Located at 131 SE 1st Street in Downtown Miami, the Royalton is a historic Miami hotel – originally built in 1923 – which was renovated and restored into an affordable housing community. The Royalton consists of 100 furnished apartments serving formerly homeless and low-income residents, with amenities including wireless internet, a community/TV room, meeting facilities, a computer lab, and laundry facilities on each floor.
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Stadium plan to house homeless no slam dunk
By STEPHANIE BERMAN
A legislative proposal to curb homelessness in Florida by requiring taxpayer-funded stadiums to double as shelters on off-nights may end up doing more harm than good for individuals and families without a permanent place to call home.
South Florida has been among the areas hardest hit by the national real estate crisis. Property values have fallen-off dramatically, unemployment rates continue to outpace ...
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