According to the Department of Children and Family(DCF), there were 33,502 reported homeless adults for the year 2016. Of the 33,502 reported adults, 19,326 were males and 10,707 females. There were also 36 Transgender persons reported.
Contrary to common belief, Black /African Americans do NOT receive more assistance from DCF and are not the most homeless. There are 11,491 Blacks/ African Americans reported as homeless and 17,080 Classified Whites that are homeless.
According to the National Public Radio(NPR), there were over 71,000 homeless students in Florida.
According to RealtyTrac, Florida has an average foreclosure rate of 0.08%, which is higher than the national average of 0.06%. Why?
Why does Florida foreclosure rate exceed national average? Could it be that we care more about money than about people? Could it be that we sell all our lands to foreign private investors who then take away the American dollar to other countries and exchange it , but yet the cost of living is driven up? Maybe, it is because we pay Floridians below livable wages!
The state of Florida has a population of approximately 18,511,620 with an average median income of $47,661 per year. The unemployment rate in Florida is 4.699%. This lower than the national unemployment rate of 4.8%.
The state of Florida has a median household income of $47,661 per year and the national average rate of $51,914. The cost of living in Florida for a one bedroom apartment is $1,150 which is $152 above the national average. Yet families are expected to survive with a lower income. Don’t worry it gets worst if you need more bedrooms.
Due to the disparity of income to living ratio; the percentage of vacant homes are 19.30%. Before you say that doesn’t look to bad, keep reading. Those vacant homes are only for the tri-county area( Miami Dade, Broward and West Palm Beach). There are 54,981 vacant homes as of February, or 2.8% of all homes for 2016, in the tri-county area.
With all those vacant homes, you would think homeless families who actually want homes would be so greater than the amount of vacant homes.
Is there too too many homeless families for the amount of vacant homes?
Wait homeless in Florida is 33,502 but we have empty available homes of 54,981 in Miami Dade, Broward and West Palm Beach Alone.
3 out of every 4 homes are investment homes and they are vacant(empty).
Where is the CSR for investors? (Corporate Social Responsibility).
Lets get deeper…
The average tax rate in Miami Dade County 1.280%. The median cost of homes in Florida is $279,000. Taxes on average would be $3,571.20. Taxes collected for Florida ALONE on abandoned homes would be $196,348,147.20!
Many of these 54,981 vacant homes are not getting taxes collected, meaning your schools aren’t getting funded. Homestead taxes counts for over 60% of school funding.
What does it mean? Teachers aren’t getting paid appropriately.
School aged children do not have the proper resources or classes to learn.
Families are homeless and there are 2 homes vacant for each homeless family!
Politicians can drop important classes because we are holding vacant homes, hoping to maximize on profits.
We did it to ourselves!
Is it worth it?
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