Miami-Dade’s homeless population has reached a new record low, according to CBS4.

In total, there were just 919 unsheltered homeless in Miami-Dade as of August 2021, a countywide census showed.

The total homeless population in Miami-Dade, including both sheltered and unsheltered, stood at 3,355 – a 58% decrease compared to the 8,000 recorded in 1996, when records began.

The Miami area has one of the lowest per-capita homeless rates of any big U.S. city.

Miami-Dade’s overall population has also increased 29% over the past 25 years, so the homeless population drop is even bigger on a per-capita basis.

Miami-Dade has had a 1 percent tax on restaurant sales since 1993, of which 85 percent goes towards a homeless trust that helps get people off the street. It is the only place in the country with such a tax.

(source: thenextmiami.com)