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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13727519/condo-owners-decrease-new-law-bankrupt-residents-florida.html

Condo listings in Florida have skyrocketed as desperate
owners attempt to dodge a costly new law requiring
increased safety checks.

The legislation was brought in following the 2021 collapse
of the Champlain Tower South in Surfside, which killed
98 people.

It later emerged that the condo association had postponed
crucial repairs to avoid increasing costs, prompting
lawmakers to introduced new regulations which take effect
at the end of the year.

As a result, the number of condos on the market has
soared, especially in southern Florida, prompting
warnings of a 'mass exodus.'

. . .

Those things were slapped up in a BIG hurry in
the 70s/80s from the Carolinas all the way
around thru the gulf coast. Lowest bidders,
'inspectors' got their envelopes of cash,
pols looked the other way. Beach condos were
BIG MONEY - FAST.

Thing is, these condos were cheapo cookie-cutter
for the most part ... indeed mostly done by the
exact same contractors. 40+ years in the future ?
The world won't exist by then !

The Miami debacle proved the FAILURES involved
in that building boom. Way too many of those
buildings are in POOR shape, some maybe in
pre-DISASTER condition. FIXING an existing
structure is next to impossible - really gotta
tear it down and start over.

Bad concrete - with salty mist penetrating to
all the steel bits. Photos of the Towers showed
massive damage to the structural columns - and
basically they just put plaster over it ... "no
see, no problem !".

There OUGHT to be some kinds of MURDER indictments,
but those In Charge are now either dead or so old
they're in some 'memory care' facility. Those
buildings were kinda like putting down land mines
all along the coast. People WERE/are gonna DIE.

Apparently OWNERS have now caught on - and are
trying to DUMP these death-traps before they
also crumble to dust. Ain't gonna work well ...

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