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Am I able to break a lease in this situation in regards to the health of my newborn?
I just renewed my lease when i shouldn’t have because i figured that my apartment complex would handle the problem. Not sure if the mold is my fault but i do not think it is because i have lived in several other places and i take showers the same way and had no mold or mildew. When i moved into the apartment i thought i saw a couple black spots but i did not think anything of it because i have never saw mold or mildew and the manager told me that she would make a note of it and have the housekeeper clean it asap. the housekeeper never came to clean it and i noticed that it has gotten real worse and i can hardly clean it without almost passing out from the cleaning fumes because i want to do something about it. the ceiling was leaking and the ceiling is brown and discolored and i am humiliated to even have anyone over.

I am currently 17 weeks pregnant and my lease is not up until october of 2011. i am due in march of 2011. i am from greensboro, nc and have recently saw two stories on the news where newborns have died from mold and mildew in their home or apartment.
the dad of my unborn child brought the two stories to my attention on the news because i was in the lavatory and he kind of demanded that i move and that he would help me in any way because his child is not about to die from that mess that i have in my bathroom. the dad of my child often comes and stays over at my home to check up on me and he has asthma and allergies and he says the dust and mold has to be getting to him because he is not usually this bad. he wakes up in the middle of the night sometimes coughing like he is about to die and it scares me allot.
bottom line do you think it is legitimate to break my lease and not get into too much trouble because i want to make sure that my unborn child has a safe place to stay when he or she arrives into this world?

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