Housing Committee - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, June 9, 2026Official site

The Miami-Dade Housing Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Action Plan funding recommendations, allocating over $12 million in Community Development Block Grant funds and other housing program funds. Public comment largely focused on concerns about affordable housing, the Area Median Income calculation, and the sale of public land to private developers.

About this meeting

Government Body
Housing Committee
Meeting Type
Housing Committee
Location
Miami-Dade County, FL
Meeting Date
June 9, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

22 sections

0:44 – 2:34•Marleine Bastien

Thank you. Please rise for prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Bow your heads, please. Dear Lord, Unite our hearts and reveal to us your great purpose. Help us in all our endeavors and grant us the strength, the courage, the wisdom, the love to serve all the residents of Miami-Dade County. Leave us not to ourselves, dear Lord. Guide our steps by the light of your knowledge. Chill our hearts by your love and shower us with your blessings. Keep us safe in your embrace today and always. We ask all this in your name, dear Lord, as we all say, amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U

2:45•Marleine Bastien

Okay. All right. Thank you. Which one was that?

7:38 – 8:00•Marleine Bastien

Thank you, Madam Holmes. Amanda Lloyd. Tashiba Franklin. Charles Radford. Please give your name address for the record. And you have 2 minutes.

9:03 – 9:18•Marleine Bastien

You did. Okay. Go ahead. Hold on. I don't see. Brittany Williams. Okay. I see it.

11:45•Marleine Bastien

Sir, state your name, address for the record.

12:13 – 12:36•Marleine Bastien

Thank you Sir. Jane Jackson. Valencia Gunder. Vance McTaggart. I apologize if I. No, sir. Thank you so much. Two minutes. You have two minutes, ma'am.

14:54•Marleine Bastien

Please state your name and address for the record.

17:32•Marleine Bastien

Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. State your name and address for the record.

18:25•Marleine Bastien

Sir, did you fill out a card? Because I don't have your name.

18:36•Marleine Bastien

We don't have a card from you, sir. You mind feeling one out? Yes, I did. You did.

18:51 – 19:04•Marleine Bastien

All right, sir. Thank you so much. Myra Passamore. Passamore. Thank you. Fence McTaggart and Terrell Washington.

19:20•Marleine Bastien

Ma'am, please just state your address again because there is a different address here.

19:49•Marleine Bastien

Yes. Okay, no problem. I'll update it. If you give it to me now.

22:34 – 22:57•Marleine Bastien

Yes. Anyone else wishes to speak? All right. Please approach. Please make sure that he has a card, please. You have two minutes, sir. State your name and address for the record.

24:55•Marleine Bastien

Thank you. Reasonable opportunities now closed. Madam attorney.

25:30 – 25:45•Marleine Bastien

I have a second on one and second, then all in favor. All right. So does anyone wish to bifurcate any of the items except for one G one, which is a public hearing item. Okay. Seeing no one.

25:47•Kionne L. McGhee

Madam chair, I move the remaining of the agenda with the exception of one G one.

26:34 – 27:29•Marleine Bastien

Thank you. Public hearing on 1G1 is now open. Anyone? Oh, so we have one card. So I'm going to call your name. There is one card, all right. When I call your name, please approach and then state your address for the record, your name and address for the record. Theo Kalantzakis? Sorry, if I... No, he also wants to speak to 1G1. Do you wish to speak on 1G1, sir? Theo? Ah, okay, so that was a mistake. All right, thank you so much. Anyone else who wishes to speak on 1G1? So you didn't fill out a card.

27:33•Marleine Bastien

All right. You can state your name and then you can fill it out.

29:37 – 29:52•Marleine Bastien

Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. You're welcome. Anyone else on 1G1? Seeing none, public hearing is now closed. Any of my colleagues wishes to say something? Okay. All right. Move by.

29:56 – 30:11•Marleine Bastien

All right. All right. Now, Madam Clerk, call the roll. Oh, I didn't close it? Okay. Public hearing is now closed. I thought I said it. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.

30:31•Marleine Bastien

Anything else for my, all right, second, meeting adjourned. Thank you all.

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