Water Shut-Off Forces Tenants Out Of Another Ocala Aparment Complex

In Florida, the Ocala Star Banner reports:

• Another northwest Ocala housing complex sits dry and abandoned. Signs of hurried relocation were scattered everywhere Monday, when water service was cut to an unnamed, 16-unit subdivision along Northwest 12th Street and Northwest 13th Street. [...] Looters have stripped copper wire and plumbing fixtures from several units, but there won't be anyone there to miss the materials. The city resolved to cut water and sewer service to the community after property owners neglected to respond to a 90-day disconnection warning resulting from an exorbitant outstanding water bill, said Jim Simon, director of community programs for the city of Ocala.

***

• Water will not run through the community again, and it will remain uninhabitable until property owners place individual meters on each of the units. Lack of running water creates sanitation issues, thus residents are not permitted to occupy such facilities.

For more, see Late water bills force complex to empty (Owners must put individual meters at each home).