2004-25658 Reso
RESOLUTION NO.
2004-25658
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA, SUPPORTING AN APPEAL BY THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) TO ADJUST THE 2004
AAFIINFLATlON FACTOR TO ADEQUATELY REFLECT
INFLATION FACTORS IN THE JURISDICTION AND
URGING HUD TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION
TO THE APPEAL.
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach (HACOMB) is located
in an area of Miami-Dade County where real estate prices are very expensive and where there are
many low-income residents who depend on housing assistance to be able to reside in the
jurisdiction and to avoid displacement; and
WHEREAS, over the past several years, the jurisdiction has experienced the effects of
gentrification and is currently experiencing an explosion in high-end condominium development
and commercial establishments; and
WHEREAS, as a result, landlords in the City of Miami Beach request higher rents for
their units, severely decreasing the availability of affordable housing to low-income families in
the jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, currently, the HACOMB has 2,508 program participants in the Section 8
Housing Choice Voucher Program and, since August, 2003, events beyond HACOMB's control,
have adversely affected its ability to serve participants in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
Program due to significant increases in utilities rates, property tax rates, and property insurance
rates; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the foregoing rate and tax increases, the cost for portable
vouchers has exceeded the cost projected in the annual adjustment factor and, therefore, the
HACOMB seeks to appeal the annual adjustment factor given to it by HUD which does not take
into account the significant increases in rates that have affected the rents being charged to the
Program participants in the City of Miami Beach and the surrounding jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a 517th vote, the Mayor and Miami Beach City Commission
considered the matter of HACOMB's appeal to HUD and passed an emergency resolution
supporting the appeal and urging HUD to give a favorable consideration to the appeal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby support the appeal of the Housing Authority of the City of Miami Beach to
the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development with regard to the annual
inflation factor assigned to the HACOMB and hereby urges HUD to give favorable consideration
to the appeal.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 28th day
,2004.
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