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Carline Jean/South Florida Sun SentinelConstruction at the Central Homeless Assistance Center in Fort Lauderdale has been delayed for more than a year, preventing many from being housed by shelter. -
Daniel Rivero/WLRN NewsFlorida taxpayer-owned Citizens Insurance is using unlicensed inspectors in a little-known program that is ramping up inspections, WLRN found. Homeowners and industry insiders say the move is alarming.
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After a record number of deaths last year in Miami-Dade jails, the corrections department may face sanctions if it doesn't show improvement by the fall. -
The Redland area is one of the only swaths of land in the continental United States where truly tropical fruits can be grown at a commercially viable scale. Farmers fear it is in danger.
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With Miami−Dade officials continuing their investigation of the Guardianship Program of Dade County and its real estate transactions, WLRN has learned that two companies — linked to Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez — purchased and sold for hefty gains nearly three dozen properties that were once owned by the nonprofit, through a network of businesses or individuals.
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Following WLRN’s reporting on the Guardianship Program’s sale of its wards' properties to Express Homes — owned by Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez' husband Carlos Morales — officials launched an investigation. Now we have found Gallego Homes, owned by Méndez' mother Margarita, also made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling homes purchased from the nonprofit.
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The county's actions follows a WLRN report that found the Guardianship Program sold properties of people under its care since 2011 to the same realty company.
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She directed the county to pause grant funding for the Guardianship Program of Dade County pending an independent investigation of its real estate transactions.
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A WLRN investigation found the nonprofit sold homes of clients to Express Homes — owned by Carlos Morales, husband of Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez — which resold several properties within days.
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Commissioner Eileen Higgins asked the county Inspector General to investigate the non-profit agency following WLRN's reporting on its selling of clients' real estate properties
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A WLRN investigation found the nonprofit sold homes of clients to Express Homes — owned by Carlos Morales, husband of Miami City Attorney Victoria Méndez — which resold several properties within days.
