Miami-Dade Weighs a $10 Million Right at Home Plan to Keep 1,000 Households From Losing Their Homes
A county agenda item would combine $7 million from Destination: Home with $3 million in food and beverage tax funding for homeless prevention - flexible financial help and case management for at least 1,000 at-risk households over three years.
Miami-Dade County is weighing a $10 million bet on stopping homelessness before it starts. An agenda item before the Board of County Commissioners would ratify the Homeless Trust's request for applications for homeless prevention providers under the Right At Home initiative, combining a $7 million grant from Destination: Home with $3 million in county food and beverage tax funding, according to the county's October 20 agenda memorandum.
The system the money would build is targeted prevention: rapid, flexible financial assistance paired with holistic case management for households at the greatest and most imminent risk of losing their housing. The county documents say it will serve at least 1,000 eligible households over a three-year period, with a grant period running from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029, and providers competitively solicited - the Homeless Trust issued its request for applications in June 2026.
Miami-Dade is one of just 10 pilot sites nationally in the Right at Home initiative, the county announced in February, working from a prevention model developed by Destination: Home in Santa Clara County, California. The agenda item was prepared by the Homeless Trust at the request of prime sponsor Commissioner Marleine Bastien. The premise, in the county's own framing, is intervening earlier - helping families hold their housing instead of paying for shelters and crisis services after it is lost.
