Mold
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Health and financial woes continue for MacDill families dealing with mold in base housing
News / Military Some families who left their homes after finding mold are waiting on compensation for moving expenses and damaged belongings. By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / March 22, 2019 PHOTO: Traci Lenz said this is what her kitchen vent looked like after mold remediation at her MacDill Air Force Base home.…
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Small solace for MacDill families, but mold problems are even worse across the Air Force
News / Military By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / March 11, 2019 PHOTO: Amie Norquist says her family has suffered health problems from mold in their MacDill base housing. They had to get rid of mold-contaminated furniture, too, in an expensive move to a new home in Riverview. (Times) TAMPA — Mold and…
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Air Force Secretary visits MacDill, hears families’ housing complaints
News / Military Residents have feared retaliation for speaking out. So Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson asked the base commander to leave the meeting so families could talk freely. By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / March 1, 2019 PHOTO: In the wake of reporting by the Tampa Bay Times about mold and other…
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Air Force Secretary to visit MacDill on Wednesday to hear families talk about housing woes
News / Military The visit comes after Tampa Bay Times stories on mold and other issues on privatized base housing By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / February 25, 2019 PHOTO: In the wake of reporting by the Tampa Bay Times about mold and other problems in privatized housing at MacDill Air Force Base,…
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Gus Bilirakis rips MacDill’s private base housing: ‘They are not doing their jobs’
News / Military The Congressman criticized military families’ living conditions at the Tampa base and wants Air Force investigators to determine whether the problems are the result of ‘wilful negligence.’ By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / February 21, 2019 PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, seen here during a 2018 debate, said…
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Combat veteran on mold problem: ‘MacDill was the worst place I ever lived.’
News / Military MacDill Air Force Base’s senior enlisted leaders come forward with horror stories about the mold problems they endured in their on-base housing, joining the chorus of families unhappy with privatized housing. By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / February 13, 2019 PHOTO: Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Blaine Jones said he…
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MacDill penalizes base housing operator over mold as Bilirakis launches congressional inquiry
News / Military At least two families point to illnesses in their children from mold in their homes. It’s a problem plaguing military installations nationwide. By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / February 1, 2019 PHOTO: A mattress serves as a couch in the Riverview home of military spouse Amie Norquist and her children,…
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Part of VA primary-care annex in Tampa closing to fix mold problem
News / Military By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / September 23, 2016 PHOTO: Patients and staff run little risk of exposure during the mold removal at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, officials say. (JAMES BORCHUCK | Times 2014) Portions of the Primary Care Annex serving patients at the James A. Haley Veterans’…
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Mold closes beds at Young VA center, may be a problem at Haley, too
News / Military By Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times / September 16, 2016 PHOTO: The discovery of mold required temporarily taking 13 beds out service at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center in Bay Pines. (CHERIE DIEZ | Times) Officials at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals on both sides of Tampa Bay are…