Man, 54, Being Evicted Because He's Not 55
Posted: 5:21 pm EDT April 16, 2004Updated: 5:39 pm EDT April 16, 2004
MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- A Marion County man is fighting eviction from his home because he's not old enough to live there. Larry Lierman is 54, but his retirement community requires residents to be 55 to live there and the developer will not bend the rules.
Larry moved into his home on the Fourth of July. But he says his freedom to live in the Pine Run subdivision is being trampled."I'm just a gentleman trying to live in a funny world," says Larry.Pine Run is a deed-restricted community for people 55 and up. Lierman is a few months shy of his 55th birthday. So, even though he's lived in the neighborhood for years, the developer is kicking him out.So, now you're probably wondering how Lierman got in here in the first place. He obviously fails to meet the basic requirement. The thing is, he moved here with his wife, who was over 55. But, two months ago, she died.
"My wife fell in love with this home before she passed away. And she thought this was her last home," explains Larry.His wife of three decades spent the last year of her life in a nursing home. When property management found out she spent most of her time away from home, they decided to evict her husband. Now that she's passed away, they say he has no right to live here, even though he'll turn 55 in just four months.Neighbors we found, just can't understand."My mom will be 85 in August," says Kim Daniell.She lives with and takes care of her mother, but she's only 44 years old."If something happens to her, what happens to me? Are they gonna send me out of here too?" she wonders.Lierman is fighting the eviction and says he has no plans to leave the house he picked for his wife. "She was my special lady. And now they want to push me out. I don't understand, I don't understand."The developer's attorney would not talk on camera, but he says Lierman could have applied for a special exemption to live at Pine Run, but never did. Still, the attorney says Lierman couldn't buy alcohol if he were a few months shy of 21 and that the same principle applies here.
"My wife fell in love with this home before she passed away. And she thought this was her last home," explains Larry.His wife of three decades spent the last year of her life in a nursing home. When property management found out she spent most of her time away from home, they decided to evict her husband. Now that she's passed away, they say he has no right to live here, even though he'll turn 55 in just four months.Neighbors we found, just can't understand."My mom will be 85 in August," says Kim Daniell.She lives with and takes care of her mother, but she's only 44 years old."If something happens to her, what happens to me? Are they gonna send me out of here too?" she wonders.Lierman is fighting the eviction and says he has no plans to leave the house he picked for his wife. "She was my special lady. And now they want to push me out. I don't understand, I don't understand."The developer's attorney would not talk on camera, but he says Lierman could have applied for a special exemption to live at Pine Run, but never did. Still, the attorney says Lierman couldn't buy alcohol if he were a few months shy of 21 and that the same principle applies here.Copyright 2009 by wftv.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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