A home on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Cox Street in Fort Myers has become the center of a heated debate over whether it should receive taxpayer-funded rehabilitation despite a history of police activity.
The property is eligible for assistance through the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP), which provides Fort Myers with approximately $700,000 annually to help low-income residents rehabilitate or replace their homes.
Watch Fort Myers Community Correspondent Miyoshi Price’s report:
Mixed feelings over rehabilitation of Fort Myers home w/ history of police calls
Records from Fort Myers Police show 6 felony cases and 13 misdemeanors at the address since January 2020, with more than 130 police calls in the last five years…