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Commissioners keep standard 10% lien settlement after resident’s plea for 3%
Summary
A Palm Beach County homeowner asked the commission to reduce a negotiated 10% lien settlement to 3% citing hardship; a motion to cut to 3% received no second and failed, and the board approved the staff settlement at 10% by a 6–0 vote.
A Palm Beach County resident, Tracy Farren, asked the Board of County Commissioners on March 10 to reduce a $111,000 lien on her homesteaded house to 3 percent of the lien amount, saying she is on a fixed income and needs to sell her house to move closer to family.
Farren told commissioners she had been unaware of stacked permits and collection activity after her husband’s death and described other pressing costs including a needed new roof and an estimated $15,000 plumbing replacement. "I genuinely…
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