Mica Hearing Hammers Vacant Federal Properties: Billions Lost as Miami Courthouse Molds

Washington, DC – March 11, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman John L. Mica (Winter Park, FL), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, today took on GSA’s failure to dispose of vacant federal buildings like the David W. Dyer U.S. Courthouse vacated more than five years ago at a loss of nearly $6 million. The hearing, entitled Addressing Unused and Vacant Federal Courthouses: A Case Study in Miami-Dade, Florida, highlighted GSA’s continued waste of taxpayer money for vacant and underutilized federal courthouses.