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Should I Avoid Buying a House with UFFI?

UFFI is one of those stories that is really hard to believe. Could have the Canadian government screwed up any more? UFFI is Urea Formaldehyde Foam Installation. It's a really cool installation, cause it has a high R factor. And since it's a foam, it's really easy to get into really tight spaces. In the 1970's, the Canadian government gave grants to Canadians to put this in their homes. And then under suspicion that there was off-gassing that was causing a health risk to Canadians, the Canadian government immediately banned it. In the US, a similar thing happened. It was actually in a modular home, they were using UFFI and there was definitely off-gassing. So the US government banned it as well. But then what they discovered that it wasn't the UFFI that was causing the off-gassing. It was actually the carpet and the paneling. So the US no longer banned it. Also, in Montreal, a bunch of Canadians got together to sue the Canadian government for them encouraging them to put this UFFI in their houses that was obviously dangerous. It was an eight-year court case. There was absolutely no proof that was given that UFFI ever caused off-gassing. In over 40 years, nobody has ever been able to prove that UFFI has ever caused any harm. But OREA, the real estate body, makes us put into every offer a disclosure about UFFI. So why? I asked OREA. OREA's response is, "UFFI is a stigma. Some buyers don't want to buy a house that has UFFI." But why is UFFI a stigma? UFFI is a stigma, because we have to disclose it in our offer. It makes absolutely no sense. If you're thinking of buying a house with UFFI, there are absolutely no proven health reasons not to. In fact, it's still used in Europe.