Mapped: The 15 South Florida Housing Projects That Have Won Funding From The Live Local Act.

Bisnow.com, December 5, 2024​​

Since the Florida state legislature passed the Live Local Act last March, most of the attention it has gotten - from lawmakers, developers and the public alike - has been about the changes to zoning laws that reshaped the project approval to sidestep local control of development.

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Broward plans to sign off on millions to build affordable housing on former hotel.

Sun-Sentinel, December, 2024​​

The next chapter of a Pompano Beach property that once was home to a Motel 6 will be new affordable housing project.

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Small homes. Safe parking lots. Many ideas emerge to help the homeless in Palm Beach County.

Sun-Sentinel, September 24, 2024​​

Beach County officials, along with those in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, are trying to come up with solutions to the homeless crisis ahead of a new state law that will deter people experiencing homelessness from sleeping in public overnight.​.

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Miami-Dade advances plan to convert Cutler Bay hotel into housing

WLRN, September 17, 2024​​

The Miami-Dade commission voted today to allow the county Homeless Trust to buy a hotel in Cutler Bay that will be used as permanent housing for 130 elderly homeless residents.

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Growing Glut of Older Condos is Threatening the South Florida Housing Market. Here's Why.

barrons.com, September 2024​​

Owners at thousands of older Florida condo buildings that have long put off critical repairs will soon have to pay under a law passed following a 2021 building collapse in Surfside.

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Want to buy a starter home? Here's how much you'll need to earn in South Florida

Sun-Sentinel, April 2, 2024​​

An annual salary of more than $77,000 to $104,000 is what it'll likell take to afford buying your first home in South Florida - well above other parts of the U.S., a new study concludes.  

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South Florida's Luxury Condo Boom Has Finally Reached Broward County

Bisnow, March 20, 2024 ​​

New condos catering to the wealthiest people in the U.S. and beyond abound in Miami, and Palm Beach has a burgeoning pipeline of luxury projects looking to attract financiers arriving from the North.  But Broward County, wedged between its two South Florida neighbors, was lagging behind in the luxury development race. That’s starting to change.

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South Florida ranks among the highest cost-burdened rental market

Sun-Sentinel, March 20, 2024 ​​

South Florida remains one of the top locations nationwide where renters must pay an ever-increasing amount of their income for a place to live, a study shows.  More than 12 million renters across the United States are “severely” cost-burdened as of 2022, the latest data, or paying more than half their income for rent and utilities, according to a January study by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.​.

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Renting may be better for now

Sun-Sentinel, February 4, 2024 ​​

For the past several months, would-be 9 and renters alike have faced fluctuating market and economic conditions, most of which have given people nothing but tough financial decisions to make.  Many people wrangle with the question: Should I rent or buy in South Florida?​

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