In the packed race for Miami’s mayoral seat, The Miami Times believes no candidate is more equipped for and committed to helping the city’s Black community than Eileen Higgins.
Higgins, currently a Miami-Dade County commissioner, has a proven record of investing in small, minority-owned businesses through her ELEVATE District 5 initiative and her championing of the $25 million RISE Miami-Dade Fund. Her first-year agenda includes auditing all city-owned land to build affordable and workforce housing and expanding trolley service to underserved areas like Overtown and Liberty City, according to her responses to The Miami Times questionnaire sent out earlier this month.
Higgins’ acknowledgment of climate gentrification also illustrates her unique grasp of the ways in which Miami’s Black residents are displaced in today’s age. To The Miami Times she wrote, “The city must deliver equitable resiliency planning, strengthen protections in lower-elevation neighborhoods to offset speculative migration, and invest in safeguards to keep vulnerable residents in their homes.” We commend this framework and her commitment to climate justice…