Francis Suarez on If He’s Concerned About Workers Not Being Able to Afford Miami: ‘Of Course,’ We’re Creating Affordable Housing Legislations

‘I put together a package of reforms in our zoning code’

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SUAREZ: "Of course you want to make sure that everyone who works in your city has an opportunity to live in your city bid we have done a variety of things very differently than what New York does newark does things that make you feel good in the short run by government intervention that is holistic like price controls but create housing shortages in the long run we have worked with the private sector either through legislation such as the live local act of the state of Florida level that has 69000 units in the workforce and affordable housing arrange coming online. I put together a package of reforms in our zoning code called Miami 21 where developers can avail themselves of those reforms without having to get permission from the council for that was it affordable housing piece of legislation that created thousands of current thousands of affordable housing."

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