Developer says 2,048 of 5,700 planned Miami‑Dade units would be workforce homeownership up to 140% AMI
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Summary
A developer representing a 5,700‑unit project told the Appropriations Committee that 2,048 units are planned as heavily subsidized workforce condominiums for homeownership up to 140% of area median income; the committee carried the item.
Jose Felix Diaz, representing the Swirlo Group, told the Appropriations Committee that the private development proposal under item 3A would include about 5,700 housing units countywide, and that the developer plans for 2,048 of those units to be subsidized workforce condominiums available for homeownership for households up to 140% of area median income (AMI).
Diaz said the developer is working with the county and federal partners to settle title and other technical requirements needed to enable homeownership rather than solely rental units. "2,048 will be heavily subsidized workforce condo units homeownership up to 140% AMI," Diaz said.
Committee members praised the scale of the project and the developer's voluntary heat‑safety standards for construction workers; the sponsor noted the project team adopted temperature‑safety rules even though a county heat ordinance had not passed earlier. The sponsor called the project "almost the development of an entire city" and congratulated the director and sponsor for the scale of planned affordable housing.
The sponsor moved item 3A, the motion was seconded and the committee carried the item by voice vote. The transcript records the item as carried; no roll‑call tally was provided in the provided transcript excerpts.
The committee did not detail subsidy sources, project financing, exact block locations, or a construction timeline in the hearing record excerpt. Diaz said further work remains to secure titles and required federal approvals to deliver the homeownership units.
