Housingforsexoffenders.com angers neighbors

Randy Young calls himself "a Robin Hood" for Florida's sex offenders. Neighbors say he ruins communities.

For about three years, Young has been buying and renting houses, condos and trailers throughout the state and leasing them as "habitats" for registered sex offenders.

He targets properties, often in foreclosure, within the few remaining zones where convicted sex offenders can legally live in Florida. He once ran an entire trailer park for sex offenders in Orange County and was cited for cramming 24 men into a three-bedroom house in central Broward County.

"I am providing a service people need," said Young, 53, a registered sex offender himself. "In the world of sex offenders, it's either a mattress inside a room with other offenders, or living under a bridge."

But for the neighbors living next door, Young's business is a nightmare.

"He has no respect for us, and no shame for what he's done," said Wilfredo LLantos, whose family lives next to a home Young owned in the Broadview Park neighborhood in unincorporated Broward.

Young's business model is straightforward. He advertises his house-hunting services as "Habitat for Sex Offenders" on his website, Housingforsexoffenders.com. The website also helps match visitors with "sex offender friendly" attorneys, counselors and employers.
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