{"id":189995,"date":"2026-03-13T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189995\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:33:13","slug":"it-is-not-fair-residents-being-forced-out-of-north-miami-condos-after-building-deemed-unsafe-speak-out-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189995\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It is not fair\u2019: Residents being forced out of North Miami condos after building deemed unsafe speak out – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) – Thursday is deadline day for residents at a North Miami condo complex after their units were deemed unsafe to live in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Residents at the Sans Souci Estates Apartments, located at 11930 NE 19th Drive, have been forced out on short notice, but many have nowhere else to go and say they haven\u2019t received answers as to why.<\/p>\n

7News received calls from frantic tenants after they received city notices on Monday that they had to get out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the only thing I know. I got a red paper on my door, and I had to move,\u201d said resident Yolanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nightmare, it\u2019s a person\u2019s worst nightmare because we are technically homeless as of tonight,\u201d said resident Patricia Hormizda. <\/p>\n

City Hall has not given an exact reason as to why the building was deemed unsafe at this time, but a formal letter cited \u201cstructural deterioration.\u201d Now, many of the residents are packing up to leave.<\/p>\n

Those residents say they feel abandoned and forgotten by local officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t care about us. It\u2019s much more than just being forgotten. It\u2019s as if we never existed,\u201d said resident April. \u201cThis was unexpected. We knew the building had some problems, but not this bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t give you enough time to move, just a few days; it is not fair,\u201d said Yolanda. \u201cI called my friend \u2014 I gave her my food, that goes in my freezer \u2014 she\u2019ll help me a few days to sleep, and other people that I know, I work for them, they offer me to stay with them, but I can\u2019t live by charity when I have my own place, my own bed.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is the tough reality for these residents, as many will still be responsible for paying rent and their mortgages, even though they\u2019re unable to live at the complex again.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, so now I have to see what\u2019s going on. It\u2019s unfair,\u201d said Yolanda. \u201cI can\u2019t afford two places. Impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who live there say problems were already apparent in 2022. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem started with an apartment on the first floor that is completely gutted,\u201d said Hormizda. \u201cI think the board of this homeowner\u2019s association, all the members, should be ousted.\u201d <\/p>\n

Residents say they\u2019ve reached out to the city multiple times for days on end but have received no response.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all tried to reach out to the Sans Souci condominiums, to the City of North Miami. Nobody is returning our phone calls,\u201d said April.<\/p>\n

April says that, on top of the city\u2019s lack of response, residents aren\u2019t getting any support for their hasty move.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Do you guys need help with moving? With food? Transitioning to someplace else?\u2019 Nobody has called, came by. Nobody has said anything,\u201d she said. \u201cAll we can do is just pack up and hope and pray that somebody sees this and says, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re willing to help!’\u201d<\/p>\n

After requesting comment since Tuesday, North Miami Assistant City Manager Katia M. Philippeaux shared a statement on Thursday with 7News that reads in part:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe apartment\u2026was delinquent filing their 40\/60 years recertification and following numerous tenant complaints and inspections\u2026(They) observed unusual sagging\u2026cracks\u2026It was ultimately deemed that 10 units in the structure were unsafe and ordered all tenants of those 10 units to vacate the premises, effective March 9, for their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement adds that the city is offering help to residents in need.<\/p>\n

However, displaced residents tell 7News the whole ordeal is upsetting and unfair. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very upsetting. I would just like people to send us prayers,\u201d said Hormizda. <\/p>\n

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