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Aging buildings across the city are increasingly being given demolition orders, a WLRN investigation finds. Among these are some of the last bastions of affordable housing. Some compare the new demolition policy to a totalitarian government — while others also point out the city's coffers could stand to benefit from it.
In a new report, a Miami-Dade grand jury overseeing the Surfside condo collapse offered a litany of recommendations to help avoid a similar event, including, most notably, that the county's
Among the changes suggested in the 43-page report are changes to the certification and inspection process for residential properties.
A grand jury investigating the collapse of a Florida condominium building in June failed to find a cause for the structure's sudden crash but suggested multiple reforms, including lowering the 40-year recertification process for buildings.