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City reduces short-term-rental lien for Childress family to $35,000
Summary
After an extended public hearing and emotional testimony from a local family, the Destin City Council voted to cut a $501,750 short-term-rental lien to $35,000 and referred remaining contractual or vendor claims to the family and their counsel.
The Destin City Council voted to reduce a city lien tied to short-term-rental registration violations against Ken and Beverly Childress to $35,000 after a public hearing in which neighbors and friends described the family’s medical and financial struggles. Johnny King, a former council member who spoke for the family, described years of health crises and alleged confusion about whether a lien had been recorded.
The action follows a 2018 code enforcement finding that a rental property was not registered and a daily $250 fine began accruing. That tally grew to more than half a million dollars by the…
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