A Fort Lauderdale resident says she returned home from college to a simple problem that quickly turned expensive: her car was being towed from her own complex over and over, even though she had paid for a parking permit. In her account, the tow happened like clockwork around 2 a.m., leaving her or her mother to catch the driver in the morning and pay to get the vehicle released.
The resident laid out the situation in the original post, saying she couldn’t pick up a physical parking decal because the property management office was closed. Instead, she said she contacted someone and received an online permit as proof her car could park there, paid for it, and believed it was valid until July 1. That didn’t stop the nightly tows.
A permit on paper didn’t stop the 2 a.m. tow
According to her description, the resident showed the tow driver the permit, but it didn’t matter once the call had been made. She said the driver told her the tow was happening because the head of the HOA—who lives in the neighborhood—kept reporting her car. Once the order came in, she alleged, the tow company would proceed and she’d have to pay to get the car back.
The resident put the daily cost at $60 per morning, a painful routine that adds up fast. It also creates a practical mess for anyone trying to get to work, take care of family obligations, or simply live normally when you can’t count on your vehicle being where you left it.
Then the resident alleged the HOA head was singling her out
This didn’t sound like an ordinary parking mix-up to the person living it. The resident alleged she was the only Black person in the community and said the HOA head had made it clear he didn’t like her family living there, giving them a hard time since he moved in three years earlier. She added that her family has lived in the community for more than two decades…