On June 23, 2022 around 1:30 a.m., Gloria Francine Maxwell was jolted awake by a loud boom. When she looked out her bedroom window, the 75 year old saw flames shooting up from the back of her St. Petersburg home. She spent nearly 50 years transforming the unassuming bungalow in the Childs Park neighborhood into her own little oasis. There was the marble tub and skylight she installed in the .
Some affordable housing projects in Pinellas County are hitting a wall in their development timeline. County leaders say it's a financial problem causing a delay in construction.