04/27/2026
✂️ Palm Beach County threatens to cut funding to Pahokee over code enforcement failures.
Forty residents were displaced from Parker Apartments after being forced to evacuate due to "disgusting" and "atrocious" living conditions. Now county officials say they can't even get return calls from city leaders.
Mayor Sara Baxter is considering pulling Pahokee's $45,000 annual code enforcement funding and having the county take over entirely.
The displaced residents have been housed by the county, but the communication breakdown between local governments raises serious questions about accountability. Read more below.
