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.

Over half of all new condos being built in Miami are specifically for short-term rentals as residents struggle to find affordable long-term housing, a new report found.

As droves of new residents arrive in the Sunshine State, many are struggling to find affordable housing as the state's condo market is in the doldrums.

On The South Florida Roundup, we spoke exclusively about the housing crisis in South Florida – and how to create more affordable housingas the cost of renting or owning a home, from Palm Beach to Key West, becomes more and more out of reach.

Advocates said the challenge goes beyond the availability of shelter and housing. Many transgender and nonbinary people don’t trust the systems in place because of discrimination they’ve experienced, said Audrey Aradanas, the deputy director at nonprofit Miami Homes for All.

At the Climate Resilience Academy symposium, local, national, and global leaders in sustainability offered ideas about how cities are responding to climate change.

Jahneé Smith has become the second student in FIU history to receive the competitive Truman Scholarship. The award recognizes students who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to government or nonprofit careers and academic excellence.

Cuando la alcaldesa de Miami-Dade reveló su plan de emitir deuda por $2,500 millones para hacer frente a las inundaciones, los costos de la vivienda y otros retos durante un discurso pronunciado en enero en el Zoo Miami, incluso sus aliados más cercanos en el gobierno del condado se quedaron atónitos al escuchar la noticia.

When Miami-Dade’s mayor unveiled her plan to borrow $2.5 billion to tackle flooding, housing costs and other challenges during a January speech at Zoo Miami, even her closest allies in county government were stunned to hear the news.

Miami-Dade County needs $1.5 billion to fund 101 projects and 13,691 affordable housing units that are already in the pipeline but lack the funding needed to move forward, according to a new report by Miami Homes for All.

A housing advocacy group has released calculations on an estimated price tag of making a considerable dent in the housing affordability crisis gripping Miami-Dade County, at a time when it's considering a plan that could pump up to $800 million in affordable housing projects.

As Miami-Dade County faces a worsening affordable housing shortage, advocacy group Miami Homes for All has zeroed in on how much funding is needed to jumpstart a portfolio of low-cost housing projects that could help alleviate the crisis.

Hint: It's no pittance.

Since the early 1990s, the county has since gone from more than 8,000 homeless people to less than 1,000 in Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust’s most recent count, from August last year. (Garrison said the county has done an “amazing job.”)

Legislation that could upend communities’ current homeless strategies is concerning, said Annie Lord, executive director of Miami Homes for All, which works to create and preserve affordable housing.

“It just could have a lot of potentially unintended consequences,” Lord said.