To: Greg Stanton, Mayor of Phoenix and Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County Supervisor
End Mold Deaths NOW
We the People of Phoenix, Arizona petition our government to improve the living conditions of tenants in the City of Phoenix by requiring Landlords renting units to guarantee them hazardous mold free. Landlords who rent units which are contaminated by hazardous mold should face fines and City Codes should change Landlord Tenant rules to favor tenants which incur health related costs due to the hazardous conditions in their rental units.
Why is this important?
1,000s of Phoenix families are in debt due to medical costs for treatment of health disorders caused by mold contamination of their rental units. Many of the Landlords which rent these living spaces know of hazardous conditions in their properties but continue to rent them to tenants as the sick families, financially devasted from the medical costs of treating their mold disorders, move out and the new families move in. Breaking this cycle of disease, bankruptcy and death is crucial to stabilizing and growing our economic success. We need to toughen the regulations which require Landlords to maintain their rental units in a livable condition and help tenants who sue to recoup their mold contamination related medical costs, or unfortunately, funeral costs.