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Maria Godoy

When landlords won't fix asthma triggers like mold, doctors call in the lawyers

Ashley Close, staff attorney at Children's Law Center, right, checks in with Dr. Ankita Khandai, center, and Dr. Candice Dawes, left, at Children's National's Anacostia clinic in Washington, D.C. Close works with doctors to help them fight for healthy living conditions for patients. Medical-legal partnerships like this are spreading nationwide. (Eric Lee for NPR)

In the kitchen of her rental home in northwest Washington, D.C., Shelly, a mom of two, points to the sink. "We had a fungus, a mushroom, growing out right here. They fixed that," Shelly says.

That mushroom was just one sign of the mold that once pervaded the house. Shelly lives in the home with her 7-year-old daughter. She says the mold issues often set off the child's asthma. "She really couldn't breathe during those tough times," Shelly says.

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