MIAMI – Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will give her State of the County Address on Wednesday, which will be part progress report and part vision for the future.
One of the biggest issues she’s had to confront since taking office, as first-ever woman mayor in the county, is the lack of affordable housing.
CBS Miami’s Betty Nguyen sat down with Levine Cava to discuss what’s being done about it.
“So, we unfortunately have New York prices without New York salaries. So, we have to find a way to help people get across that, that hump so that we do not lose them,” said Levine Cava.
She said the idea is to build up, not out, and create housing where it makes sense.
“We’ve got these transit corridors where you can build with fewer parking spaces that brings down the cost and that in turn can translate to savings. Those properties are extremely desirable and highly competitive to get into, property like down US-1 along the Metrorail line, and we’re moving forward on other transit corridors, the northeast, which is where Brightline travels, and the north to the Hard Rock Stadium,” she said.