ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Petersburg family, whose house was flooded twice last year when the sewer system in their Disston Heights neighborhood backed up and overflowed from their toilet, received a notice on Thursday from Pinellas County to vacate the Seminole RV they’ve been temporarily living in.
“We don’t know where we’re going to go. We don’t know what we’re going to do,” said Jim Pennington, 53. “This is kind of a last resort for us. We feel honestly…we might be homeless if we’re kicked out of this location.”
Pennington said a member of his church offered up the RV for free last November, which is parked on the side of a home in unincorporated Seminole. State law allows homeowners to put a temporary trailer on their property to live in for 36 months while repairs are being made to their flood-damaged home…