South Florida
Community Development News Archives
(Articles formerly posted on the old floridacdc.org website)
- 2/9/11: NANAY Gets Funding for Housing Counseling
- 12/19/10: Opa-locka CDC is transforming the the notorious "Triangle" neighborhood into a livable Magnolia North.
- 10/28/10 - St John CDC uses NSP funds to revitalize Overtown
- 6/11/10: Overtown Town Park Village update
- 6/8/10: Overtown's Town Park Village in crisis
- 12/13/09: Troubled Metro-Miami Action Plan restructured and renamed
- 7/26/09: Opa-locka CDC to acquire bank foreclosed homes with ATT grant and Miami Heat
- 7/26/09: Overtown CRA expands its boundaries.
- 6/17/09: Update on federal Neighborhood Stabilization program in South Florida
- 6/4/09: Gov. Crisp signs controversial overhaul of Growth Management Act.
- 3/13/09: Overtown CRA boundaries to be expanded
- 3/2/09: IRS expands tax credit for first time homebuyers (buyers get cash now and not a year later)
- 3/2/09: North Miami affordable housing private developer gets bailout from City.
- 3/2/08: Affordable mobile home parks close in South Florida at alarming rate
- 3/2/09: Greater Miami Neighborhoods properties change hands
- 1/19/09: Miami Beach CDC and Carrfour get CITI grants for affordable rental projects.
- 1/15/09: Poor take a big hit in state's raid of 'trust funds'
- 12/12/08: Rafael Hernandez Housing and Economic Development Corporation: Building Homes, Building Lives In Little Haiti
- 11/27/08: Blistering Audit of MMAP
- 11/14/08: Federal funds for South Florida to buy up foreclosed properties
- 10/17/08: Recommendations to Miami-Dade for use of the new federal Neighborhood Stabilization Grants
- 9/30/08: North Miami CRA expands foreclosure assistance
- 9/27/08: South Florida to get $108 million in foreclosure funds
- 7/20/08: New State law affects property tax appraisals (possible lower tax bills for houses with affordability deed restrictions)
- 7/5/08: Beacon Council battles MMAP before County Commission
- 6/23/08: Update of Villa Godoy condominium in East Little Havana
- 6/11/08: New affordable housing in Little Haiti
- 4/25/08: State legislature poised to extend Miami-Dade "Surtax" subsidy program.
- 3/29/08: Article about community land trusts in Broward and Palm Beach
- 3/19/08:local nonprofits compete for new source of affordable housing subsidy.
- 3/19/08: Biscayne Group and Carlise partner for Village Allapattah (innovative rental with option for ownership).
- 2/13/08: City of North Miami to directly own and operate affordable rental units.
- 1/24/08: Greater Miami Neighborhoods files for bankruptcy
- 1/14/08: Greater Miami Neighborhoods update
- 1/6/08: "We Buy Ugly Homes" a community development tool??
- 1/5/08: Maria Barcus starts new firm that will preserve "expiring" Section 8 apartments using tax credits
- 12/27/07: North Miami Housing Partnership makes first loans
- 12/19/07: Miami-Dade may not rebuild all of Scott Homes under troubled HOPE VI program
- 12/09/07: Miami Commissioner recomends using Miami Beach CDC model for acquiring surplus condo units
- 11/29/07: County to Set up Land Trust
- 11/17/07: Liberty City Revitalization Trust promises new rental units.
- 10/15/07: Wynwood Foreign Trade Zone update
- 9/13/07: County proposes cuts to "Mom and Pop" grant program to small minority owned businesses.
- 8/31/07: Census reports City of Miami in top 5 in rate of poverty
- 8/28/07: Miami Beach Manager clears misconception about large affordable housing rehabilitation project of Miami Beach CDC
- 8/28/07: Wynwood Foreign Trade Zone emerges from bankruptcy, Many new jobs to be created.
- 8/21/07: Tom Zuniga and Workforce Housing
- 7/20/07: Black middle class leaving Miami Dade
- 7/7/07: City of Miami replaces housing director because of newspaper articles
- 7/7/07: Miami Beach CDC creates affordable rents in South Beach.
