A mold described as a "monster" became so bad inside a Central Florida apartment that it began to grow on a couple's clothes and threatened their health, according to a Problem Solvers investigation.

Miguel Sanchez and his wife have lived in the Logan Heights Apartments in Sanford for four years, and recently the mold has become a serious problem.

"The oppressive weight of mold in the air would nearly knock the breath out of you," Local 6's Steven Cooper said.

Recently, Sanchez's wife was diagnosed with lung cancer.

"When I told the doctor we had a lot of mold here, he said, 'Miguel, you got to get out of that place. Your wife has lung cancer, you cannot be living in a place like that,'" Miguel Sanchez said.

Sanchez said he hoped the apartment management would do something about the mold.

He said maintenance has been in twice to clean with bleach, but it was not able to kill the mold.

Local 6 News showed video of mold growing on shoes in a closet and on pants.

Sanchez said he sent the pants to the dry cleaners but the mold returned after two days.

"We've been complaining to these people that we don't want to be here, but we can't afford to move to an expensive place because I am not a rich man, I'm not rich anymore," Sanchez said.

"He is not rich because his wife's illness has all but depleted their savings," Local 6's Steven Cooper said.

Cooper said that at the time of the story, management offered to move the Sanchez's to another unit but the wait would be a few months.

However, other apartments Local 6 News inspected in the complex appeared to have mold issues as well, Cooper said.

Local 6 tried to contact Logan Heights corporate offices several times but did not receive a response.

"You will have to leave the property and you will have to contact corporate," a worker said. "Thank you. Have a good day."

"What do I do if corporate does not respond? That's my problem," Cooper said. "The problem doesn't go away because corporate is not responding."

"I don't know," the worker said. "You'll have to talk to corporate."

A landlord and tenant attorney said she gets mold complaints from apartment dwellers all over Central Florida.

"What I personally tell people to do is I advise them to get a mold inspection service to come out, spend a little money and get a mold report to say there is a problem and it's a health hazard --- fix it or give us a new apartment if they like that apartment complex," attorney Roshani Gunewardene said. "Or terminate the lease and move."

"Other than that, there really is no legal remedy and little hope for people who can't afford a mold inspection service," Cooper said. "What's worse, we checked with authorities at every-level, city, county, and state -- and there are no mold standards or codes that residential rentals must comply with."

Renters should also be aware of mold addendums, now common in leases, that put much of the burden on the renter to keep the apartment mold-free, according to the report.

Cooper said the man who owns the complex has paid almost $4,000 to move the Sanchezes out of the complex and replace some of their items damaged by the mold.

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