Miami-Dade Public Housing & Community Development
Alex R. Ballina,
Director
701 NW 1st Court, 16th Floor
Miami, FL
(786) 469-4100
(786) 795-2539
By The numbers
Public Housing Units 9733
Vouchers 18305
Total Units 26224
Latest News
4.23.25
Members Making News
From the Miami Herald:
The smile on Minnie Davis’s face widened as she talked about what it felt like to be in her new apartment in Liberty City. “In my old building, I didn’t have a big stove, so I couldn’t cook turkey for Thanksgiving,” she told the Herald. “Now, my oven is…” she trails off as...
9.10.24
Members Making News, Awards/Grants
Today, HUD awarded $6.5 million in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants to 13 communities in 11 states. Each selected project will receive a $500,000 grant to create a comprehensive neighborhood transformation plan. Summaries of each community's grant project are available here.
Four CLPHA...
7.16.24
CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News, Awards/Grants
CLPHA Members in Cuyahoga and Norfolk Earned Additional CNI Funding
Three of CLPHA’s members—Houston Housing Authority, Miami-Dade Public Housing & Community Development Department, and Syracuse Housing Authority—were awarded HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Grants for the first...
5.31.24
Members Making News
From Yale Climate Connections:
The federal government requires all public housing to be heated to keep residents warm, but it does not require cooling. So during heat waves, people may be at risk of heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses, especially as the climate warms.
So Miami-Dade...
5.14.24
Members Making News
From Multi-Housing News:
Related Urban Development Group—the affordable and workforce housing arm of Related Group—and Miami-Dade County’s Public Housing and Community Development have opened Residences at SoMi Parc, a 172-unit mixed-income housing community in South Miami.
A total of...
11.7.23
Members Making News
From WLRN Miami:
It’s a hard time to be an artist in Miami.
Fewer music venues, like Churchill’s, are around for up-and-coming musicians to practice their craft. Rents for artist studios are like rents for the rest of us — they’re going up.
Wynwood is lost as an artist enclave. The next areas,...
4.18.23
CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
18 Members Invited to Accept Stability Voucher Awards
Today, HUD announced a second round of CoC grants and Stability Vouchers to communities to address unsheltered homelessness, adding to the first set of grant awards announced in February. The awards include $171.2 million in grants for 115...
4.18.23
Members Making News
From Islander Media Group, Inc.:
"Home" is the perfect setting for Miami-Dade County's new director of the Public Housing and Community Development Department.
Alex R. Ballina was officially introduced during the recent Board of County Commission meeting by Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava,...
3.7.23
Wednesday, March 8 | 1:00 p.m. ET
Special Purpose Vouchers can be used strategically as part of a community’s plan to end homelessness. Tomorrow's webinar hosted by the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) will review all Special Purpose Voucher Programs and new resources like the...
1.6.23
CLPHA Member Update, Members Making News
CLPHA Members Receive One-Fourth of All Awards
HUD announced the award of $24.7 million to 98 PHAs for providing non-elderly persons with disabilities with permanent affordable housing. The assistance will be provided through the Section 811 Mainstream Housing Choice Voucher Program, and...
Job Openings
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About the Position: Job Opening #91800
This is advanced professional compliance and quality assurance work for the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The position reports to the Section 8/ Housing Choice Voucher Division. The incumbent is responsible for conducting...
Location: ,
Posted on 2.26.25
Applications due by 3.11.25