A group of seniors in need of permanent housing had a special day on Christmas Eve as they celebrated their anticipated move into a renovated hotel in Cutler Bay.

Camillus House served the homeless Thanksgiving Day meals as it has for over six decades.

Miami-Dade commissioners approved converting hotel rooms at the La Quinta Inn in Cutler Bay into housing units for low-income seniors on Tuesday.

A plan to convert hotel rooms near the Southland Mall into affordable housing units for low-income seniors cleared a hurdle at the Miami-Dade County Commission Wednesday. That’s despite officials in Cutler Bay, where the site is located, opposing the project.

Miami-Dade County's Homeless Trust is making recommendations ahead of a new Florida law going into effect.

A Miami-Dade Homeless Trust plan to convert hotel rooms near the Southland Mall into affordable housing units is moving forward, much to the chagrin of at least some Cutler Bay residents and officials.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg speaks to Rep. Shelia Cherfilus-McCormick, State Rep. Dotie Joseph, Surfside Mayor Shlomo Dazinger and Surfside Mayoral Candidate and former mayor Charles Burkett.

Broward County has declared a two-day cold weather emergency.

Miami city commissioners vote 3-2 to move forward with a pilot program that would build a community on Virginia Key for the city's homeless population.

Howard Perry said he fell on hard times after his pregnant wife and children died in a car crash. He owns a car, but he is homeless in Miami.

MIAMI – Ron Book greeted homeless men and women on Thursday at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. The chairman of the Homeless Trust in Miami-Dade County asked them if they knew temperatures are going to drop to the 40s this weekend. Brook activated a plan to provide transportation and emergency shelter until it gets warmer again on Sunday in Miami. “It’s going to be very cold in our community.”A homeless man rests at Bayfront Park on Thursday in downtown Miami. The Homeless Trust had been able to place 90 homeless people in shelters by Thursday afternoon.

MIAMI The Miami-Dade Homeless Trust wanted $250,000 for what they call permanent supportive housing, the bridge housing program for homeless people who dont do well in a congregate living facility. Like everybody elses revenue, our revenue is shrinking as well.Because the Homeless Trust gets its funding from county food and beverage tax, the funding has dried up. Out of an 18-page list of vetoes, over 100 entities in South Florida are affected. FIU will not be getting $3.1 million meant for scholarships and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiatives. South Florida Behavioral Network wont be getting $4 million.