Affordable Housing

Homelessness among Florida families rose by 28% in the last three years, a report from the University of Florida found.

Less than 58% of Miami metro area households are homeowners, the report found. Los Angeles had the lowest percentage at 46.4%, followed by New York (49.4%) and San Diego (51.7%).

“Unless we act, the entire region will become a ghost town for the wealthy. We are driving out our current residents, and even the children of those who can afford to live here,” said Agustina Sklar of the League of Women Voters of Broward County.

More than 100 residents of Li'l Abner — one of the last mobile home parks in left in Miami-Dade — came to have their eviction cases heard before a panel of judges as they await trial

Floridians who live in manufactured home parks are often older, retired people on fixed incomes who bought property with hopes it would be their "forever home." Now, lot rents are pricing them out.

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 state budget allots $235 million to SHIP and SAIL programs, projects that subsidize developers building low-income housing.

Hoping to ease the affordable housing crisis, Miami-Dade County elected officials broke ground on two developments in the edge of the Overtown and Wynwood neighborhoods. It will feature 276 units and it's backed by more than $6 million and a $500,000 grant from the county.

Miami Beach officials urged Florida lawmakers to vote down SB 1730, an expansion to the Live Local Act because they fear it would open the door for developers to overtake the coastal city's iconic Art Deco historic buildings.

Many Palm Beach County churches emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic low in funds, but rich in land. Three churches are now looking to use their property for affordable housing.

In a statement issued by her office on Tuesday, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she would commit $3 million of funding in the upcoming 2025-2026 budget year for the Eviction Diversion Program and champion "a plan to guarantee it as a permanent program.”

A coalition of more than 40 interfaith congregations in Miami-Dade will meet Monday night to demand city and county elected officials address the dire lack of affordable housing.