The Star Motel

In a statement, Osceola County said only unoccupied or fire-damaged rooms at the Star Motel are being boarded up.

Most residents have either been rehoused by the Community Hope Center in Kissimmee or moved to other low-rent motels in the area.

The county plans to demolish both the Star Motel and the adjacent property Lake Cecile in the new year.

Osceola County says it has plans to demolish the Star Motel. It’s a recently boarded-up building without electricity and running water, where a handful of families are still living.

Residents of the Star Motel have started to paint murals on the property in Kissimmee, as a protest of Osceola County boarding it up. The property was fenced in after the county found it unsafe to live there.

Today was the first day in weeks that the Star Motel in Kissimmee was silent, with no sheriff’s deputies or code enforcement officers on the property.

More resident rooms and the front office at the Star Motel in Kissimmee were boarded up today. Osceola County says the property is unsafe to live in.

Osceola County has started to try to board up rooms that residents are still living in at the Star Motel in Kissimmee. Some of these families have nowhere else to go and are worried they’ll be homeless for the holidays.

A handful of residents still living in the Star Motel in Kissimmee say they won’t leave their rooms unless they’re forced out. That’s as unused rooms are boarded up by the county.

The county built a fence around the motel and nearby Lake Cecile and has started boarding up unused rooms at both properties.