Miami: AHF to Break Ground on New Affordable Housing

Groundbreaking Ceremony Monday, March 21^st - 2:00 p.m.

Brand new 75-unit affordable housing solution, expected to be completed in early 2024, sits adjacent to AHF’s Miami-Biscayne All-In-One Healthcare Center

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AHF and its Healthy Housing Foundation will host a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony in the Edgewater community of Miami, on Monday, March 21, 2022 to continue their ongoing commitment to address the rising affordable housing epidemic rampant in Miami and urban-cores across the country. The new building, the “Biscayne House” will be comprised of a 75-unit, 12-story high-rise, with on-site parking, which will serve as housing for low-income individuals.

WHAT:	Biscayne House – Miami GROUNDBREAKING and DEDICATION
	Social distancing and COVID 19 protocols will be enforced to ensure safety for all community members and attendees.
WHEN:	Monday, March 21, 2022 – 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
	(NOTE: Dedication/shovel ceremony begins @ 2:00 P.M.)
WHERE:	Biscayne House, 237 N.E. 24^th Street, Miami, Florida 33137
WHO:	Michael Weinstein, President, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
	The Honorable Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor, Miami-Dade County
	The Honorable Rene Garcia, Commissioner, Miami-Dade County – District 13
	The Honorable Ken Russell, Commissioner, City of Miami-District 2
	Mr. Keith Carswell, Economic Development & Resiliency Advisor to the Mayor, City of Miami
	Michael Kahane, Southern Bureau Chief, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
	Margi Nothard, Founder/Director of Design, Glavovic Studio/Building Architect
B-ROLL:	Various community leaders will make individual dedications with shovels to commemorate the establishment of the new housing site.

The Biscayne House will be the 1^st affordable housing site that the Healthy Housing Foundation has developed in South Florida, and its 14^th property for extremely-low and low-income housing since late 2017 when AHF first kicked off its housing program. Healthy Housing Foundation also has plans to build other newly built affordable housing units in the Ft. Lauderdale area, near its AHF Southern Bureau Headquarters. In addition, many AHF affiliate organizations across the U.S. are also involved in providing affordable housing in their communities. The building was designed by Glavovic Studio founder, Margi G. Nothard of the Fort Lauderdale based, award-winning architecture firm, who has partnered with AHF and Healthy Housing Foundation on other projects created as affordable housing units. The unique project is an example of how to creatively utilize urban infill areas to maximize the development of affordable housing in dense urban areas.

AHF launched the Healthy Housing Foundation in 2017 to address the rampant affordable housing crisis sweeping the nation by providing fast, easy, and compassionate access to affordable housing with a focus on addressing the needs of low-income individuals, struggling families, youth.

According to recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 54% of renters in Miami-Dade County are cost burdened, more than the national average.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization, currently provides medical care and/or services to over 1.7 million individuals in 45 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us @aidshealthcare.