Affordable 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.

The City Terrace project aims to develop affordable housing, promote economic growt, and enhance infrastructure in Opa-locka, while preserving the city's historic architecture.

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.