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Help Make Affordable Housing a Reality for Women and Girls in Miami-Dade.
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As Miami struggles with a severe housing crisis, millions of dollars allocated to construct affordable housing disappeared into the hands of developers, according to a recent Miami Herald investigative series, "House of Lies."

Approximately 40,000 people are on a waiting list for subsidized housing in Miami-Dade, a majority of whom are single mothers with children. Access to affordable housing is a lifeline for many women. Survivors of domestic violence in particular, find it nearly impossible to leave their abusers if they cannot find affordable housing.

Many of you are probably wondering what you can do to address Miami-Dade's housing crisis.

On Friday, members of Miami Workers Center (a Women's Fund grantee partner), Low-Income Families Fighting Together (LIFFT), and Power U Center for Social Change, as well as concerned members of the public, expressed outrage at a Community Speak Out at the Stephen P. Clarke Government Center in downtown Miami.

Approximately 80 people from the Speak Out filed into the building and asked the County Commissioners to commit to hosting a public emergency meeting to discuss solutions. So far, only two commissioners have agreed to an emergency meeting: Barbara Jordan and Katy Sorenson.

Women's Fund supports this community call for an emergency public meeting in order for Miami-Dade County to successfully deal with this housing crisis.

As a Women's Fund supporter, we urge you to take action today and contact your County Commissioner.
 

Call or email your Commissioner and urge them to hold an emergency meeting to discuss solutions to Miami's housing crisis.

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