This photo shows the 156-unit Crestview Towers, Friday, July 2, 2021 in North Miami Beach, Fla. The city of North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of Crestview Towers, a condominium building Friday after a review found unsafe conditions about 5 miles from the site of last week s deadly collapse in South Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) The city of North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of a condominium building Friday after a review found unsafe conditions about 5 miles from the site of last week’s deadly collapse in South Florida.
The city said in a news release that an audit prompted by the collapse of Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside found the 156-unit Crestview Towers structurally and electrically unsafe.
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North Miami Beach: The city of North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of an apartment block on Friday afternoon, local time, after a review found unsafe conditions about 8 kilometres from the site of last week’s deadly tower collapse.
An audit prompted by the collapse of Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside found that the 156-unit Crestview Towers had been deemed structurally and electrically unsafe months ago, the city said in a news release
“In an abundance of caution, the city ordered the building closed immediately and the residents evacuated for their protection, while a full structural assessment is conducted and next steps are determined,” City Manager Arthur Sorey III said in the news release.
Evacuating residents hauling suitcases packed items into cars Friday evening outside the Crestview, which was built in 1972.
North Miami Beach commissioner Fortuna Smukler rushed to the building Friday afternoon. She said authorities were working to help the evacuated residents find places to go. She said with the approaching storm it was an especially stressful time for the residents. Smukler knows two people who are still unaccounted for in the Surfside building collapse.
“I ran here right away because this is important to me. I needed to ensure that what happened in Surfside doesn’t happen here,” she said. “It could have been our building instead of Surfside.”
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North Miami Beach Condo Residents Ordered To Evacuate Due To Safety Concerns
An audit prompted by the collapse of Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside found the 156-unit Crestview Towers structurally unsafe.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) The city of North Miami Beach ordered the evacuation of a condominium building Friday after a review found unsafe conditions.
The city said in a news release that an audit prompted by the deadly collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside found the 156-unit Crestview Towers structurally and electrically unsafe.
“In an abundance of caution, the City ordered the building closed immediately and the residents evacuated for their protection, while a full structural assessment is conducted and next steps are determined,” City Manager Arthur H. Sorey III said in the news release.
Enormous need : A Ridgefield committee wants to set up an affordable-housing trust fund
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The scene on a quiet Sunday morning along Main Street, in Ridgefield, Conn. Dec. 30, 2018.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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RIDGEFIELD The town’s affordable housing committee is interested in establishing a trust fund for the development of affordable housing.
Affordable housing trust funds are allowable under state law, letting towns create a trust fund that can be used to increase affordable housing in that community. Additional building fees, for example, can be tacked onto projects with money from those fees going toward the fund.