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Liberty Square resident Sharon Gregory was skeptical. She had lived in a public housing unit for 17 years, tired and scared of the violence that has plagued one of the oldest housing projects in the U.S. (THREAD) hrld.us/2J3CZdk 
So when developers came around 2 years ago with plans to replace the dilapidated homes of Liberty Square with new apartments, she didn’t believe them.
“I knew they were not going to build anything like that for us. We’re public housing. They don’t do that for us.”
“I knew they were not going to build anything like that for us. We’re public housing. They don’t do that for us.”
Then came Saturday, when Gregory was handed the key to her one-bedroom apartment in the new Liberty Square. When she opened the door and saw the polished floors and shiny appliances, she burst into tears.
Her rent remains the same as it was before — $147 per month.
Her rent remains the same as it was before — $147 per month.
When the final three phases are finished by 2023, the $300M Liberty Square development will house a total of 1,455 units of all price ranges, from public housing to market rate. Six blocks of the site have been rezoned to allow for commercial components such as a Publix.
“This kind of innovative housing solution will be the only way to solve the housing affordability crisis that we are currently facing,” said Albert Milo, president of Related Urban Development Group, which partnered with Miami-Dade County on the project.
Read the full story here: hrld.us/2Xnm4Xe
And check out our #PricedOutofParadise series on Miami's growing housing crisis: hrld.us/2XfblOs
