This isn't a situation that they'll escape from unscathed.

Keep in mind that with todays high deductibles for insurance, and the structure of our medical system in general most people when faced with a long term illness don't escape with credit intact. 

If it was designed with heat in mind, it may draw from the bottom floor leaving hot air with no escape from the upper floor.

That decision is like management 101 for most small business, but somehow it escapes a lot of REI. 

For those who have effective escape routs aka exit strategies and connections with the wardens and inmates, they can afford to go to prison, in and out.

She's using the mold and respiratory issues as an excuse to escape her bad decision without penalty.

But, as unlikely as fires are, I couldn't live with myself if a tenant died because they couldn't escape out the window:https://www.amazon.com/BLACK-DECKER-BPACT08WT-Portable-Conditioner/dp/B01DLPUWL2/ref=sr_1_1?

I tend to agree with most/maybe all of the comments above.Another factor would be the egress, would the glass still be easily breakable in the event someone needed to escape a fire or something?

(Egress meaning windows and doors for fire escape.)The likely consequence is being forced to convert the space back.

We would want to escape the hot summers here.