- 6/5/07: Community land trust in West Palm Beach is a success
- 5/17/07: Last Scott-Carver public housing building not yet demolished named historic landmark
- 5/17/07: Pembroke Park's mobile home park law requires voter approval of conversions
- 5/3/07: Coconut Grove affordable-housing plans win backing
- 4/28/07: Study shows Miami inner city economies undervalued
- 3/30/07: ABDA completes 30 unit affordable homeownership project in Allapattah
- 2/27/07: Coconut Grove's black community, nonprofits negotiate to control gentrifying big development projects
- 2/19/07: West Palm Beach city government's hostility to affordable housing in its incompetent and unfair dealings with Northwood Rennaisance, a local nonprofit developer
- 2/15/07: City of Miami to explore expedited permits for affordable housing
- 2/14/07: U.S. HUD may take over Miami Dade Housing Agency
- 1/27/07: "Granny Flats" Eyed for Inexpensive Housing
- 1/23/07: Neighborhood Housing Services assisting City of Homestead to create Community Land Trust.
- 1/19/07: BAME Development Corp to build senor apartments in Overtown
- 12/19/06: Affordable housing debate in Palm Beach County (news analysis)
- 12/15/06: Broward County Property Appraiser goes to war against nonprofits
- 12/13/06: Miami Beach CDC gets $5 million federal grant for affordable housing.
- 12/12/06: HUD cuts off Miami-Dade CDBG social services money for a year
- 12/10/06: Northwood Renaissance in Plam Beach County receives Bank of America Award
- 12/6/06: LISC works in Riviera Beach to demolish apartments to construct mixed income project.
- 12/01/06: Little Haiti Housing Association spearheads effort to revitalize NE 2nd Ave.
- 11/23/06: Miami-Dade Housing Agency gets new boss
- 11/22/06: Election analysis from a community development prospectus (from LISC enews)
- 11/9/06: Study finds Economic Opportunity in Miami's distressed neighborhoods
- 11/7/06: Miami gives grant for Overtown's controversial Crosswinds project.
- 10/30/06: Denver studing Miami's homeless programs as possible model
- 10/25/06: LISC unveils Overtown redevelopment plan. City commits funds.
- 9/28/06: CDC in Allapattah has JV with Related to create 1000 units of affordable housing on County land
- 9/25/06: St. Agnes Village, 80 new affordable homes in Overtown
- 9/18/06: South Miami Redevelopment Agency gets new boost, affordable housing approved.
- 8/28/06: North Miami city commission questions affordable developer
- 8/11/06: Carrfour project for formerly homeless back on track in North Beach
- 8/7/06: Miami's Overtown - battle over gentrification heats up
- 8/1/06: Article on Northwood Renaissance's work in West Palm Beach
- 7/26/06: Part 4 "House of Lies" - buyers flipping houses for profit
- 7/25/06: Part 3 "House of Lies" - Botched redevelopment of Liberty City public housing
- 7/24/06: Part 2 "House of Lies" - Miami-Dade Housing Agency funnels funds to politically connected insiders
- 7/23/06: Part 1 "House of Lies" -Trouble at the Miami-Dade Housing Agency
- 7/18/06: St. John CDC completes 14 townhouses in Overtown
- 7/14/06: Neighborhood Housing Services building innovative homes in Homestead.
- 7/8/06: Audit takes to task Model City Trust for mismanagement
- 6/29/06: Rising costs cripple faith-based housing efforts
- 6/9/06: Opa-locka CDC implements housing rehab program for "the Triangle"
- 6/6/06: Liberty City's 54th Street to be reconfigured
- 6/6/06: Miami's Brownsville community to be revitalized by NHS.
- 5/24/06: Hallendale Beach buying lots to building affordable housing
- 5/22/06; City of North Miami considering Tony Crapp for redevelopment czar
- 5/22/06: Liberty City's 54th St. to get makeover
- 4/24/06: Developers sue Florida Cities challenging inclusionary zoning laws
- 4/13/06: The truth about last year's cuts in Florida's affordable housing funding
- 4/4/06: MLK Econmic Development Corp brings MLK's daughter to help revitalize Liberty City
- 3/27/06: Neighborhood Housing Services teams creates affordable housing
- 3/13/06: Study shows ?€˜explosive?€ growth has created severe affordable housing crisis in Broward
- 3/13/06: Homestead wants no part of County affordable housing
- 3/9/06: New Visions CDC in Broward uses innovative meathod to preserve affordability
- 3/1/06: Miami-Dade's affordable housing plan questioned by FIU report
- 2/21/06: Miami-Dade County puts Tony Crapp in charge of Community Development department.
