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Operation Sacred Trust Combats Veteran Homelessness in South Florida with $1 Million Grant

By Christiana Lilly

While the nation thanks its veterans this weekend for their service to the country, many of those veterans are struggling on the streets of South Florida.

Cedric Halyard was one of them but he has gone from a homeless drug user to the outreach ...

Step Forward for Homeless Local Vets

By Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created a new generation of veterans — many of whom have returned only to encounter serious financial burdens as the nation’s economy struggles to find its footing. For these heroes, the excitement of coming home has been marred by the reality that ...

Carrfour Supportive Housing Develops $12M Miami Affordable Housing Community

By Jessica Fiur

Carrfour Supportive Housing has joined up with Tacolcy Economic Development Corporation and the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to develop a $12 million affordable community called Parkview Gardens in Miami.

Parkview Gardens, which recently celebrated its grand opening, is located in Miami-Dade County’s Liberty City. The community includes 60 garden-style ...

New Affordable Housing in the Works
A new affordable housing development is scheduled to open in the Brownsville area late next year.

By THEO KARANTSALIS

A blighted Miami apartment complex built in the 1950s was torn down recently to make way for a new four-story affordable housing complex on the site.

“There was a vision of a faithful few ...

$20M Affordable Housing Project Gets Underway in Miami
The redevelopment of Hampton Village Apartments will offer multifamily housing units and services to help people better their lives.

By Jennifer LeClaire

A distressed 1950s multifamily building is getting demolished so the site on which it sits can serve as an affordable housing complex. The $20 million development of Hampton ...

Homeless in Miami find new outlet, feeding the well-heeled
Miami sees itself as a model for reducing homelessness; community farm project grows produce for upscale eatery.

By Zachary Fagenson

As part of an innovative effort to tackle Miami's problem with homelessness, Xavier Wright has traded the streets of downtown for a live-in community farm project in south Florida that grows produce ...

Hope Grows in Homestead
Verde Gardens farm program gives new life, work to Miami-Dade homeless families.

By Christiana Lilly

A mother living with her two children in a car. A family forced to leave their home after their landlord raised the rent again. A father whose job gave only inconsistent work. These are the faces of homelessness in Miami-Dade, ...

Ex-Homeless Raise Crops for Miami Restaurant
Verde Gardens – operated in part by formerly homeless residents – provides fresh produce to diners at Tuyo restaurant in Downtown Miami.        

By Christina Veiga

It’s 8 a.m. and the sun is just beginning its relentless beating. The ground is damp from an early morning shower, bringing out the ...

A Dignified Dwelling
Two Miami design industry professionals have furnished a home for a woman and her three children who are transitioning out of homelessness.

By Alexa Lopez

Rocio Almanzar, who has spent about seven years in and out of homeless shelters and rehabilitation programs, did not have many ideas for the décor of her new apartment. Rather, a ...

New Apartments Help Vets Get Back on Their Feet
Barbara Carey-Shuler Manor offers affordable housing to vets, elderly.

By Kaila Heard

If Gwendolyn Cutler-Isom had to describe her one-bedroom apartment in one word it would be GREAT. “I love everything about this place!” she said. Since April, the 54-year old Army veteran has been living in ...