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Miami-Dade County to break ground on Jose Marti Villas, an affordable housing community in the heart of Miami’s Little Havana

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/global/housing/home.page 2024-09-23 2024-09-23T12:00:00.000Z 08 00 am Natalie Leon [email protected] 305-632-0656 Miami-Dade County to break ground on Jose Marti Villas, an affordable housing community in the heart of Miami’s Little Havana On Thursday, October 3, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Miami-Dade County District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins will break ground on the Jose Marti Villas Apartments, an affordable housing development for seniors and families. The developers, The Related Urban Development Group, will build 146 affordable units, consisting of an 8-story mid-rise building with 110 units and a 3-story garden-style building with 36 units, in Miami’s Little Havana area. On Thursday, October 3, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Miami-Dade County District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins will break ground on the Jose Marti Villas Apartments, an affordable housing development for seniors and families. The developers, The Related Urban Development Group, will build 146 affordable units, consisting of an 8-story mid-rise building with 110 units and a 3-story garden-style building with 36 units, in Miami’s Little Havana area. The affordable units at Jose Marti Villas will feature ceramic tile bathroom floors and high-efficiency central A/C in each unit. There will be a club room for meetings and celebrations, and feature one to three bedrooms units. Apartments will be available for income-qualifying residents, with 25 units at 30% of the area median income (AMI), 9 units at 40% AMI, 71 units at 50% AMI, and 23 units at 80% AMI. Miami-Dade County’s funding for Jose Marti Villas totals $4,475,000 from the Surtax. The estimated completion date for the garden-style building is October 2025, and the mid-rise building is expected to be completed in March 2026. no Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Office of Miami-Dade County District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins Public Housing and Community Development Director Alex R. Ballina Related Group President John Paul Perez Related Urban Development Group President Albert Milo Jose Marti Villas Groundbreaking Ceremony 154 S.W. 17 Avenue, Miami, FL 33135 10 03 2024 10 00 a.m. 00 a.m. Public Housing and Community Development 1 rel172660799760662 Public Housing and Community Development Overtown Transit Village North 701 NW 1st Court Miami 33136 local county miami-dade department department Housing and Community DevelopmentHCD Contact Us /global/housing/contact-public-housing-and-community-development.page /global/publicrecords/search.page Miami-Dade County Housing and Community Development Department We provide decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing in order to promote viable urban communities and sustainable living environments, principally for extremely low-income to moderate-income families and individuals. We also provide assistance to programs that expand economic opportunity and community development. We manage more than 6,500 public housing apartments and provide financial help through the federal Section 8 program to more than 19,000 families. Our support services include assisted living facilities for the elderly and self-sufficiency programs for our tenants. We rely on federal and state grant programs to fund our programs. We work closely with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) on our public housing and, with the State of Florida, the development of affordable housing. https://www.miamidade.gov/resources/images/banners/public-housing.jpg Director Nathan Kogon Nathan Kogon /global/government/biographies/public-housing.page Overtown Transit Village North - 701 NW 1st Court [loc1462483157330387] : Miami ^ 33136 loc1462483157330387 16th Floor 786-469-4100 [email protected] /global/housing/home.page public-housing-and-community-development org1462997550009645 loc1462483157330387 Overtown Transit Village North 701 NW 1st Court 16th Floor Miami 33136 786-469-4100 [email protected] /global/housing/home.page

MIAMI-DADE ( September 23, 2024 )–

On Thursday, October 3, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Miami-Dade County District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins will break ground on the Jose Marti Villas Apartments, an affordable housing development for seniors and families. The developers, The Related Urban Development Group, will build 146 affordable units, consisting of an 8-story mid-rise building with 110 units and a 3-story garden-style building with 36 units, in Miami’s Little Havana area.

The affordable units at Jose Marti Villas will feature ceramic tile bathroom floors and high-efficiency central A/C in each unit. There will be a club room for meetings and celebrations, and feature one to three bedrooms units. Apartments will be available for income-qualifying residents, with 25 units at 30% of the area median income (AMI), 9 units at 40% AMI, 71 units at 50% AMI, and 23 units at 80% AMI.

Miami-Dade County’s funding for Jose Marti Villas totals $4,475,000 from the Surtax. The estimated completion date for the garden-style building is October 2025, and the mid-rise building is expected to be completed in March 2026.

Who:

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava
Office of Miami-Dade County District 5 Commissioner Eileen Higgins
Public Housing and Community Development Director Alex R. Ballina
Related Group President John Paul Perez
Related Urban Development Group President Albert Milo

What:

Jose Marti Villas Groundbreaking Ceremony

When:

October 03, 2024 — 10:00 a.m.

Where:

154 S.W. 17 Avenue, Miami, FL 33135