- 2/19/06: Workers in the Keys can't find housing, they must commute from Miami-Dade
- 2/13/06: Leasa Industries honored for job expansion in Miami's Liberty City
- 1/29/06: Miami-Dade building permits made easier (but improvements still needed)
- 1/23/06: Broward County gives infill lots to Lennar for affordable units, CDCs complain
- 1/19/06: Delray Beach community land trust
- 1/14/06: Miami Black churches in dialog with banks for more effective redevelopment efforts
- 1/7/06: Builders challenge affordable housing rules in Palm Beach County
- 1/7/06: Delray Beach spurns developers to focus on affordable housing
- 12/27/05: middle class pioneers lead gentrication trend in Miami's poor areas
- 12/12/05: Miami-Dade County Commission takes up Affordable Housing Ordinance
- 11/19/05: City of Miami imposes new "impact fee" on developers.
- 11/14/05: Miami-Dade Commision to take up inclusionary zoning law
- 11/13/05: Miami disputes land sale with Haitian American Foundation
- 11/4/05: Displaced by hurricane confronted by affordable housing crisis
- 10/22/05: Foundations join New York City for new affordable housing initiative
- 10/9/05: Rental housing disappears as huge numbers of units converted to condo
- 9/27/05: Miami's "Model City Trust" kept alive but director resigns
- 9/23/05: rising property taxes put squeeze on affordable rental projects
- 9/16/05: "Black Grove" being reshaped
- 9/15/05: Controversy - City of Miami and County dispute tax appraisal method for affordable projects
- 9/11/05: low income residents protest gentrification displacement
- 8/23/05: Opinion - developers defend abandonment of Pembroke Pines project - not enough subsidy
- 8/19/05: City owned vacant lots used for affordable housing in NYC
- 8/4/05: Sarasota to create Florida's largest land trust
- 8/3/05: New Boynton Beach "affordable" units out of reach for working class families
- 8/1/05: South Florida moves towards high density future
- 7/13/05: Condo boom creates shortage of construction labor
- 7/8/05: Pinnacle backs out of affordable housing commitment to Pembroke Park
- 6/30/05: Nonprofit breaks ground on 32 unit affordable condominium in East Little Havana
- 6/17/05: "Eastward Ho" is no longer government policy
- 6/9/05: New Biotech center in Liberty City's Poinciana Industrial Park to break ground.
- 5/26/05: Cement, labor shortages still dog county construction
- 5/15/05: Liberty City 25 years after the McDuffie riots
- 5/12/05: foreigners buy 60% of all South Florida Real Estate
- 5/11/05: Miami-Dade NHS's homeownership effort adds financial incentives
- 4/24/05: developers turning away from affordable housing
- 4/25/05: progress report on new $120 million biopharmaceutical park in Liberty City
- 4/19/05: St. Agnes CDC produces 80 affordable homes in Overtown
- 4/17/05: Broward public housing units to be demolished and replaced with upscale housing
- 4/14/05: Broward seeks new tax to support affordable housing
- 4/11/05: Carrfour Corp. is converting former hotels into affordable housing
- 3/15/05: Federal HUD scrutinizes Ft. Lauderdale redevelopment project.
- 3/11/05: Delray Beach engages in land assembly for affordable housing
- 3/7/05: Miami Dade NHS announces $25 million comprehensive homeownership initiative.
- 2/24/05: Major transit oriented development project at Tri-Rail station in Hollywood
- 2/9/05: Opinion - Miami's Overtown CRA now on better financial footing
- 1/28/05: Overtown lawsuit settlement finalized (article includes full background of dispute)
- 1/27/05: Overtown lawsuit settlement agsins gentrifying development
- 1/26/05: Scarce County CDBG anti-poverty funds to pay defaulted Parrot Jungle loan
- 1/8/05: Federal HUD demands City of Miami return funds for Liberty City houses never built.
