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The end of single-family-only home suburbs? Miami-Dade zoning rule impact could be ‘sweeping’
“You have to applaud the county for being aggressive about affordable housing, but you still have to be careful,” Murray said. “You really need to be so transparent. There is always the issue of compatibility, and as a planner I’m always very sensitive about that, especially in single-family communities.”
‘Sobering results’ of employer survey need rapid response
Among survey findings presented by principal investigator Maria Ilcheva is that more than 70% of employers say a lack of qualified job candidates is a challenge to recruiting workers and 55% noted an increase in resignations in the last two years. More than half of those who saw increased resignations cited that they had a significant impact on their businesses.
Nearly 20,000 people register to live at 113-unit Hollywood affordable housing complex
According to a 2022 Broward County Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, 62% of Broward renters were cost burdened, meaning more than 30% of their income was going toward their rent. Of those residents, 52% were “severely” cost burdened, meaning more than half of their income was going toward rent.
Population rises in this South Florida county, falls in others
The growth patterns of South Florida's population largely relate to the expense of commuting to work, said Edward "Ned" Murray, associate director of Florida International University's Jose M. Perez Metropolitan Center, which released a report on population changes in South Florida.
South Florida ranks among the highest ‘cost-burdened’ rental markets, study says
This month, Broward County commissioners adopted a 10-year master plan to tackle affordable housing woes by allocating money for new construction that will generate about $8 million in the first year, and allow for more density for new development near rail corridors where there are “redevelopment opportunities” and a location which can make it easier for people to get to work.
Changes in Inflation by City
It is easy to say the Titanic sank because it hit an iceberg. If you want a simple immediate cause—that is fine. But anybody who studies the disaster knows it is much more complex.
‘Tell us what to do’: Broward unveils ways for its cities to tackle affordable housing
There are a quarter-of-a-million Broward County residents living in “financial distress,” housing experts warned Tuesday. And it’s only “getting worse by the day,” said Edward “Ned” Murray, associate director with the Jorge M. Perez Metropolitan Center at Florida International University.
With rising rents and low wages, how will Broward address housing affordability?
Ned Murray, associate director of the Metropolitan Center at Florida International University, first assessed Broward’s affordable housing crisis in 2018. By 2022, when he did another assessment, conditions had worsened.
This Florida Mall Has Gucci, Prada … and Soon, Affordable Housing?
Miami has plenty of new rental units, but most are for the luxury market and not for the region’s service economy workers, who are employed by the hospitality, health care and retail sectors, said Ned Murray, the associate director of the Jorge M. Pérez Metropolitan Center at Florida International University.
Shopping for a new home? Buyers in Miami-Dade County may have a change of luck in 2024
Ned Murray, associate director of the Jorge M. Pérez Metropolitan Center at Florida International University: The only good news, if there’s any good news, is prices won’t go up that much more, including rents.
