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Miami Beach city commission planning to designate the Bikini Hostel a “public safety hazard” and revoke business tax receipt
This is in response to the County Homeless Trust unilaterally relocating 105 homeless individuals from Camillus House to the Bikini Hostel on west Ave a couple months ago.
Full Text from a Kristen Rosen Gonzales email:
Now, onto what we learned yesterday—shocking news about the Bikini Hostel. While we were discussing the issue at our commission meeting, the head of the Homeless Trust texted our administration with an alarming update: the number of homeless individuals at the Bikini Hostel has doubled—from 50 to 105.
All 105 individuals were transfered from Miami's Camillus House to the City of Miami Beach.
These individuals are living on West Avenue with no oversight, no access to proper meals, no medical or rehabilitation services, and no protected common area, and because they have nowhere to go and congregate outside, Miami Beach is spending $35K per month on a 24-hour police detail outside the Bikini Hostel.
This raises a serious question—just how much does the Homeless Trust actually care about these individuals? Yesterday, we also learned of a disturbing trend—residents in Bayshore, the Venetian Islands, and parts of North Bay Road, neighborhoods surrounding the Bikini Hostel, are reporting an increase in car thefts and home burglaries. In one particularly unsettling case, a resident found an intruder who had entered her home to take a shower.
Adding to the concern, a neighbor recorded footage of bikes at the Bikini Hostel that had been painted black. Are these stolen? Other photos reveal open drug use and drug dealing right outside the property, and online reviews paint a horrifying picture—innocent tourists are being harassed and abused by mentally unstable individuals who need professional supervision.
It is not unreasonable to ask: Are these 105 unsupervised individuals committing crimes out of sheer desperation? They have nowhere to go, no structured programs, and no common spaces at the Bikini Hostel. The situation is beyond unacceptable—it is dangerous.
Yesterday, we took decisive action. I proposed, and the commission supported, a motion declaring the Bikini Hostel a clear and present public safety hazard—a hostile public nuisance that endangers both the homeless individuals inside and the surrounding community. As a result, we are urging our administration to revoke the Bikini Hostel’s business tax receipt.
We will take this to court. We will prove that this situation is not only a risk to public safety but also cruel and inhumane for the homeless population being warehoused there. And we will secure our neighborhood.
The administration now has clear and unanimous direction—this crisis must be addressed, and it must be addressed now.
#local
This is in response to the County Homeless Trust unilaterally relocating 105 homeless individuals from Camillus House to the Bikini Hostel on west Ave a couple months ago.
Full Text from a Kristen Rosen Gonzales email:
Now, onto what we learned yesterday—shocking news about the Bikini Hostel. While we were discussing the issue at our commission meeting, the head of the Homeless Trust texted our administration with an alarming update: the number of homeless individuals at the Bikini Hostel has doubled—from 50 to 105.
All 105 individuals were transfered from Miami's Camillus House to the City of Miami Beach.
These individuals are living on West Avenue with no oversight, no access to proper meals, no medical or rehabilitation services, and no protected common area, and because they have nowhere to go and congregate outside, Miami Beach is spending $35K per month on a 24-hour police detail outside the Bikini Hostel.
This raises a serious question—just how much does the Homeless Trust actually care about these individuals? Yesterday, we also learned of a disturbing trend—residents in Bayshore, the Venetian Islands, and parts of North Bay Road, neighborhoods surrounding the Bikini Hostel, are reporting an increase in car thefts and home burglaries. In one particularly unsettling case, a resident found an intruder who had entered her home to take a shower.
Adding to the concern, a neighbor recorded footage of bikes at the Bikini Hostel that had been painted black. Are these stolen? Other photos reveal open drug use and drug dealing right outside the property, and online reviews paint a horrifying picture—innocent tourists are being harassed and abused by mentally unstable individuals who need professional supervision.
It is not unreasonable to ask: Are these 105 unsupervised individuals committing crimes out of sheer desperation? They have nowhere to go, no structured programs, and no common spaces at the Bikini Hostel. The situation is beyond unacceptable—it is dangerous.
Yesterday, we took decisive action. I proposed, and the commission supported, a motion declaring the Bikini Hostel a clear and present public safety hazard—a hostile public nuisance that endangers both the homeless individuals inside and the surrounding community. As a result, we are urging our administration to revoke the Bikini Hostel’s business tax receipt.
We will take this to court. We will prove that this situation is not only a risk to public safety but also cruel and inhumane for the homeless population being warehoused there. And we will secure our neighborhood.
The administration now has clear and unanimous direction—this crisis must be addressed, and it must be addressed now.
#local
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