MIAMI — A homeless resource fair was held in Miami Beach on Saturday as Miami-Dade County pushes the city to pay a $10 million bill for homeless services .
The multimillion demand comes after the Miami Beach City Commission voted to remove a homeless-funding tax from the November ballot.
CBS News Miami spoke to those in the middle of the fight between the city and county.
Darren Gordon has been in and out of homeless shelters for the last few years. He told CBS News Miami that Miami Beach’s homeless services helped him find a permanent home.
“Whenever I went with a problem they never neglected me,” Gordon said. “They always helped me.”
The city’s homeless services have made headlines the last few weeks after the Miami Beach City Commission voted 4-3 to remove a 1% restaurant tax from the November 2024 ballot, which would have helped fund the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust and the Domestic Violence Board.