Mold in Health Department Offices Found in 2020 Forces Half the Staff to Work from Home, CHA Says

Cambridge Day by Sue Reinert

Mold in the former basement office space housing the city’s public health department has made the area unusable and forced most department employees to alternate days when they come into the office, city councilors were told Tuesday. Mayor E. Denise Simmons said the conditions in the basement at 119 Windsor St. were “really appalling.”

“If the health department’s in a building with mold growing in the basement, that’s just unacceptable,” Simmons said at a council Finance Committee meeting where councilors discussed next year’s city budget. She said she had found out about the problems when she toured the building. 

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