CLOVIS, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – A girl in Clovis being sent to the hospital with mold poisoning was the catalyst needed to get the city to change how they do inspections on residential rental properties.
Tenants Together’s Shar Thompson says she met a mother living at the Willow apartments in Clovis with her daughter. She says the mother tried to report the mold in her apartment to the City of Clovis’ Code Enforcement – only to find that code enforcement wouldn’t help.
“Her child was in the hospital sick with mold poisoning,” Thompson said. “She was trying to report the issues to code enforcement.”…