Moldy Buildings In Foreclosure An Issue In South Florida

In Miami, Florida, WFOR-TV Channel 4 reports:

• Mold and foreclosure--they might not seem to be a correlation between the two at plain sight, but if you're talking about South Florida's foreclosure crisis you might see that sometimes they go hand in hand. Because of recent skyrocketing short sales and foreclosures in Miami's real estate market, many high rise buildings now have mold growing inside.

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• Even some of the most luxurious condos in town have been affected. This often happens because owners who are going through short sales or foreclosures end up cutting off their AC, sealing up the unit, and never looking back.

• "These enclosed spaces, you have high temperature, stagnant air, you have high humidity," said Samir Elmir of the Miami-Dade County Health Department. "It's a perfect ground for mold basically to grow," he said. And mold doesn't respect property lines, especially in buildings with central air. "There is an opportunity for the mold to disperse through the duct system," said Elmir.

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