A plan to relocate Miami’s homeless population to a small island is set to be paused after an outcry from both residents and local officials.
The “transition zone” that was looking at building 100 tiny homes on the northeastern end of the Virginia Key has now been put on ice for at least six months, according to the Miami Herald.
That’s after the news of the proposed site drew the ire of cyclists, park goers, business operators and wealthy residents from Fisher Island who live across the water.
“You’re taking the chronically homeless, shelter resistant population, bringing them to an isolated area, removing them from everything they know, providing only mobile services and pretty much isolating them on an island two miles from the nearest roadway,” the owner of an outdoor center told WSVN.