End Draws Near In 17-Unit Building In F'closure; Water Shutoff Due To Unpaid Bill, Vacate Order For Health, Safety Issues Spell Eviction For Renters

In Daytona Beach, Florida, The Daytona Beach News Journal reports:

• The worry on Shawn Ackerman's face spoke volumes as he sat outside his second-floor, riverfront apartment. After eight years in Unit 17 of Riverside Apartments, 245 N. Halifax Ave., Ackerman, 38, and his roommate, Sherrie Copeland, 52, said they may soon find themselves homeless. As of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, the city's Water Utilities Department shut off the tap over an overdue amount of $4,292 on the water bill.

• This is the latest in a string of problems at the 17-apartment complex including foreclosure and an order by the city's code enforcement board to vacate the building.

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• "The landlord has not paid the water bill," [Daytona Beach spokeswoman Susan Cerbone] said. But that is the least of the owners' worries. Cerbone said the property is accumulating city code enforcement fines of $1,000 per day -- so far $27,000 --since July 8 for a variety of code violations including health and safety issues.

For more, see Tenants face eviction over code enforcement fight.