LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Las Vegas family's desperate plea for help has exposed what housing advocates say is a pattern of neglect by a major corporate landlord, where tenants are forced to live in conditions that threaten their health and safety.

The Higuera family contacted 13 Investigates after feeling trapped in their Wood Ridge Villas apartment near Eastern and Owens, where toxic black mold covers walls and ceilings, making their children sick.

"The mold built up the rashes on our skin. And we've been really congested, sneezing, coughing a lot," said Nia, 10, who has asthma that her family says has worsened due to the mold exposure.

"I'm scared that it's going to make my lungs not function properly," Nia said.

Alejandro Higuera and his wife, Ruby Fernandez, live in the small three-bed

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