This is long, but has a point
Since the mold inspection was done, The rental tribunal gave me the steps to take next.
1) contact the Property Standards Inspector
2) contact the health board
3) File a maintanence complaint and an Interferance of living form
The property standard came out and was shocked at the problem. His words were "Holy $h!t" He than said he would give the landlord 3 days to get the water out and have a company here to fix the damages. He also said he was not a mold specialist but the environment was perfect for mold.
I waited a week to hear back from him, he complely changed his attitude. He said the landlord was going to tear the house down so the problem was solved. I asked him if he served the landlord with a Notice of Violation form. (which I was told by the health board and the tribunal that he HAD to do) He said no because the lanlord did what he asked him to do. (the landlord did not do what he asked. ie: pump water, fix problem.) The guy said he stioll would not serve papers. So I called the Mayor. I told the Mayor the story and first thing this morning I get a call from P inspector and he says "I will be there today to serve the landlord papers, and I will bring you a copy" Why the sudden change of heart? Because I called the Mayor.
I then called the health unit. This woman I talked to said she did not need to come out and see the problem because she knows nothing about mold. I said that's fine but you can see that the water is a major health concern, so could you please come and look at that? She says "No"
Soooo, I called our Member of Parlament and told them that she refused to come out. 3 hours later I get a call back from the women. She asks me what I want from her and I repeat what I had asked of her earlier. She says " You didn't ask me to come out there earlier." (LIAR) So she comes out today. She shows up in high heel boots and a black long fur coat. She is being a total biatch to me. She says "I don't see a problem other than the water needs to come out." She said that water muct have just gotten there. I said No, it's been there for 3 years. She says "Than why did you stay here?" I explained that I could not afford to go anywhere else and that we didn't notice a problem until we started to get sick.
So she got pissy with me saying I should have never called The MP's office. I said "well it got you here, didn't it." I told her I need papers stating why I had to leave this house and that there is a health risk, this way it protects us as tenants and if we ahve health problems later. She asked if i smoke and I said yes, she said welll that can show why you have health problems. I said sure but my kids don't smoke, so why are they sick? She then shut up.
I talked to the lanlord last night we gave him notice that we out out of here this Saturday. All the cared about was were we going to pay the rest of the rent.
I called the mold inspector today and he said the reason I am not getting the proper things done here is because my lanlord works for the town. He has for the past 35 years. The Property standards works with him. The health lady works with the property standards guy. This is not even about sticking it to my landlord. My big problem here is that no one cares that my children and are are sick because of this house. Everyone is trying to cover each others @$$. So it's all on who you know.
So what did I get after all this? I pay my rent, move, pay for storage, seperate my pets, and move in with my mother, and then drive my kids 30 minutes to school everyday. There is not enough protection for tenants. This lanlord, and th health board should not be able to get away from this. There is not even a slap on the hand. My landlord still could rent this house after I leave, because the people he works with did not push the issue. And even if he does knock the house down he still gets money from the lot.