Utah meth lab law didn’t protect their babies

Utah meth lab law left Rachel and Adam Spencer and their babies unprotected from the health and financial consequences of renting a contaminated meth lab home. The heartache and suffering that they have been through, Adam says,  could have been prevented for $45. This is their story.

When Rachel and Adam Spencer rented an apartment in West Jordan, Utah, in 2006, no one told them it was a meth lab. Althought the apartment was dirty, it wasn’t beyond Read more

Home buyers expect realtors to know about meth labs

Home buyers expect that realtors know about homes that have been used as meth labs. Yet, many realtors don’t know much about them, according to what I’ve seen posted on Read more

Utah attorney talks about meth lab disclosures

I’m a personal injury attorney from Utah. To determine whether your house is a former meth house, you will want to check with your state Department of Housing to see what type of requirements there are for sellers to Read more

Renter concerned that neighbors are cooking meth

I recently began wondering if I was in fact living above a Meth Lab. Some of the behaviors are a little different than were described in the research here, but my father is a heavy meth user. He started by smoking it in the service then injected it when the result of inhaling massive Read more

2009 Foreclosures: Home Buyers warned about meth labs

Close to 3 million homes were at risk of being foreclosed on in 2009, an increase of 21% over 2008, according to a new report on foreclosures by ABC News. In fact, the reports says that “One in 45 homes were sent a filing, which includes default notices, scheduled foreclosure auctions and bank repossessions.” And if Rick Sharga, senior vp of RealtyTrac is right, 3 to 3.5 million more homes will begin the foreclosure process in 2010.

If you’re thinking it’s a great time to get a house at a rock bottom price, you’re right, that is, if Read more

Does cleaning a house really well remove meth from home?

I just moved into a trailer that my boyfriends cousin lived in before us. they got busted for meth about a month ago. We had no idea that they were doing that stuff. Read more

Renter gets sick after living in bank repo meth lab home

My boys and I moved into a rental the end of June of this year.  The owner layed new carpet and new laminant (fake wood) flooring throughout the house except the bathrooms and Read more

First time home buyer says meth lab disclosure nixed deal

I just backed out of buying my first house.  We were disclosed that it was a meth lab and didn’t think twice when we were told that the place was cleaned up.  We figured that the owner Read more

Minnesota: Couple unknowingly buys house from meth lab cook

All that Kristi and Justin Keller wanted was a home to call their own, where they could someday raise a family of their own. After years of saving their money for a down payment, they Read more

Indiana: The Sabatino meth lab home story

In 2006,  Julie McCoy Sabatino bought a small two-story house in Churubusco, Indiana, an affordable home where she dreamed of happy days together with her 10 year old son.  But, health problems began, just a few weeks after Read more

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