Miami-Dade is in a housing state of emergency that our elected officials refuse to acknowledge: record-high rent, wealthy investors pricing out locals, and dirty energy corporations bullying us to make money by poisoning our air and water. We need elected officials to stand up to wealthy bullies, landlords, and dirty energy corporations, who will put their profit over the lives and health of our people and planet. 

For our members, a house and electricity is safe shelter; a basic need. For a wealthy corporation, it's just another asset in an investment portfolio. 

Florida Rising is calling on our elected leaders in Miami-Dade to make it clear through their votes and policy choices that regardless of our zip code, we all have a right to the things that make us happy, healthy, and whole.

We created our Miami-Dade Justice on Every Block platform because we believe in common-sense solutions that local electeds can enact today to improve the situation of Florida Rising members. The time for words and study has long passed. Will you email your elected officials to let them know you demand they take meaningful policy action toward advancing the platform? 

Help us reach 500 supporters to show that we have a mandate for urgent action. 

Our Miami-Dade Justice on Every Block Platform

To prevent evictions and ensure safe and affordable housing:

• Ensure timely distribution of every dollar of federal emergency rental assistance (ERAP) with minimal barriers for tenants. 

• Fund an eviction diversion program in local eviction court.

• Pass a 90-day eviction notice period for tenants who are pregnant or have children. 

• Victory: Establish an Office of the Tenant Advocate with robust services, enforcement power, and accountability to the community per the recommendations outlined by the Miami Workers Center.

• Acknowledge the housing state of emergency and let voters decide on a one-year rent freeze. 

• Implement housing anti-discrimination ordinances to protect returning citizens.

 To eliminate environmental toxins in Doral and decrease our county's dependence on dirty energy: 

• Adopt and gather meaningful community input on a plan to transition our county to zero waste by 2025 as a part of our comprehensive climate justice strategy. 

• Deny the 30-year Covanta waste plant permit renewal.

• Reject further funding, including federal, state, and county grants, to the incinerator and other false waste management solutions that poison people and the planet. 

• Allocate funding toward regular, independent air quality testing in the area surrounding the Doral Covanta incinerator.

Reject permits for the 836 expansion and provide more public transportation.