Miami-Dade commissioners approved a proposal from the city of Miami Beach Wednesday to fund mandatory initiatives addressing homelessness.

In a special meeting Thursday, Miami Beach commissioners approved a proposal to provide $5 million toward homeless services funding, half of what Miami-Dade County initially requested to tackle the city’s homelessness issue.

Residents at Covenant Living FL are giving plastic new purpose by turning bags into blessings.

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 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.

Four-year-old Stefano Villasana was playing on the sidewalk. He was near a bus bench, under the shadow of a shiny building, that has been home to his family in Fort Lauderdale.

Four-year-old Stefano Villasana was playing on the sidewalk. He was near a bus bench, under the shadow of a shiny building, that has been home to his family in Fort Lauderdale.

Miami Beach city leaders are considering a no-camping ordinance, a proposal which says if someone who is homeless does not accept shelter, police can arrest them.

President Joe Biden's administration is making a new push to reduce homelessness.

In a 3 to 2 vote, the Miami City Commission rejected a plan that would have built 50 to 100 mini homes on Virginia Key as a homeless shelter community.

A Miami city commissioner wants to create a “transformation and transition zone” to rid Miami streets of homeless encampments, but it’s already getting some opposition over the plan’s proposed optimal location.

But counties say that with some federal relief funding expiring soon or its status uncertain, it's time to transition residents from expensive hotel rooms to cheaper, more stable housing. California is one of several states, including Washington, that turned to hotels to shelter homeless people as the virus took hold. The department has said it plans to move homeless people out of all 29 hotels by June. Russ Heimerich, spokesman with the state's Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, says counties have resources to continue housing homeless people in hotels. They say hotel residents have flourished with regular checkups and meals.