Looking to build a place for your parents to live on your property? Or maybe convert that cluttered garage into a rental to bring in some extra cash? The Florida Legislature may be about to make that much easier.

Miami Homes For All works to end and prevent homelessness and expand access to affordable housing across Miami‑Dade County. By advancing smart housing policy, supporting community‑based developers, and improving access to stable, affordable homes, we’re helping ensure that every family in Miami can live, work, and thrive in the community they love.

Miami Homes For All (MHFA), a leading nonprofit working to ensure that all Miami-Dade residents have a safe, affordable place to call home, recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special event at the Rubell Museum in Allapattah.

Many families have been forced out of the county or into homelessness, jeopardizing our economic and cultural future. What is our city if the people who keep it running and make it worth living in can no longer afford to stay? This can feel overwhelming. But Miami has overcome enormous challenges before, and we’re starting to answer the two most important questions to confront this crisis today.

Miami’s hot. Its real estate market’s even hotter. Nearly 60% of greater Miami renters are cost-burdened, a term for people who spend at least 30% of their monthly income on housing. Roughly three in 10 renters are “severely cost-burdened,” meaning they spend at least half of their income on housing.

Inmany large cities in the US, there is a crisis caused by a shortage of affordable housing options. This has led to a host of social challenges. In this series called “How We Are Helping To Make Housing More Affordable” we are talking to successful business leaders, real estate leaders, and builders, who share the initiatives they are undertaking to create more affordable housing options in the US.

MIAMI – President Donald Trump’s planned pause of federal grants and loans was supposed to start Tuesday — as his administration begins an ideological review of spending — and caused concern among South Florida local government officials before a judge put it temporarily on hold. Multiple programs and projects rely on federal money.

In the heart of Liberty City, a transformative new project is taking shape that will redefine Miami’s social, economic and cultural landscape.

The heart of Overtown was filled with hope on Dec. 11, when local leaders, developers, and community advocates gathered for the groundbreaking of Palm Plaza during the “3C Groundbreaking and Progress Update.” The event marked a new step in Miami’s ongoing fight for affordable housing.

Palm Plaza is the first project in the pipeline of a broad affordable housing initiative called “Connecting Capital and Community” or “3C.” Miami is one of five cities participating in the initiative that was chosen for both its housing needs and the racial inequity in development.

Their budgets strained, Miami metro residents are distressed about life in their increasingly unaffordable community.

‘There is a whole vibrant part of our economy that is low wage,’ said Annie Lord of Miami Homes for All

MIAMI—The clearest view of America’s economic conundrum is from the sunny beaches of Miami.

The city has been growing quickly and jobs are plentiful. But prices, especially the cost of housing, have risen so fast that workers can’t keep up.

Housing advocates, Annie Lord and Marvin Wilmoth, discuss the housing affordability issues in Miami-Dade.

It’s no secret that South Florida is facing a huge shortage of affordable housing, exacerbated by the surge in rents and housing prices propelled by the pandemic boom. Coraly Rodriguez, a partner at Pinnacle, said the demand at Pinnacle 441 “puts into focus the housing crisis.”

The push to encourage affordable and workforce housing development comes as South Florida grapples with an affordability crisis after pandemic-era migration trends pushed up rental demand and home prices.

Florida’s Miami-Dade County finds itself in the throes of a staggering affordable housing deficit, with more than 90,000 units needed to accommodate residents, according to a report from Miami Homes For All.

Miami-Dade County is short more than 90,000 affordable units, as residents struggle to find and keep attainable housing across South Florida.

The county is lacking 90,181 units for households earning below 80 percent of the area median income, which comes out to about $75,000 a year, according to a report released by the nonprofit Miami Homes For All.