Article Courtesy of CBS NEWS
MIAMI
By
Chelsea Jones
Published June 9, 2024
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MIAMI - Residents of the Palm Lakes Mobile Home Park have filed a lawsuit
against their property owners demanding the right to stay. It comes after they
allege, they have until July 22nd, to move or get evicted.
According to a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade County court, the
homeowner's association alleges the property owners won't
provide essential services to the park, including garbage
pick-up, sewer and water lines or adequate storm drainage.
They go on to allege the property owner is willingly doing
so to force people from their homes.
Despite the issues, residents want to stay.
"It's not fair that they've been paying their rent and
living on the property for so many years and there's so many
elderly, and women, and families and children who are there
and now they're just all being displaced," said Milka
Jiménez.
Pictures and video show the conditions residents want
addressed. Delhi Ramirez has lived at Palm
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Lakes for over a decade but cities have many issues.
"The black water from the waste comes up the property and it stinks up the
property. Also, in the general property there's not like hygiene and maintenance
of the property," she said.
The lawsuit states the mobile home park's land use is being changed. We reached
out to the property owner, who says this is an ongoing litigation matter and at
this time there is no comment.
Residents say they've tried to contact the management team but haven't been
heard successfully.
They held a press conference Tuesday to demand this park be brought to code and
for them to be allowed to stay.
A hearing is set for August.
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