{"id":323358,"date":"2026-06-29T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323358\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:49:10","slug":"usf-plans-measures-to-upgrade-off-campus-housing-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323358\/","title":{"rendered":"USF plans measures to upgrade off-campus housing security"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0The University of South Florida is addressing off-campus housing safety concerns after two students were killed earlier this year.<\/p>\n

USF graduate students Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon were murdered in April at Limon\u2019s off-campus apartment. \u00a0<\/p>\n

University President Moez Limayem announced that the school is working with more than two dozen off-campus housing providers to include them in the school’s off-campus housing network and adopt stricter housing standards.<\/p>\n

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The effort includes guidance from the USF Police Department on issues like lighting, surveillance and building access.<\/p>\n

In addition, the university has made resources available for students<\/a> to select roommates and reach out regarding any concerns with their living situation.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully we’ll at least establish a case of change that could later on be used for whatever groups seek greater housing accountability outside of USF,\u201d said USF student Abraham Albadawi, a friend of the victims, about the proposed changes. \u201cAnd other universities over the state of Florida, wherever. I do see hope that Zamil and Nahida did not die in vain.”<\/p>\n

Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh, Limon\u2019s roommate, is facing murder charges in the deaths. Abugharbieh could face the death penalty. His trial is scheduled to begin in November 2027, though a status conference on the case is set for December 2026.<\/p>\n

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Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy (Courtesy: USFPD)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0The University of South Florida is addressing off-campus housing safety concerns after two students were killed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[274,265,276,115,277,275,135,137,136,278],"class_list":["post-323358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-top-stories","tag-crime","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-news","tag-public-safety","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}