- 1/5/05: Broward offers free lot program to developers
- 12/31/04: Miami-Dade's Seventh Ave. - neglect in Liberty City and West Little River
- 12/31/04: Manufactured housing become a competitive alternative as prices soar
- 12/27/04: New Visions CDC creates affordable home ownership at its Sweeting Estates development
- 12/26/04: Liberty City merchants struggle
- 12/23/04: Beacon Council hires "urban initiatives" director
- 12/19/04: Hialeah city commission debates future re-development of historic 200 acre horse racing track
- 12/9/04: City of Miami may have to return unspent CDBG funds to the feds
- 12/8/04: Federal lawsuit filed against Southwest Ranches for its refusal to provide affordable housing
- 12/7/04: Delray gives new incentives to developers to build affordable housing
- 11/26/04: Carrfour Corporation's newest housing development for the former homeless
- 11/21/04: Miami Beach CDC fights for historic preservation to preserve affordable housing
- 11/15/04: Inclusionary zoning proposal in Ft. Lauderdale would require developers to make units affordable
- 11/7/04: Lauderdale makes move toward affordable housing
- 11/1/04: Broward plan: Free land for builders of affordable housing
- 10/28/04: Brownfields advocates pushing for greater development incentives
- 10/14/04: School system plays role in attracting bio-park to Liberty City
- 10/10/04: Broward SR 7/US 441 is a key to redevelopment low income neighborhoods
- 10/8/04: Neighbors & Neighbors (NANA) helps mom and pop business to thrive in Liberty City
- 10/7/04: New pharmaceutical campus in Liberty City could add 1,500 jobs
- 10/6/04: City in Broward County wants to buy out its affordable housing obligation
- 9/30/04: Broward raises allowable minimum sales price for subsidized affordable home purchases
- 9/29/04: Miami-Dade Task Force on Urban Economic Revitalization highlights business successes
- 9/29/05: Proposal for Hurricane Resistant Mobile Homes
- 9/12/04: Carrfour Corporation's Little Haiti project for the homeless is recognized and honored
- 9/7/04: $103 million bond closed for redevelopment of Buena Vista (a/k/a "MidTown Miami")
- 8/23/04: Building boom challenges Miami's poor
- 8/23/04: City of Miami makes affordable home ownership loans to "intergenerational" families
- 8/6/04: affordable Overtown elderly apartments being developed Urban League and Jubilee CDC
- 7/29/04: "Black" Grove faces redevelopment
- 7/25/04: Opa Locka CDC purchases 421 unit apartment complex - will spend millions to rehab
- 7/23/04: Housing costs rising - "South Florida is getting to be like Claifornia"
- 7/7/04: Revitalization activity in the Western Coconut Grove
- 7/4/04: Jubilee CDC obtains assistance from City for low income homebuyers
- 7/4/04: NANA achieves success with its "Mom and Pop Small Business Grant Program"
- 6/24/04: Average Miami-Dade home price twice as much as most can afford
- 6/24/04: Overtown seeks developer for 90,000-square-foot property
- 6/11/04: "Nimbyism" inhibits new affordable housing in Palm Beach County
- 6/6/04: Miami-Dade middle class shrinking, neighborhood improvements recommended
- 6/6/04: Broward County and local municipalities quarrel over CRA's
- 6/01/04: affordable housing developer faces "house of horrors" working with Miami-Dade County
- 5/18/04: Better regional planning needed to avert bleak future for South Florida
- 5/17/04: $150 million Crosswinds development deal eyed for southern fringe of Overtown
- 5/16/04: Overtown "transit village" to begin construction in August
- 5/6/04: Opa Locka CDC offers affordable home repair loans
- 4/30/04: The Gentrification Front - City of Miami approves large subsidies for 56 acre Buena Vista project in Wynwood
- 4/29/04: Miami-Dade home prices jump 17% since March 2003
- 4/22/04: $170 million in public subsidy for Buena Vista in Wynwood
- 4/21/04: Miami Dade County proposes changes to its community development and affordable housing policies
- 4/21/04: More than half of low-income minority families who bought homes returned to renting within 5 years,
- 4/5/05: Affordable Townhomes being constructed in Opa-Locka
- 4/4/04: Efforts to revitalize King Blvd in Liberty City
- 3/31/04: Florida Community Loan Fund - $6 million partnership with Enterprise Foundation.
- 3/24/04: Few Palm Beach County builders use affordability incentives
- 3/18/04: Miami-Dade mulls "sales-tax free zones" for poor neighborhoods
- 3/13/04: "Nimbyism" in Broward - town fights to keep affordable housing out
- 3/10/04: Increase in affordable housing approved for the Keys
- 2/27/04: Jeb Bush wants to end guaranteed funding for affordable housing
- 2/26/04: Broward County's new redeveloment capital program clashes with municipal CRAs
- 2/22/04 - City of Miami's single Homeowership Zone - Model City Community Revitalization Trust
- 2/19/04: Blind "Nimbyism" type opposition hinders innovative affordable housing in West Boynton
- 2/18/04: Wynwood/Buena Vista redevelopment gets County backing for federal redevelopment loan.
