Leasing an apartment in Miami for $3,000 a month could soon come with a new benefit: county rent relief.
Under a proposed $10 million program by Miami-Dade County, landlords would receive about $167 a month toward lowering rents for about 4,500 apartments rented to middle-class residents.
Backers of the effort say it’s designed to help teachers, police officers and other middle-class workers who earn too much to qualify for most government housing aid but still are hurt by rising rents in one of the country’s least affordable housing markets.
