Miami-Dade approves $85M budget to make county more affordable
On Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Commissioners approved $85M budget to help make the county more affordable.
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On Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Commissioners approved $85M budget to help make the county more affordable.
CBS4's Ashley Dyer reports on how Miami-Dade County is tackling affordable housing.
As Miami's housing market remains at the epicenter of the nation's housing crisis, startup developer Bluenest is hoping to provide more options for buyers in Miami-Dade County.
One developer is hoping to offer help with affordable housing.
"When I go back to Washington, we can look at thing a little differently," she told CBS4's Hank Tester.
Over the last five months, the Miami area has been one of the least affordable housing markets in the country.
Deborah Souverain reports Fudge will make stops in Fort Lauderdale and Miami to talk about what the Biden administration is doing to help lower housing costs.
The project will provide 28 newly renovated apartments at below-market prices
Affordable housing project under construction in Overtown.
"I was in the office and was told to expect a 20 to 30% increase. That's insane. I walked out," Charlie McClain says.
After nearly three years of Phoenix leading the nation in the most-rapid growth in housing prices, it has been topped by the Tampa area, an analysis released Tuesday showed.
Florida lawmakers are poised to give final approval to a series of changes aimed at shoring up the property-insurance market.
Lawmakers will hold a special session in hopes of tackling the state's troubled property insurance system.
Investigators say the suspect, 34-year-old Jimmy Altidor, was wanted by Organized Crime Bureau detectives.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said a pediatric patient was taken to the hospital after they received a call about a possible shooting.
The gap between the Senate's budget and the House's plan is 1.2 percent of the current budget, but the House Speaker and Senate President were unable to reach a deal during the regular session.
Ten people were rescued after a small plane crashed into the ocean about 50 miles east of Vero Beach, Florida.
Investigators say the suspect, 34-year-old Jimmy Altidor, was wanted by Organized Crime Bureau detectives.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said a pediatric patient was taken to the hospital after they received a call about a possible shooting.
The gap between the Senate's budget and the House's plan is 1.2 percent of the current budget, but the House Speaker and Senate President were unable to reach a deal during the regular session.
Ten people were rescued after a small plane crashed into the ocean about 50 miles east of Vero Beach, Florida.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the $1.5 trillion the Pentagon is seeking is "admittedly a historic budget."
Trade, Taiwan and tensions with Iran are surefire topics for President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Justice Samuel Alito extended an administrative stay that maintained access to mifepristone through the mail.
Marty Makary has served as Food and Drug Administration commissioner since March 2025.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.