- 2/14/04: Carrfour champions development of "supportive housing" for the homeless
- 2/11/04: Broward County creates controversial fund to redevelop blighted neighborhoods
- 2/5/04: Key West to set up a "homeless zone"
- 2/5/04: Knight Foundation announced new grants for Overtown redevelopment
- 2/3/04: Plantation in Broward Co. uses special taxing district and CDBG for redevelopment
- 1/27/04: The challenge of incorporating poor neighborhoods - the Miami Gardens experience
- 1/15/04: Proposed Fla. legislation seeks to scrutinize nonprofits
- 1/9/04 - Miami agency to redevelop Overtown (the CRA) to get better oversight
- 1/5/04: North Miami to create massive new CRA district
- 1/1/04: Summary of transit oriented development projects at MetroRail statitions
- 12/29/03: Miami Beach CDC to produce comprehensive guide to Miami architecture
- 12/25/03: Wynwood redevelopment update ("Buena Vista")
- 12/17/03: Beacon Council urged to do more in poor neighborhoods
- 12/5/03: Soaring home prices in S. Florida erasing housing for workers
- 11/23/03: Housing costs in Broward skyrocket
- 11/22/03: CDCs produce new housing in Delray.
- 11/22/03: Innovative manufactured housing Tampa
- 11/15/03: Putting I-395 underground will affect low income neighborhoods
- 11/7/03: Public Housing Desegregation - Miami-Dade wants to renegotiate Court Order
- 10/31/03: Miami CRA audit reveals lack of oversight.
- 10/31/03: MetroRail extention through North Central Dade to Broward line approved - key to revitalization
- 10/13/03: Miami CRA once again under scrutiny
- 10/7/03: Public Housing HOPE VI - Jacsksonville and Miami compared
- 10/5/03: Update on HOPE VI revitalization of public housing in Liberty City
- 9/30/03: Tri-Rail studying new route in FEC/Biscayne Blvd. corridor
- 9/25/03: MetroRail plan for NW 27th Ave. Route approved by residents.
- 9/14/03 - Mass Transit will shape growth for Biscayne Blvd. Corridor NE Miami-Dade
- 9/10/03 : Miami Dade bond issue low income neighborhoods - investment in decrepit infrastructure
- 8/29/03: Liberty City merchants get a break from draconian parking restrictions.
- 8/28/03: Miami downgrades plans for 60-acre park in Little Haiti to two soccer fields
- 8/25/03: New parkng ban hurts viablity of Liberty City business district
- 8/22/03: Overtown's redevelopment agency comes under scrutiny for questionable practices.
- 8/12/03: New municipality in Broward tries to avoid state's affordable housing requirement.
- 8/3/03 - Redevelopment projects in Overtown
- 8/3/03: History of Overtown's Poverty
- 7/7/03: Plan to raze 1-395 will impact redevelopment plans for Overtown.
- 7/5/03: Affordable housing crisis in Key West
- 6/12/03 - Opa Locka Airport redevelopment
- 6/12/03: Opa Locka CDC begins construction of 216 unit affordable rental complex
- 6/11/03: Miami Mayor Diaz wants to help poor with "faith-based" groups
- 6/1/03: Innovative "supportive housing" rental complein Little Haiti by Carrfour Corporation
- 5/27/03: City of Miami's homeowership program for Liberty City is in turmoil
- 5/26/03: Miami-Dade "HOPE VI" tears down public housing in Liberty City. Residents scramble to relocate
- 10/7/03: Public Housing HOPE VI - Jacsksonville and Miami compared
- 10/5/03: Update on HOPE VI revitalization of public housing in Liberty City
- 9/30/03: Tri-Rail studying new route in FEC/Biscayne Blvd. corridor
- 9/25/03: MetroRail plan for NW 27th Ave. Route approved by residents.
- 9/14/03 - Mass Transit will shape growth for Biscayne Blvd. Corridor NE Miami-Dade
- 9/10/03 : Miami Dade bond issue to go to voters, low income neighborhoods investment in decrepit infrastructure
- 8/29/03: Liberty City merchants get a break from draconian parking restrictions.
- 8/28/03: Miami downgrades plans for 60-acre park in Little Haiti to two soccer fields
- 8/25/03: New parkng ban hurts viablity of Liberty City business district
- 8/22/03: Overtown's redevelopment agency, the CRA, again comes under scrutiny for questionable practices.
- 8/12/03: New municipality in Broward tries to avoid state's affordable housing requirement.
- 8/3/03 - Redevelopment projects in Overtown
- 8/3/03: History of Overtown's Poverty
- 7/7/03: Plan to raze 1-395 will impact redevelopment plans for Overtown.
