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A Lawrence County family rented a house they found to be in uninhabitable condition.

The tenant reported issues including mold, pests, broken fixtures, and no heating system.

The landlord has reportedly been unresponsive to requests for repairs.

The family has spent their own money on a new refrigerator, repairs, and space heaters.

JUDAH — When Brittaney Richardson opened the refrigerator in the kitchen of the rental house she moved into Sept. 1, she found live maggots, rancid food and pooled blood leaked from meat containers.

She closed the door quickly. Then opened it back up, took a picture with her phone and sent it to Jeff Jones , the man who owns the house on Briarwood Lane in Lawrence County she signed an 8-month lease for.

The rent is $1,550.

She asked

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