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Miami-Dade housing committee urges mayoral waivers and faster contract work to speed affordable projects
Summary
At the Jan. 14 meeting, commissioners pressed county staff and the mayor's office to waive a two-appraisal requirement and to accelerate contract negotiations that they said are delaying affordable housing projects, naming two projects and asking for a mayoral memo and earlier board hearings.
The Miami-Dade County Housing Committee on Jan. 14 urged county staff and the mayor's office to waive a two-appraisal requirement and to speed contract negotiations for affordable housing projects, saying the current process is delaying construction of units already selected through competitive procurement.
"This is the first time we have ever built housing using our land on our health facility," Commissioner Arlene Higgins said, praising the Jackson project team while pressing staff to remove procedural barriers. "We have a huge project. It's been awarded. We need to build a parking garage on an empty parking lot. And I have to get an appraisal ... We're not gonna change our decision. We're still gonna build the parking structure for the affordable housing next to it."
Higgins named two projects affected by appraisal or negotiation delays: a parking garage tied to an awarded housing project and Gibson Plaza in District 7. She also…
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