- 7/5/03: Affordable housing crisis in Key West
- 6/12/03 - Opa Locka Airport redevelopment
- 6/12/03: Opa Locka CDC begins construction of 216 unit affordable rental complex
- 6/11/03: Miami Mayor Diaz wants to help poor with "faith-based" groups
- 6/1/03: Innovative "supportive housing" rental complex opens in Little Haiti developed by Carrfour Corporation
- 5/27/03: City of Miami's homeowership program for Liberty City is in turmoil
- 5/26/03: Miami-Dade "HOPE VI" tears down public housing in Liberty City. Residents scramble to relocate
- 5/11/03: Miami Performing Arts Center , cost overrun dispute - who should pay?
- 4/29/03: Cuban legislators propose "sales tax free zone" for Overtown . . . community leaders question motives
- 4/27/03: Challenges face low income homeowners
- 4/17/03: Miami-Dade Commission to consider spreading housing subsidy to wealthier neighborhoods.
- 4/17/03: Miami-Dade makes concessions on HOPE VI project in Liberty City
- 4/7/03: South Florida's office sprawl is nation's worst, study shows
- 4/1/03: Martin Luther King Ec. Dev. Corp. brings Rev. King's daughter for kickoff campaign
- 3/20/03: "Urban Summit" announced to help envision future of Miami's Black neighborhoods
- 3/18/03: Controversial historical designation becomes battleground in fight over proposed Little Haiti Park
- 3/9/03: Group opposes massive redevelopent plan for Liberty City
- 3/8/03: Program helps Haitian American women become etrepreneurs.
- 3/3/03: The "30/30" plan would redirect housing dollars to serve lower income groups
- 2/20/03: More controversy over proposed Little Haiti park
- 2/19/03: Revelopment proposed for entire length of Broward's U.S. 441 corridor
- 2/11/03: President's tax cuts will destroy use of tax credits for affordble housing and economic development
- 2/11/03: Will Miami's new arts center actually revive decrepit neighborhood? Skeptics abound.
- 2/11/03: Palm Beach County tries to get a grip on affordable housing
- 2/7/03: Opponents of Miami Dade HOPE VI gain allies
- 2/6/03: HOPE VI project at Scott Homes (Miami Dade County) neighbors at odds
- 2/05/03: Land grab for controversial Little Haiti park could cost triple commissioner's estimate
- 2/04/03: Federal funding for public housing severely slashed
- 2/4/03: The next preservation challenge: expiring LIHTC properties
- 2/3/03: The Coconut Grove Collaborative - smart growth approach for low income community
- 1/30/03: Micro loan program for small business opens in Miami
- 1/21/03: "Living Cities" initiative to channel funds to CDCs in Overtown and E. Little Havana
- 1/20/03: HOPE VI has had mixed results in benefiting public housing
- 12/19/02: Opa Locka CDC lures jet manufacturing plant that will create 1000 new jobs
- 12/18/02: City of Miami Fails to Adhere to its Consolidated Plan.
- 12/18/02: Community Reinvestment Act at 25: Reforming an Almost Perfect Law
- 12/13/03: Efforts to recall Miami City Commissioner Arthur Teele Jr.
- 12/12/02: Miami's 56-acre Buena Vista rail yard to yield 3,000 homes; retail stores to follow
- 12/11/02: Miami-Dade NHS creates secondary market for Surtax loans
- 12/6/02: Ambitious park plan is dividing Little Haiti
- 12/2/02: Goulds, a Black community in south Miami-Dade, becomes poorer. Incorporation an option.
- 11/25/02: Report Finds 30 % Jump In Number Of Families Spending Over Half Their Income On Housing
- 11/14/02: Developers snatch up property fronting Miami River but will the area?s historic neighborhoods be hurt?
