Rep. María Elvira Salazar Returns to Affordable Senior Housing Project to Ensure Federal Investment Is Delivering for South Florida Seniors
MIAMI, Fla. — U.S. Representative María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) today returned to the Flagler Affordable Senior Housing Project to review construction progress and ensure the $3.5 million in federal funding she secured is being transformed into affordable homes for South Florida seniors.
Construction is well underway on the six-story development, which will provide 60 affordable one-bedroom apartments for low-income seniors, allowing longtime residents to remain in the community they spent a lifetime helping build. During today's walkthrough, Rep. Salazar met with the development team to receive a project update, review construction progress, and discuss the anticipated completion timeline.
"Housing affordability continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing South Florida," said Rep. Salazar. "That's why I've worked to bring federal resources back home, increase our housing supply, and support projects that make a real difference for families. Securing the funding is only the beginning. My responsibility is to make sure those dollars deliver exactly what was promised. Promises matter. Delivering on them matters even more."
The Flagler Affordable Senior Housing Project received $3.5 million in Community Project Funding secured by Rep. Salazar through the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process. Today's visit underscores her commitment not only to securing federal investments, but also to ensuring they produce tangible results for the communities they were intended to serve.
Watch Rep. Salazar's visit to the Flagler Affordable Senior Housing Project:(here)
Rep. Salazar's Record on Housing:
Addressing South Florida's housing affordability crisis has been one of Rep. Salazar's top priorities in Congress. Her work includes:
- Securing inclusion of her RESIDE Act in the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, the first major federal housing reform package in more than two decades. The RESIDE Act helps communities convert vacant and underutilized properties into new housing, expanding housing supply, revitalizing neighborhoods, and creating more affordable housing opportunities.
- Leading the bipartisan Making Condos Safer and Affordable Act, legislation that expands financing options for condominium associations and homeowners to complete critical structural and life-safety repairs while helping preserve safe and affordable homeownership.
- Securing $3.5 million in federal Community Project Funding for the Flagler Affordable Senior Housing Project, now under construction and set to provide 60 affordable apartments for low-income seniors in South Florida.
- Securing $1 million in federal funding for the West Miami Multigenerational Center, creating a new community hub that expands services and recreational opportunities for seniors, children, and families.
- Supporting the expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) to encourage the construction and preservation of affordable housing nationwide.
- Advocating for policies that increase housing supply, protect homeownership, and improve housing affordability for South Florida families.
Rep. Salazar has consistently argued that solving South Florida's housing affordability crisis requires more than rhetoric. It requires increasing housing supply, modernizing outdated housing policies, protecting homeowners, and ensuring federal investments are translated into real projects that improve people's lives.
"The work isn't finished when the funding is approved," Salazar said."It's finished when families move in, communities are strengthened, and taxpayers can see that their investment made a real difference. That's what accountability looks like, and that's what public service should be about."