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Liberty Square residents tell Miami-Dade housing committee of evictions, mold and management concerns
Summary
Several Liberty Square and public-housing residents urged Miami-Dade County housing officials to investigate living conditions, alleged lease coercion and retaliation during public comment at the county’s housing committee meeting. Commissioners and staff agreed to follow up and hold community meetings.
Several residents of Liberty Square and other public housing developments told the Miami-Dade County Housing Committee during the public-comment period that they face eviction threats, mold, building neglect and harassment by property management, and they urged county oversight and an audit of federal funds.
Residents described repeated maintenance failures, unaddressed mold, and what speakers called coercive lease practices. Sharon Fraser Stevens, who identified her address as 6516 Northwest Twelfth Avenue, said she received a 60-day notice on her door and described being harassed when trying to work with leasing staff. “I feel like I was forced to sign the lease that was not explained to me,” Fraser Stevens said aloud to the committee.
Carolyn Umobit identified herself as a resident of…
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