Mom suffers horrific allergic reaction to moldy home so damp mushrooms grew on the furniture

A mom suffered a horrific allergic reaction after living in a mold-riddled apartment that was so damp mushrooms started growing on the furniture.Joanna Hayes, 42, and her two-year-old daughter broke out in painful red rashes and blisters they believe are linked to the grim state of their home. They moved into the two-bedroom flat in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs., last June but within months the property was covered in black spores. Shocking photos show mold spreading across the walls as well as shoes which Hayes put in the bottom of her cupboard. Mushrooms were also visibly growing on the sofa in the damp living room. At one stage, Hayes was taken to hospital after her lips swelled up to twice their normal size after she went into anaphylactic shock. Her daughter also had large painful red rashes covering her face. Hayes is now too scared to enter the property and she and her daughter have been forced to sleep in their car. The single mom, who works as a charity fundraiser, said: “Soon after we moved in, we noticed shadows on the walls and black mold. “I initially treated it myself but the mold got worse and worse the colder it got to the point where the wallpaper was falling off. “When the wet weather set in, the damp and mold became more and more obvious.  “When I open my daughter’s bedroom door in the morning, a huge wave of freezing cold air hits me. “There is a big patch of mold in the living room and even mold under the bed.It is everywhere.” Hayes is now demanding Community Housing, which owns the flat, to get rid of the mold or find her a new home. She added: “I reported it to Community Housing and the team did a mold wash, but it didn’t work and it just keeps coming back. “Me and my daughter have started to suffer endless chest infections and ENT issues so my two-year-old needs an inhaler.  “She shouldn’t need an inhaler at two, she’s just exhausted.” Hayes said the turning point came when she was cooking dinner ...

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Publisher: New York Post

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