COUNTY 

Miami Community News 

Miami-Dade County expands Emergency Rental Assistance Program  

Residents earning up to 140% of the area median income can now qualify for rental assistance. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced the expansion of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP).   

 

Miami’s Community News 

County commissioner urges Florida Legislature to approve protections for HOA communities  

Miami-Dade County District 11 Commissioner Roberto J. Gonzalez sponsored legislation that passed at the Tuesday, Mar. 7, County Commission meeting, which urges the Florida Legislature to enact House Bill 919 and Senate Bill 1114 to strengthen laws against fraud and mismanagement by Homeowner Associations (HOA) and enhance protections for HOA communities. 

 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

WLRN  

Florida Senate President’s priority: Easing affordable housing crisis  

Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, in an exclusive interview with the Florida Roundup, said her ambitious $711 million proposal to alleviate the state’s affordable housing crisis includes financial incentives to developers to build apartments in strip shopping centers and other commercial areas. 

 

CYBER SECURITY 

Route-Fifty  

ChatGPT Could Make Phishing More Sophisticated  

The latest version’s greater “steerability” allows users to vary the style and tone of generated text to make scams even harder to detect. 

 

 

AROUND THE COUNT(R)Y 

The Hill 

Texas legislature could strip cities of local authority  

The Texas legislature is debating a pair of bills that would strip cities and counties of the right to set policy on a wide array of environmental, safety and discrimination issues.