The shadow of the 2021 condo collapse that killed 98 people hung over a session highlighting how thousands of Palm Beach County residents are living in condos yet to meet new requirements designed to forestall a tragic repeat.
And many of those condos that have met these new inspection requirements find themselves in financial straits to cover the cost of needed repairs that were found.
The Palm Beach Post on April 16 convened a panel of experts to consider the condition of the county’s condominiums — and what residents can do — almost four years since a 12-story Surfside condo imploded in the early hours of June 24, 2021. Revelations that the board of the doomed condo had been beset with infighting about an estimated $15 million in repairs triggered new laws with a timeline for action — to prevent the maintenance deferral that triggered the collapse.
The condo fallout continues
The law required that residential buildings that are 30 years or older and have three or more stories undergo an inspection and meet certain standards. The requirements cover a total of 159,102 condos in Palm Beach County…