Article: Housing Authority Wages Battle over Cleanliness in Sanford, Fla.

By Gary Taylor, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 13--SANFORD, Fla.--Butler Daniel knows all about keeping a tidy home.

Decades ago, when his mother demanded that he keep his room neat, the consequences were quite simple. "I used to get a lot of whippings about that," Daniel recalled.

Daniel and several hundred other residents living in the six complexes run by the Sanford Housing Authority are about to risk more than a mother's wrath if they don't keep their apartments clean.

Violations of housekeeping rules ranging from keeping the toilet bowl clean to discarding spoiled food from refrigerators ...

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