- 11/14/02: Miami plans to seek state OK to offer tax breaks to condo developers
- 11/08/02: Hollywood offers $1 million to CDCs for low-income housing development
- 11/7/2: "New Markets" Tax Credit Draws a Flood of Applicants
- 11/4/02: Miami-Dade's Northside Shopping Center purchased
- 10/31/02: Universal Truth CDC seeks Housing Director
- 10/30/02: Greater Miami LISC seeks to fill job openings
- 10/25/02: Update and overview of Miami-Dade's homeless program
- 10/24/02: Affordable apartments being built at two Metrorail stations
- 10/24/02: HUD freezes City of Miami community development funding because of screw-ups
- 10/18/02 - Tax credit program spurs development of affordable rental housing
- 10/17/02: Construction begins on affordable housing at two Miami-Dade MetroRail Stops
- 10/10/02: Stable neighborhoods can "ascend" by concentrating on quality of life; - Bernard Zyscovich
- 10/8/02: Hallendale's historic black community being revitalized
- 10/7/02: City of Miami not implementing "homeownership zones" mandated in its Consolidated Plan
- 9/25/02: Miamians grapple with poverty, Mayor announces initiative for jobs, better salaries
- 9/19/02:The Affordable Housing Crunch in Miami Dade County
- 9/13/02: Income guarantee proposal is "feasible"
- 9/11/02: What is the answer to affordability?
- 9/5/02: Collins Center about to decide on spending of revitalization dollars
- 8/28/02: Research shows little improvement in housing affordability
- 8/27/02: Crowds mob intake center for low cost housing
- 8/23/02: The answer to affordability, denser development.
- 8/22/02: Section 8 vouchers being used for homebuyer mortgage payments
- 8/20/02: The U.S. has no national Housing Policy (Opinion by mayor of Boston)
- 8/19/02: The battle over the future of the Redlands
- 8/16/02: Del Rey Beach low income neighborhoods benefit from redevelopment plan
- 8/15/02: Problems in the administration of the Overtown CRA
- 8/11/02: Candidates are given tour of Miami-Dade's poorest neighborhoods
- 7/25/02: Predatory lending education campaign kicked off
- 7/23/02- Miami-Dade's HOPE VI redevelopment program for Liberty City criticized
- 7/19/02: Lauderdale begins revitalization of blighted northwest
- 7/18/02 : As Bayside's black retailers dwindle, mall's minority foundation draws critics
- 7/12/02: Article on Micro Business USA
- 7/8/02: Regional transportation authority gains popularity , Free fares proposed
- 7/8/02: Governments push harder to bring contaminated properties to tax rolls
- 6-28-02: Miami City Commission debates future of CRA
- 6/20/02: City of Miami's "Homeownership Zone" program
- 6/14/02: Commission OK's renewal plans for Biscayne - FEC Corridor
- 6/14/02: Sprawl fraudulently labeled "New Urbanism" in California
- 6/13/02: Outline of renewal plan for Biscayne - FEC Corridor
- 6/12/02: Miami-Dade Inclusionary Housing Task Force Issues Report
- 6/11/02: HUD puts out order for freeze on City of Miami Land Acquisition Funding
- 6/2/02: Housing agency under scrutiny over vacancies
- 6/2/02: Dade's public housing slowly being integrated
- 6/1/02: Uncertainty in South Dade - Low Income Neighborhoods have declined since Andrew 10 years ago
- 5/31/02: Huge development approved west of Miami-Dade "Urban Development Boundary"
- 5/24/02: Home costs outpace income in Miami Dade
- 5/19/02: Urban Removal? Miami-Dade Housing Agency's secret plan for Liberty City revealed.
- 5/19/02: Conflict at the raw edge of gentrification (Overtown - Parkwest)
- 4/30/02: Tri-county transit plan in jeopardy over Miami-Dade demands
- 4/30/02: Trade zone battle stalls Wynwood redevelopment
- 4/29/02: Relocation of Camillus House into Overtown opposed by residents
- 4/18/02: "Smart Growth" strategy adopted for declining area of N. Miami Beach
- 4/18/02: Proposal to use Empowerment Zone funds to lure businesses to Omni area.
- 4/18/02: Poor areas need better public transportation. Proposal to evolve Tri-Rail into a regional transportation authority
- 4/18/02: Segregation-era black hotel designated a historic entity Hampton House may be saved
- 3/30/02: Uproar over plans to relocate Camillus House in Overtown
- 3/14/02: Little Haiti Housing Association's "Intel Computer Clubhouse"
- 3/13/02: New Markets Tax Credit Applications Being Accepted
- 3/13/02: Last West SW Dade land to be developed, Its time to start revitalziaing decaying urban areas
- 3/13/02: The history of community development in Miami-Dade County
- 3/13/02: The history of community development in Palm Beach County
- 3/11/02: Court Ruling May Puts a Halt to the Issuance of Zoning Variances in Older Miami Dade Neighorhoods
- 2/21/02: Business expansion in Liberty City Empowerment Zone
- 2/19/02: Demolition of public housing units leaves residents homeless
- 2/15/02: Miami Dade NHS Offers New Financing for Low Income Homebuyers
- 2/9/02: New development projects being undertaken in the "Black Grove"
- 2/8/02: Miami Dade vows to oppose cuts to Empowerment Zone by U.S.
