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Miami-Dade Housing Agency

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    May 17, 2011

    Vote Yes On Question #56 And Fight Public Corruption

    Norman Braman's advice to voters notwithstanding, there is a measure on the ballot that deserves a resoundingly emphatic YES! And that is the question asking voters to make the Miami-Dade Inspector General's office a permenant part of the county's home rule charter -- in effect our local constitutio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Luther Campbell Starts Meeting Voters And Other Candidates

    Michael McElroy​This past Wednesday night, a couple dozen Miami-Dade voters gathered inside a back dining room of Town Kitchen & Bar in South Miami to hear New Times columnist Luther Campbell, county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, and former state Rep. Marcelo Llorente talk about their platforms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2008

    Grand Jury Charges 12 With Cheating Housing Program

    Michael McElroy​This past Wednesday night, a couple dozen Miami-Dade voters gathered inside a back dining room of Town Kitchen & Bar in South Miami to hear New Times columnist Luther Campbell, county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, and former state Rep. Marcelo Llorente talk about their platforms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2007

    WMC Meets Liberty City at the Umoja Village Shanty-Down

    Michael McElroy​This past Wednesday night, a couple dozen Miami-Dade voters gathered inside a back dining room of Town Kitchen & Bar in South Miami to hear New Times columnist Luther Campbell, county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, and former state Rep. Marcelo Llorente talk about their platforms ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2006

    Three agencies against a Star Destroyer?

    Michael McElroy​This past Wednesday night, a couple dozen Miami-Dade voters gathered inside a back dining room of Town Kitchen & Bar in South Miami to hear New Times columnist Luther Campbell, county Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, and former state Rep. Marcelo Llorente talk about their platforms ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Douglas Road Goes Off the (Metro) Rails

    This is not the first time Raul Masvidal has tried to snooker the county into a bad deal

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    The Bitch

    Definitive Gaze

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Orca Frustration

    "As soon as I crossed the Mason-Dixon Line, I knew it was different here"

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Two in the Bush

    Purloined pigeons and a rooster identity crisis

  • News

    May 27, 2004
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    May 6, 2004

    Porch Patrol

    Brownsville resident Lorenzo Jones is waging a one-man war against the drug dealing across the street

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Hit 'Em Where They Live

    In a contentious case of townhouse tumult, resourceful residents kick management maniacs to the curb

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    The Alonso Shell Game

    Police and prosecutors remember the old adage: Follow the money

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of July 12, 2001

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Our Lady of the Projects

    Octavia Anderson and the last days of the James E. Scott Homes

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the issue of June 7, 2001

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Welcome to the Cruel World

    Welfare reform has dramatically changed public housing in Miami-Dade County. Personal responsibility is the new refrain, and zero tolerance is the law.

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    The Great Pretender

    After years of making a living off rich people's money, Martin Siskind is now portraying himself as a savior to Miami's poor

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    The Return of Darryl Reaves

    It was sweet and sour, and above all it was short

  • News

    September 14, 2000

    Off with Her Head

    Barbara Pierre, turbocharged Liberty City housing advocate, has managed to collect some enemies in high places

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    The Knight of Blight

    Miami developer Aristides Martinez once seemed an inner-city savior. Today he goes by another name: Slumlord.

  • News

    December 9, 1999

    Her So-Called Life

    Raised in a family devastated by drugs and neglect, Porsche Williams became a mother at age twelve, and a murder victim at fifteen

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    DeFede

    Mail Call

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Renting Under the Influence

    The county cut off rent subsidies to Commissioner Miriam Alonso, then reversed itself. What a coincidence!

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    The Apartment Building from Hell

    Pay a visit to Overtown's New Jack complex, where drug dealers rule, kids play in sewage, and multimillionaire owner Garth Reeves makes excuses

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Raze and Rebuild

    Scott Homes residents realize their apartments are dirty, dangerous, and crowded. Yet many want to stay.

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Down and Out in Miami-Dade County

    Poor, unemployed, stricken with AIDS, and at the mercy of government bureaucrats. No wonder Vivian Rolon's life is hell.

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