The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners is considering a new plan that would move homeless people into camps on a small island off the city’s Atlantic Coast.
Virginia Key, home to bike trails and a sewage plant, is the newest location being weighed for city-sponsored homeless encampments. The Board of County Commissioners will be discussing the overall homeless movement plan on Thursday.
The Virginia Key proposal offers space for up to nine large tents, each of which could house 22 people. Each tent would provide air conditioning, bathrooms and showers for occupants. The current maximum plan would build seven out of nine tents with 154 rooms at an estimated cost of $1.