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The Homeless Trust is poised to buy a hotel in Cutler Bay and convert it to housing for people who are ready to leave shelters and live independently — but residents are balking at the idea. The town's mayor and the Trust's chairman explained both sides of the issue on The South Florida Roundup.
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Hermanos de la Calle started out of Narciso Muñoz’s desire to show his eight children that following Jesus Christ means more than just attending weekly Mass. He and his wife, Malena Legarre, runs the nonprofit organization.
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The names of each of the homeless lives lost this year — 189 in Miami-Dade — were read aloud at a “Homeless Persons Memorial Day Service" in Miami. In Delray Beach, homeless advocated remembered 40 homeless people who died in Palm Beach County.
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Two former South Florida police officers turned themselves in to face felony charges over the beating of a homeless man who had been drinking outside a shopping center last month.
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Given record high rents and low vacancy rates, housing providers are offering to match people up as roommates to get them off the streets. But it can be a tough sell for both renters and landlords.
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The motion to pilot the “transition zone” passed in a 3-2 vote. But many Miami residents see the Virginia Key location as less than ideal.
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One hour after Miami commissioners rejected a concept to create a temporary homeless shelter on Virginia Key, one commissioner flipped his vote, allowing the city to pursue a plan to set up “tiny homes” for 50 to 100 people on the island.
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A growing number of private insurance companies are starting to invest in medical respite — a decades-old way of caring for homeless people. Here's what's driving the trend.
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Homelessness and drug use became more visible on public transit during the pandemic, worrying commuters. Philadelphia is now pairing cops with social workers to help those in need.
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Commissioners will vote Thursday on an ordinance that would allow the arrest of people who are living on the street. Residents of a a historically Black neighborhood in Boca Raton fear that they may be pushed out. Plus, the return of the Vampire Circus.
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The soccer stadium in the Haitian seaside town of Les Cayes is now a tent city of people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake. Aid continues to arrive, but slowly.
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Haiti remains in a political crisis following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Plus, search and rescue turns to recovery at the Surfside condo collapse. And millions have been raised for the Support Surfside Fund.