Residents urge Vero Beach to review code-enforcement and relocation plans for mobile-home park

Danielle Miles, who identified herself as a resident of Vero Beach Mobile Home Park, told the City Council that residents found a landlord notice in a laundry room warning that rents would “be skyrocketed” because of code-enforcement issues and handed council a petition asking for help. “I live in a mobile home park off 24th Street. I’m a senior citizen and I’m on a fixed income,” Miles said, asking whether the city had a Fair Housing Act study or relocation plan relevant to the park.

Charles Goss, who said he had visited several residents, described what he called a 16‑year enforcement history he traced to a former employee who deposited checks in a personal account. Goss said residents told him fines had accumulated into the tens of thousands of dollars and that many tenants, including veterans and people with disabilities, fear being forced to leave. “They were literally crying at the meeting,” he said.

City staff and the mayor said the city attorney’s office would accept the documents, review the resident submissions and follow up. The mayor asked the residents to provide contact information so the city attorney can respond; the record shows staff agreed to do further research and reply to the residents’ concerns.

What it means: Residents asked two specific items: (1) whether the city has or will provide a relocation study and (2) whether any Fair Housing review has been done. Council directed the attorney’s office to examine the materials the residents handed to the dais and to respond directly.

Next steps: Staff said the city attorney will review the submitted documents and contact the residents; no formal policy or program was adopted at the meeting.