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Housing
The housing boom put concerns about affordable housing front and center for working people in Florida, and RISEP’s detailed research has documented this crisis, showing both the numbers side and the human side. Reports, fact sheets, and maps offer detailed evidence of the lack of affordable options for working families in South Florida.
Gentrification Mitigation Strategies and the Impact of Private Investment
Researcher Marcos Feldman presented his dissertation research at a breakfast sponsored by the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility. His talk “Gentrification Mitigation Strategies and the Impact of Private Investment” gave an overview of gentrification, the Miami context for understanding it, and addressed the challenges for “mitigating” gentrification and highlighted approaches for doing so. Much later than older cities like New York and Chicago, Miami’s inner city began experien
Mobile Home Parks Under Pressure of Redevelopment: A Participatory Survey Research Project
Struggles and success with redevelopment and displacement in mobile home parks in South Florida Between February 2009 and February 2010, the South Florida chapter of Jobs with Justice (SFJwJ) and the Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy (RISEP) collaborated on a participatory action research project to document the problems as well as the community vitality that exists in mobile home parks in Miami-Dade County. The focus of this research was the mobile home parks facing the threa
Research Brief: Florida’s Affordable Housing Needs After the Bust
Affordable housing market still tight: 25% of renters still spending at least 50% of income on housing. Florida’s urban areas were heavily impacted by the housing boom and bust of the last six years. Different parts of the state (like Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville and even Cape Coral) and the state overall have had some of the highest foreclosure rates in the country at different points in the last two years. But the boom and bust have affected different sectors of the housing market differe
The State of Miami’s Housing Crisis: An Updated Look at Housing Affordability Problems in One of the
At the same time as the City of Miami is pursuing higher-density up-scale development and “world city” status, its’ residents face an affordable housing shortage of crisis proportions. Using recently released Census data from the 2006 American Community Survey, this report provides an updated assessment of housing affordability problems in the City of Miami, and analyzes three fundamental aspects of the housing crisis: housing “stress” or cost-burden, overcrowding in housing, and recen
How are the Displaced Scott-Carver Residents Faring? The Aftermath of HOPE VI Public Housing Redevel
Until their demolition in the past two years, Scott Homes and Carver Homes public housing projects contained a total of 850 conventional public housing rental units. The projects were demolished as part of a HOPE VI grant which Miami Dade Housing Agency received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1999. The HOPE VI redevelopment plan was to relocate all of the existing residents, demolish all of the public housing units and rebuild a mixed income community with only eigh
Housing Palm Beach County: An Analysis of Housing Needs and Housing Affordability Problems
In the wake of the recent housing boom a wide range of stakeholders, including policy makers and key members of the business community, have drawn attention to the growing shortage of affordable housing in Palm Beach County. But while the impact of home appreciation on middle- and higher-income workers has led to the proposal of “workforce housing” and similar policies in Palm Beach County, no new and significant affordable housing policies are aimed at resolving the increasing and widesprea
Workforce Housing and Miami’s Affordable Housing Needs: Issues and Policy Options
Public officials and business leaders have become increasingly concerned that the soaring costs of housing in Miami may dampen plans for urban revitalization. Many observers have noted that middle- and upper-income professionals can no longer afford housing in Southeast Florida. Moreover, in the aftermath of an unprecedented hurricane season which left many homeless or forced to live in substandard conditions, attention has been drawn to the fact that Miami’s housing market is not affordable f
Affordable Housing Cost for Families Residing in Low-Income Miami-Dade Neighborhoods
In recent years Miami has ranked among the most impoverished communities in theUntied States. At the same time, Miami-Dade County has experienced a housing boom characterized by high rates of condominium conversion and an increasing shortage of affordable rental units. This analysis provides affordable housing costs for families within the City of Miami and selected low-income neighborhoods. We chose these neighborhoods because they are home to some of Miami-Dade’s poorest families and therefo
