Jackie Talarico said her family spent thousands of dollars trying to constantly clean up mold when they lived in privatized military housing at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, where her husband was assigned.

“We were told that was completely normal and would be taken care of with regular household cleaning, and that if I just cleaned and kept scrubbing it up, basically it would be taken care of,” Talarico told Task & Purpose on Thursday.

Nearly three years later, they learned that the mold was caused by several leaks in the house, she said. They were ultimately evicted because the private housing company, Balfour Beatty Communities, could not fix all the problems with the home within the time required by her lease. Her family is among dozens currently engaged in a lawsuit against Ba

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