Surfside building collapse prompts officials to act quickly in Miami Beach, North Miami Beach
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Miami Beach building residents displaced over safety concerns
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Officials displaced hundreds of apartment building residents over safety concerns Friday and Saturday in Miami-Dade County.
Tanbeer Mahmood was displaced from an apartment in a Miami Beach property that records show was built in 1925. He said the city official’s decision to evacuate didn’t surprise him.
“We’ve been just going through this struggle for a while,” Mahmood said about the building’s maintenance.
The tragic June 24th partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside prompted building officials in Miami-Dade County to increase audits and inspections of residential properties.
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Trailer park residents in Florida City being told they must find new place to live
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The property has been sold and they have until Wednesday to get out.
Residents don’t think they have been given enough notice, but the mayor said they have known this was going to happen for months.
The people living there are mostly low-income, long-term residents, and most have no idea where to go.
“We have nowhere to go,” said resident Cynthia Thomas. “This is our home. This is where we live.”
Residents have been told they need to get off the land by Wednesday or they would be trespassing.
Once he died, I had to leave the house. I was left with absolutely nothing,” she said.
With no family or support system, the woman had no choice but to sleep in the park. She was new to homelessness and she didn’t know what to do. Her situation quickly took a toll on her health.
“It gave me a pain in my chest and my back and I went to the hospital, she said.
At Mount Sinai hospital, she confided in the nurses and staff. They were able to connect her with homeless services, and the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust quickly stepped in.
Gregory Colemon has been without a home for almost three months.
“We’re walking, trying to get food,” he said. “Trying to find a safe place to lay, and something warm to wear while we’re out here sleep.”
Colemon saw a member of the Cold Weather Team who’s out to make sure people will be warm ahead of Tuesday night.
“I stopped him because everybody told me that when you see the van, you stop him and talk to him,” Colemon said. “They can probably help you get into the hotel and shelter because you have to do the quarantine thing. I don’t mind, as long as I’m out the cold.”