Miami homeowner faces foreclosure over disputed $55K code violation lien

A Little Havana homeowner says she is facing the threat of foreclosure after the City of Miami placed a $55,650 code enforcement lien on her property — one that her attorney argues should never have existed in the first place.

“The City of Miami is stopping my client from fixing her own home over a lien that doesn’t exist,” said Ari Pregen, an attorney with The Code Clinic, who represents homeowner Angelica Martinez.

Martinez says she feels trapped in the home she purchased in 2019…

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