’Rent is too damn high.’ Interfaith group demands action from Miami-Dade leaders

Attendees, of an estimated 300 in total, listen to Mayor Daniella Levine Cava make a pledge to the community during the PACT Nehemiah Action Assembly on Monday, April 7, 2025, at Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Cutler Bay, Fla. Alie Skowronski [email protected]
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Miami-Dade County

By Lauren Costantino

One of Miami-Dade’s most politically engaged interfaith groups held their annual assembly to press elected leaders to make housing more affordable and reducing evictions in Miami-Dade County.

After hearing testimonies from renters facing impossible housing predicaments, high rent prices and risks of becoming homeless, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava agreed to commit $3 million to an eviction diversion program during the Monday night gathering.

The soon-to-be interim director of public housing and community development, Nathan Kogon, also committed to hold meetings with public housing tenants during redevelopment planning.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article302785754.html#storylink=cpy

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