On Tuesday, June 22nd, the City of Lauderhill Building Officials deemed the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of all four of the Brampton Court buildings unsafe - 1980 NW 46 Avenue, 4591 NW 19 Street, 1981 NW 43 Terrace, and 4391 NW 19 Street. Residents were notified to move out by Friday, the 25th of June by noon if they resided above the 1st floor. With only one of the eight elevators in service, City Fire and Building Officials deemed the facilities unlivable because of deteriorated staircases.
Yesterday, the Building and Fire Officials witnessed progress toward minimizing life safety issues in some of the staircases. Based on yesterday’s developments and the projected schedule of improvements, the City has extended the evacuation deadline by 24 hours, where residents will not have to evacuate their apartments until Saturday, June 26, 2010, by noon. In the meantime, Officials will continue to closely monitor progress until the property is in compliance and the residents are safe.
The safety and welfare of Lauderhill’s residents are always the City’s primary concern. A 24 hour, 7 day a week Fire Watch, established last week, is still in effect.
The City has compiled and distributed lists of available properties in the surrounding community that are for rent. Many properties have given the displaced Brampton Residents rental rates that were competitive. Several properties even waived deposits and application fees for the displaced residents. The Family Success Center and Legal Aid have also given displaced residents substantial assistance.
For more information on the property owners, and how they described this property on their web site see: http://atlantichousing.org/BramptonCourt.htm.
Also, it has been discovered that several tenants have Section 8 Housing Vouchers issued through one of the local Housing Authority.
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