RVs-as-rentals not just a Hialeah issue, as Richmond Heights residents detail in bus tour
The crackdown on RVs as rented residences could go beyond Hialeah. Residents of the Richmond Heights area of southwest Miami-Dade held a bus tour Thursday to show local officials the sheer number of questionable campers in neighborhood yards.
Feds settle with Broward housing co-ops accused of discriminating against families with children
Three housing complexes on Hallandale Beach’s Isle of Paradise weren’t such a paradise for families with children, federal attorneys alleged, leading to a series of settlement agreements that officials announced on Tuesday.
Cutler Bay residents, mayor question plan to convert hotel into housing for former homeless
The Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust is planning to convert the La Quinta Inn & Suites hotel at 10821 Caribbean Blvd., just north of the Southland Mall, into affordable housing for people who were once homeless.
Miami-Dade Mayor gives OK to housing development despite concerns from residents, environmentalists
Plans for a major housing development on the old Calusa Golf Course are moving forward after Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava refused to veto the decision, standing by county commissioners who voted for the development despite concerns from residents and environmentalists.
You paid HOW much over asking? Tell us your wild housing market stories here
We’ve all heard about it by now: Houses are selling like crazy (and they have been for quite some time), interest rates have been at all-time lows, and it seems like everywhere you turn, you learn of another wild real estate story.
Half of all Airbnb hosts are women, and they have earned over $600 million in one year
Women make up over half of all Airbnb hosts. According to a new earnings report from Airbnb, 55% of their four million Hosts globally are women. Despite this drawback for women, Airbnb has seen a dramatic increase in women becoming Airbnb Hosts in cities all over the world for the very first time — including in Miami. Airbnb announced this week that it estimates new women Hosts (with one listing) have collectively earned more than $600 million since March of 2020. AdIn Miami, new women Hosts who have begun sharing one listing during the pandemic have earned $1.6 million over the past year alone.
Florida to receive more than $850M in emergency rental assistance, DeSantis says
Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday that cities and counties in Florida stand to receive more than $850 million to help prevent homelessness. Cities and counties with a population of 200,000 or more will receive the funds from the federal government’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program in the coming weeks, according to DeSantis. Households with below 50% of the area median income should be at the front of the line to receive the funds. This is the page for the previous program. This is the page for the previous program.