Development project and pandemic a one-two-punch for residents
Vera De Souza insists sheâs been a good tenant. Sheâs lived in Design Place for the past eight years, and for most of that time has never missed a rent payment. That is, until COVID-19 came along and she lost her job as a restaurant worker. De Souzaâs rental assistance is still being processed, but in the meantime her income is limited to weekly $275 unemployment checks and whatever money she can earn selling homemade masks. On top of that she is helping her daughter-in-law, who also lives in the complex, recover from a difficult birth. De Souza said the propertyâs managem...
Source: miamitimesonline.com