00:00It's a popular retirement community in Florida. The rule, you have to be 55 and older to live
00:06there. But this 28-year-old calls it home and doesn't want to move. As Allison Hall reports,
00:12the board is now voting to determine her fate. It's a beautiful village of 155 homes. With one
00:20catch, you have to be at least 55 years old. Now some residents want this woman out, saying
00:27she's just too young to live there. I'm 100% being forced out. Bethany Michelle's father, Paul,
00:33bought a home in Freedom at Arbor Mill in Jacksonville, Florida in 2019. She moved in
00:39to care for the ailing vet when he took a turn for the worse. He was a really high-risk
00:43patient. He
00:44was terminally ill. He was on dialysis. Her dad died in 2023, and in his will, he bequeathed her the
00:51house. Weeks later, she says the Homeowners Association sent her this document, stating
00:57each occupied home shall at all times be occupied by at least one person 55 years
01:03of age or older. Bethany is 28. The Homeowners Association held a special
01:08meeting to decide what to do. I didn't lie here to put up with people under 55. We all
01:14bought here for peace and quiet and enjoyed better days of our life. There were also
01:18residents supporting Bethany. This person has not given us one moment heartburn. I don't even know
01:28she's here. What are we doing? Then the vote was taken, and the board voted five to zero. Bethany
01:36has to go. It's time for her to leave. 74-year-old Teresa Beaver lives on the same street as
01:42Bethany.
01:43Her daughter Jessica wonders why Bethany wants to live here. I don't understand personally why a
01:4828-year-old would want to live with people that are over 55. It just doesn't make sense to me.
01:54I have a right and every right to stay in my home. The board voted to hire an attorney to
02:01force
02:01Bethany out. Now, all 155 homeowners must cough up $1,000 each to pay the legal bill, and that,
02:09ironically, includes Bethany herself.
02:18The board voted to hire an attorney for a free budget for a carry of $1,000 each to pay,
02:18and that, ironically, is to pay $1,000 to pay $9,000 each.
02:19The board voted to hire an attorney for a royal return for the budget to pay for $2,000 each
02:19to pay.
02:19I think that is the first 177 to pay for $2,000 each to make $1,000 each to pay
02:20for $1,000.
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