoming such a common and sad story. At

least some newspapers are reporting it, which is more

than what happened in my case. The news has to keep

getting out there like this. With more news stories

maybe we can slowly gain at least some validation of

the suffering that mold causes.

--- tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

> Marsha Mays Reports

> Toxic Mold: Still No Answers For Another Region 8

> Family

>

>

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=4632999 & nav=0jsh

>

>

> MARCH 14, 2006 -- POSTED AT 9:00 P.M. CST

>

> JONESBORO, AR -- A Region 8 family was kicked out of

> their home 5

> months ago by a silent, but deadly invader. Toxic

> mold is to blame

> for the $45,000 of damage to the Hargett's home.

> They've called

> everyone they know for help, but still nothing has

> been done. Not to

> mention, the living conditions for the family have

> drastically

> changed. They were forced to move in with their

> in-laws, sharing one

> bedroom.

>

> " It's one room that we're all four staying in and

> it's really

> cramped. Like our clothes are out in the garage, or

> some of them are

> in the attic and we're just having to do the best we

> can, " says

> Tammy Hargett, Owner of Home.

>

> The problem, black, toxic mold. It all started will

> a leak in the

> basement. It spread faster than they could imagine

> and soon the

> whole family was sick. All from the toxic mold that

> had infested

> their home.

>

> The Hargett family tried to stop the growth by

> taking out the wall

> and part of the floor here in the basement, but the

> mold continued

> to grow, and will only get worse with the onset of

> warmer

> temperatures.

>

> " If it keeps growing and it gets into the walls and

> into the attic,

> then there's no hope for the house. It will have to

> come down, " says

> Hargett.

>

> And not only is the home totally ruined, but

> everything inside the

> home is contaminated as well. The family counts this

> as a total

> loss. But where do they go from here?

>

> " I've contacted everybody I could think of to see if

> we could try to

> get some help and nobody says they can. Mold is a

> natural disaster

> and there's nothing they can do to help us, " says

> Hargett.

>

> The Hargetts said they contacted their homeowner's

> insurance to get

> some financial help with this problem, but they gave

> them a very

> unexpected response. They don't cover toxic mold and

> there is

> nothing they can do to help. And you'd be surprised

> at the number of

> insurance companies that don't cover this type of

> damage. Something

> that makes you wonder just how insured you are.

>

> A trust fund has been set up for the Hargett family

> at Regions Bank

> in boro. For donation information, contact

> Regions at 931-1000.

>

>

>

>

>

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