Affordable Housing

The Collective Empowerment Group's Faith-Based Housing Summit explored church-led solutions to South Florida's affordable housing crisis, emphasizing generational wealth-building and efficient land use.

The Connecting Capital and Community initiative looks to build or preserve affordable housing in Miami with small-scale developers and owners.

According to a Florida Policy Institute analyst, the law puts an unfair burden on those who are singlehandedly supporting children, parents or people with disabilities.

The Live Local Act is not providing enough affordable housing for three- and four-person families where the sole income-earner is a firefighter, paramedic, educator, or law enforcement officer, according to a new report.

Shunning the prospect of large homeless encampments or the construction of massive shelters to get the county’s estimated 2,100 homeless people off the streets, Palm Beach County Maria Sachs instead is turning to an option popularized by HGTV: tiny houses

Westlake, Palm Beach County's newest city, is home to more than 7,600 people, seven times the population figure in 2020 — and now a revamped housing program is trying to entice skilled residents.

The organization's Home Matters report released shows 2.4 million households are “burdened” trying to stay housed and paying bills.

HUD announced a $40 million grant to develop public and affordable housing in Miami's Overtown neighborhood, in partnership with Miami-Dade County, the City of Miami, Camillus House and Atlantic Pacific Companies.

Amid the chaos of the housing crisis, an uptick in foreclosures and changes to real estate agent rules, Palm Beach County officials are encouraging residents to take a $10 course — open to all South Floridians — that helps with the daunting phases of purchasing a home.

The interactive, countywide dashboard creates a new central online location where residents can access information and updates surrounding affordable units. It also offers data and insights on housing trends, cost of living, county housing programs and incomes, among other information.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office confirmed that its Economic Crimes Division is looking into Town Park Village. It comes after WLRN's reported the co-op's board put the 147-unit complex up for sale without first notifying the residents, who own shares in the property.

Broward County will allow many of the Community Redevelopment Agencies in the county to sunset, freeing up millions of dollars that they plan to use for affordable housing. One version of the plan could set aside as much as $72 million by 2032.