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Two military officers and their families are suing their privatized housing companies, alleging that pervasive mold in their Monterey, California, houses has caused continuing health problems and ruined their personal belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one family\u2019s case, sewage backed up in their bathtubs, the lawsuit alleges. The other family dealt for months with a smelly closet that was so bad their daughter\u2019s teacher reported \u201cthat there was a stench emanating from the little girl\u2019s clothes,\u201d according to the lawsuit, filed in Monterey County Superior Court on March 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The families lived in The Parks at Monterey Bay. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Navy Cmdr. Louis D\u2019Antonio, his wife Amber and their four children; and Marine Maj. Ryan Keller, his wife Samantha, and their three children. Like some other military families at other installations<\/a>, the families were moved to temporary houses, only to find more mold. The lawsuit accuses the landlord companies of \u201cfalse promises, atrocious living conditions, personal injuries, and property damage caused by their profound neglect, malfeasance, and greed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The families\u2019 household goods were so contaminated with mold<\/a>, they left those belongings in the houses, waiting for the landlord to document and assess the damage and reimburse them, said Jim Moriarty, attorney for the families. But after fruitless efforts for reimbursement \u2014 and being charged rent for the houses they couldn\u2019t live in \u2014 the families returned later and paid out of pocket for the disposal of \u201ca lifetime of belongings,\u201d he said. In the case of the D\u2019Antonio family, their household goods lost were valued at about $187,500 \u2014 and another $2,500 for disposal, according to Cmdr. D\u2019Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank God we\u2019re not alone in this, but we wouldn\u2019t wish it on our enemies,\u201d D\u2019Antonio told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The defendants named are landlord companies Monterey Military Housing, LLC; Clark Pinnacle Monterey Bay; Clark Realty Capital, LLC; Pinnacle Monterey, LLC; and Michaels Management Services. There was no immediate comment from Clark Realty Capital, parent company of the Monterey housing entities. Ron Hansen, president of Michaels Management Services was traveling and said he hadn\u2019t yet seen the lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The companies own, operate and maintain 2,580 homes for Army, Navy, and Marine Corps service members and students, serving the Naval Postgraduate School, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawsuit joins a string of others <\/a>involving dozens of military families who have sued various privatized housing companies alleging persistent problems with the condition of their houses, including medical and financial issues. Following media reports and congressional hearings that brought attention to mold and other widespread problems with military housing, laws were enacted in late 2019 and late 2020 to address the problems and force defense officials to provide better oversight of privatized housing landlords, and to be more responsive to families frustrated by lack of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monterey lawsuit accuses the landlord companies of common law fraud, deceptive trade practices, breach of contract, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of implied warranty of habitability and of good and workmanlike repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawsuit alleges the companies knew about the problems with the houses, and misrepresented the condition of the houses to the service members. If those service members had had the opportunity to properly inspect the houses and if the landlord companies had disclosed the true nature of the damage to the houses, \u201cnone of the service members would have entered into the respective leases,\u201d the lawsuit stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The companies failed to comply with the leases, \u201cby failing to ensure the houses were fit for human habitation and by failing to diligently repair and remedy the conditions affecting habitation,\u201d the lawsuit alleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my view, it\u2019s exceptionally important that these families be able to get rid of their [contaminated] personal property and replace it, so kids have clothes and they have mattresses that don\u2019t give them nosebleeds and don\u2019t make their kids sick,\u201d Moriarty said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the families have been trying to come to an agreement with the companies for nearly two years, and he has also been trying to negotiate on their behalf, before filing suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Monterey lawsuit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entire D\u2019Antonio family began suffering from health conditions within months after moving into the house in June, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe stench of the house at 8027 Shubrick Road and the pervasive mold that they encountered within the first few days continued to plague them through three houses in the Parks at Monterey Bay and haunts them still to this day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a year and \u201cthree failed attempts by three different contractors for mold remediation,\u201d the family was moved to a temporary house.\u201d There, they found pests and hair on the bedsheets, a shower without hot water, and signs the house had undergone mold remediation; within a few months, mold growth was also discovered at the temporary house. Thus, the family was subsequently moved to their third address in 15 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family members suffered from a variety of issues ranging from persistent runny noses, itchy eyes and coughs, chronic congestion and red eyes. One daughter suffered from \u201cfrequent and alarming dizzy spells\u201d that caused her to suffer falls and to withdraw from gymnastics. Another daughter who previously had been very athletic, \u201cwas no longer able to run without immediately losing her breath.\u201d All the family members began suffering from memory lapses. The family members saw a variety of physicians for their medical conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The families \u201cwill continue to suffer health issues associated with exposure to mold and other airborne toxins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Keller family moved into their home at 101 Moreell Circle in May, 2017, and lived there nearly two years. At first, the landlord seemed to address what seemed to be relatively small issues, by painting over discolored spots on baseboards and trim; by snaking the pipes when the family experienced flooding of water and sewage in the front yard; and caulking over mold growing in the bathrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the problems began to escalate, to the point in February, 2018 they found sewage backing up in their bathtubs. Tree roots had penetrated the sewer line in at least four places, but the landlord approved replacement of one section of the line. Mold continue to reappear, and the landlord displaced the family that month to perform remediation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo make matters worse, the temporary house into which the family had been moved was infested with mold and insects.\u201d The family members suffered from persistent coughs, sore throats and shortness of breath and other problems. The youngest daughter had visible rashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a previous interview in June, 2019 about their situation related to their permanent change of station move, Samantha Keller told Military Times<\/a> that their entire mold-contaminated household goods remained sealed in their home at The Parks at Monterey Bay when her family had moved to a house in the community near Camp Pendleton for her husband\u2019s new duty assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They never got to the point of scheduling a moving company, she said, because they believed their household goods were so contaminated with mold, they didn\u2019t want to move them to their new house near Camp Pendleton. So aside from their vital documents they retrieved, they didn\u2019t take any items with them when her husband was transferred to Camp Pendleton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe told them to trash it. We couldn\u2019t chance it for our children,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, the Kellers paid to have their belongings hauled to the dump, Moriarty said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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