Lauderhill residents ask for audit after $367,500 renovation under Safe Neighborhood District program

Residents of the Habitat II Condominium Association told the Lauderhill City Commission they suspect misappropriation after the Safe Neighborhood District (SND) program funded roughly $367,500 for renovations to condominium amenities that residents say remain unusable.

At the podium, Tiffany Jackson, president of the homeowners’ association, said the money paid to renovate two bathrooms and a sauna did not yield functional improvements and that other community needs — security, tennis courts and a ten‑year–inoperable pool — remain unaddressed. Several residents asked the commission and city staff for an audit and for records showing how SND funds were allocated.

City Manager Kenny Hobbs and staff told residents that the SND is a resident‑voted local assessment program and that an advisory SND board annually approves budgets and uses of the fund. Hobbs said records of SND expenditures are available and that the assistant city manager and finance director would review the project if residents provide documented concerns.

The city manager said there is an SND board meeting scheduled for Feb. 12 and urged residents to attend; if the local advisory board votes to stop collections, that change would be reflected in the city’s July budget process. City staff offered to meet with the association to walk through records and to present a financial accounting to the SND board and to the residents.

Commissioners emphasized transparency and said the city will assist by facilitating access to SND records and by encouraging resident participation in upcoming SND meetings.