WHERE, EXACTLY?
Following comments by Miami-Dade Homeless Trust Chairman Ron Book in The Miami Times that there are “plenty” of places where a person subject to Miami-Dade’s 2,500-foot residency restrictions can live, FAC has written to the Homeless Trust with a simple question: Where are they?
We’re asking the Trust to identify the housing it says is available, and to explain what the Trust has done, or plans to do, to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness because of these restrictions.
We’re also pushing back on the suggestion that FAC’s data should be “taken with a grain of salt.” The data we cited comes directly from the Homeless Trust’s own data and FDLE’s registry data—not data created by FAC. If the numbers are wrong, tell us which numbers are wrong and why. If there really are “plenty” of places to live, tell us where they are.
We also copied all the Miami-Dade Commissioners and the Miami Field Office Director of HUD (since the federal government just granted the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust $12,000,000).
It’s time for the government and agencies responsible for addressing this problem to answer some very basic questions.
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I’ve also heard this fairy tale before: “there are plenty of jobs out there for people on the registry.” This is only half true. Finding one is like winning a gold medal. Keeping one? You’re mouse clip and swipe away from being fired.
$12,000,000 to the homeless trust. I really would like to see a federal audit of where all that money goes.
this is pathetic…
https://politicalcortadito.com/2026/02/24/homeless-trust-101-ron-book-webinar-mallette/
Blank forms???
https://www.homelesstrust.org/resources-homeless/library/attachment-8-financial-information-worksheet.pdf
I am not the first to ask this question
https://www.facebook.com/61573650625144/posts/-25-million-in-administrative-salaries-but-who-was-watching-the-moneyaccording-t/122203172786788354/
Just 2 days ago…
https://voz.us/en/society/261006/39702/miami-former-executive-accused-of-embezzling-1-2-million-intended-for-the-homeless.html
Even if Book did not claim to know, his failure to know should be enough to oust him.
Could executive embezzlement be standard operating procedure for the MD HT?
Excellent letter. Of course, Book will not answer any questions because that may mean he has to do something positive. If he received $12,000,000 for his slush fund, too bad we can’t have his files opened for investigation. My bet is that a good portion of that money went to his daughter’s re-election fund through some back door.
I doubt he will answer.
We don’t expect a response. But when we sue, they can never say they were not aware of the issue or that it’s not a problem.
We’ve sued.
No, they cannot say that. We have letters to them going back decades. This lawsuit is the culmination of 15 years of advocacy, so if there’s any push back that they were not aware, there’s plenty to prove otherwise.