Read the full article by Robert Hansen at The Sacramento Observer
Marcheri Smith has lived in public housing at Alder Grove for seven years. For the last three the single mom has endured mold in her bathroom because the maintenance crew for her complex refused to fix it.
Three years ago, Smith’s then-7-year-old son became ill and had to repeatedly be taken to the hospital.
“I first noticed the mold because [he] couldn’t breathe in here,” Smith told The OBSERVER in an interview at her home.