- 2/7/02: Miami-Dade building permit process still a time consuming and costly barrier for small developers
- 1/29/02: should county designate CDC's to develop transit oriented housing at MetroRail stations?
- 1/26/02: Miami Dade County Holds "Economic Summit" Amid Slowdown.
- 1/26/02: Recomendations of Miami-Dade "Economic Summit"
- 1/24/02: Jeb Bush proposes to gut affordable housing!! - Coalition proposes alternative
- 1/22/02: Funding plan for transit project in works -Proposal may call for `penny tax'
- 1/10/02: Miami considers 100% tax breaks on new construction
- 12/13/01: New transit tax recommended to help inner city residents have access to jobs
- 11/21/01: City of Miami has nation's highest rate of poverty
- 11/21/01: Housing costs are outrunning income growth in Palm Beach County
- 11/21/01: 51 percent in Miami-Dade were born in other nations
- 11/12/01: 79th Street Corridor Initiative plans for revitalization of community
- 11/12/01 Unicorporated Areas of Broward are Predominanlty Low Income Black and pay Disproportionatly Higher Taxes
- 11/08/01: The Miami River Commission: upper river meeting business' concerned over residential projects
- 10/21/01: Half-billion targeted for City of Miami capital projects
- 10/21/01: Homestead Air Force Base land recommended for eco-tourism
- 10/10/01: Little Haiti Housing Association and Intel announce new computer clubhouse
- 9/24/01: Patience, Persistence Bring Success to Base Redevelopment in Key West
- 9/20/01: Changes in building permit process offer time-saving options
- 9/7/01: Lawsuit filed over Miami-Dade Public Housing policies in Liberty City
- 9/5/01 - Bulldozer turns Grove cottages into scrap heap, last-ditch effort fails to salvage trio of wood-frame structures
- 8/26/01: The New Markets Tax Credit Program: Moving Mainstream Capital to Developing Communities
- 8/22/01: City of Miami Beach Seeking Proposals for a Section 202 Project Sponsor.
- 7/31/01: Miami Herald editorial faults Broward County's CDBG spending
- 7/29/01: Money for Broward cities is under scrutiny. Critics: poor areas should get more
- 7/29/01: Brownfields stifle development. Builders consider polluted property a costly burden
- 7/26/01: Land swap in the works to build downtown charter school
- 7/25/01: Census shows S. Florida's Hispanics have become much more diverse
- 7/18/01: FIU study recommends significant reforms in Miami-Dade community development programs
- 7/18/01: U.S. HUD releases assessment of Miami-Dade CDBG program
- 7/11/01:Penelas unveils poverty plan. Mayor to appoint economic officer
- 7/11/01: Builders win right to choose project inspectors
- 7/6/01: Use It or Lose It Miami-Dade must spend most of its current $35.2 million CDBG grant by October 31
- 7/5/01: County permitting by affidavit under fire from architectural institute
- 6/27/01: Probe of City of Miami funded Housing Rehab.
- 6/13/01: Knight Foundation Awards Funding to Redevelop Overtown
- 5/28/01: Miami Dade CDCs Play Central Role in Community Redevelopment - An Outline of Accomplishments
- 5/23/01: Dimensions of the Affordable Housing Crisis
- 5/6/01: Miami-Dade County HOPE VI Runs Into Problems
- 4/8/01: City of Miami Census Count: Brickell bursting at seams; black residents abandoning city
- 4/6/01: Collins Center investment fund to kick-start redevelopment in inner-city neighborhoods
- 3/20/01: Affordable Housing Crisis: Opening of Section 8 Applications Draw Huge Crowds
- 1/26/01: Miami-Dade Commission to consider bond to rebuild decrepit innercity infrastructure
- 12/10/00: Miami-Dade County Audits of CDCs flawed.
- 6/6/01: CDC lead "Healthier Communities" Initaitve in Chicago
- 3/3/01: Miami-Dade Ordinance Would Allow Developers to Inspect own Jobs.
- 1/27/01: Miami-Dade County proposes self building-inspection
- 1/7/01: Baseball stadiums may help bolster sagging downtowns -- but only when part of a larger revitalization effort
- 12/10/00: Wynwood CEDC Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against City of Miami.
- 12/8/00: St Agnes CDC gets Empowerment Zone grant
