Bartlett Deems Apartments Unlivable Due To Black Mold

BARTLETT, Tenn. (FOX13) - A silent danger could be growing in your home. The Center for Disease Control says black mold can cause respiratory problems, fever, and other serious symptoms.

Right now it's causing a nightmare for three families after dangerous levels of black mold were found in at least three apartments at the Quail Ridge Highlands Apartments in Bartlett.

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Bartlett Code Enforcement declared all three units unlivable.

It is growing up my daughter's windows, the window sill, we found it and we have a 20-month old son, it was growing in his closet and along his window sill, Resident Jessie Sidle said.

Sidle says she's lived at the Quail Ridge Highlands Apartments for two years, but it wasn't until this year she says the issue started getting really bad.

My son has constantly had upper respiratory infection, he's been hospitalized for RSV, which can be a side effect from the mold, Sidle said.

Sidle's family is not alone. FOX13 spoke to two other families by phone who say they and their children have had serious health issues too.

Two of them, their children have been diagnosed with asthma when there's no history of asthma in the family, and our pediatricians are telling us to get our kids out of these environments, Sidle said.

The residents and property managers disagree on when management was notified of the problem.

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Bartlett Deems Apartments Unlivable Due To Black Mold