Residents of Miami oppose building camps for homeless people over pilot program . A special island once home to Oprah Winfrey, Derek Jeter and Mel Brooks.
Miami-Dade County's 7th District sparked outrage after it quietly approved plans to build 50 to 100 miniature homes in the North Point Park section of Virginia Key Beach. rice field.
Residents are reportedly upset by the plan for a variety of reasons.
According to The Daily Beast, environmentalists believe encampments will destroy the island's fragile ecosystems, and recreationalists believe it will hinder their ability to spend time outdoors freely. 13} .
Homeless advocates also oppose the plan.
``You are chronically homeless and resistant to shelter. Taking people to a segregated area, excluding them from everything they know, offering only mobile services, and mostly isolating them on an island two miles away from the nearest Virginia Keys. Esther Alonso, owner of the outdoor center, told WSVN-TV.
Virginia Key, a largely isolated island, currently has Magnet Public High School and a wastewater treatment facility. The nearest grocery store is about 6 miles away.
We are also right next door to Key Biscayne and Fisher Island,home to some of the most expensive real estate in the country.
Celebrities who have purchased properties in these areas are Argentinian football icon Lionel Messi, actor Andy Garcia, pop star Cher, tennis legends Boris Becker and Andre Agassi, Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts, and Hockey star Pavel "Russian Rocket" Bure.
Hundreds of residents voiced their displeasure at his District 7 town hall meeting broadcast on Zoom Thursday.
"Are the homeless to be incarcerated illegal immigrants, or are homeless US citizens incarcerated first?" one resident wrote.
A commenter added: "If you're throwing tax dollars into not even taking care of US citizens, you need a complete refocus."
Another commenter said: A bunch of dummies.
"These 'little houses' don't have time anymore cried another City Hall attendee.
County officials voted him 3-2 to go ahead with the plan, but Virginia Commissioner Ken Russell, who opposes his key's so-called "transition zone," voted for Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. said it was "capable". Reject any action by the city committee.
"It's an embarrassment to the city," Russell told the Daily Beast.
"There is a sustained response from residents that 'do it over there, not here.' This is not only the wrong place for this idea, it is also the wrong solution."
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