Local builder built faulty homes..cracked foundations, and many other problems. When homeowners would ask builder to remedy problems they would just delay, delay, and delay some more then put bandaids and temporay patches while riding out the statute of limitations.  For years this family has paid their mortgage on time, made costly repairs that the builder failed to fix and now that the statute of limitations has run out the builder is off the hook and no local attorneys will tackle this because time has expired. This family has suffered extensive medical  problems since moving in. They had no idea they were cause by the mold that formed as a result of the faulty construction.  The mold is so sever the home is no longer liveable and the USDA  has ordered the family to move out. These folks have 3 children, are working two and three jobs, and now have lost  nearly 15 years worth of payments on their mortgage.  www.10news Tampa has done a story/video on them.

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"I'm not the only one here that has problems,” added Castillo. “There's other families here that have problems but they're afraid to come forward whether it's because they don't speak any English, they're elderly, they're afraid of losing their home."
"Now a lot of these good people and homeowners are paying for this."
"They were turning them out as quickly as possible and then we had a lot of issues,” said DeMartino. “Inspectors weren't looking closely at what they were doing so we have a lot of issues where a lot of things were slipping through the cracks.
Castillo said insurance wouldn't cover the damage because it's seen as a contractor defect. And as it turns out, she isn't alone, DeMartino says many of the homes built around the same time as the Castillo's have similar issues.
'Her home wasn't properly built,” said Brett DeMartino of Rainbow International Restoration. "With something like a vapor barrier missing, that's just something that should not have happened. In Florida that's an essential component or you're almost certainly going to have mold."
After years of the builder patching up small fixes she brought in an engineer and a mold expert, who told her to get her family out of the home as soon as possible because of mold contamination.
Natalia Castillo thought she had the perfect home for her family but there was always something that didn't seem right: water constantly intruding into the home from the ground.
RUSKIN - A family of five lost their home and everything in it because of what inspectors call defective construction. After paying nearly 15 years of the mortgage, they were forced to walk away from the house and all the equity they put into it.