[CPEO-BIF] "Habitat plans to build Bithlo [FL] homes if site is safe":

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Habitat plans to build Bithlo homes if site is safe
Bithlo to get affordable homes if well-water tests come up clean

by Stephen Hudak
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
February 2, 2026


Habitat for Humanity intends to build as many as 10 homes on the site of a foreclosed trailer park in Bithlo if environmental tests prove the property to be safe from a cancer-causing chemical found in a neighbor's well.

The county took possession Dec. 1 of the 4.6 acres – the former Lansing Street Mobile Home Park – to settle a fight over more than $700,000 in code-violation fines that led to the demolition of 18 severely dilapidated trailers at the park.

Orange County could auction the property or use it for affordable housing, and chose Habitat for the project.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-orange-tests-habitat-site-for-tce-contamination-20160202-story.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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