It’s no secret that affordable housing has been harder and harder to find in Miami-Dade County. To help solve this growing problem, the Miami-Dade Innovation Authority Monday launched its sixth Public Innovation Challenge to identify tech-driven solutions to improve how residents access affordable housing.

The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida is seeking to join a federal lawsuit aimed at halting the construction of a new immigration detention facility in the Everglades, which tribal members consider their sacred ancestral homelands.

Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree. It was yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. Angelo Castillo, the mayor of Pembroke Pines, says the response Sunday night was “heroic.” But he is frustrated. Castillo says there have been more than 30 crashes in the past five years on or around North Perry Airport in Broward County.