Letâs kick this column off with your fun fact of the day: There is no federal law regarding what landlords should do if their property has mold, nor is there such a state law in Georgia. Landlords donât have to tell tenants about mold even if they know thereâs a high concentration of it. The relationship between landlord and tenant doesnât have to be adversarial. But that goes both ways. We signed a lease, and surely not all of us read it under a microscope, but that doesnât excuse negligence and bad property management. Regardless, University of Georgia students living off-campus are no strangers to issues like mold.