DeSantis Won’t Commit to Statewide Review of Aging Florida Buildings

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives to address the media about the 12-story condo tower that partially collapse in Surfside, Fla., on June 24, 2021. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

By Mary Ellen Klas From Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that condominiums in Florida are “kind of a dime a dozen, particularly in southern Florida,” but he would not commit to any state action to address concerns about the aging buildings, suggesting that Champlain Towers South “had problems from the start.”