Land Access for Neighborhood Development – Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing

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LAND Tool is Govtech’s Innovation of the Month!

In GovTech.com’s “Civic Innovation” section this month they feature the LAND (Land Access for Neighborhood Development) tool, a mapping platform developed with CCS’ Software Engineering team for UM’s Office of Civic and Community Engagement that visualizes the distribution of Miami’s underused properties to help identify potential development opportunities for affordable housing. As part of a partnership with MetroLab, the GovTech feature is part of a segment called the “MetroLab Innovation of the Month” series, which highlights impactful tech, data, and innovation projects underway between cities and universities.
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Collaboration to Solve Affordable Housing Shortage

Sandwiched between two national parks, Miami-Dade County has a shortage of developable land, an intractable problem that puts affordable housing out of the reach of low- and moderate-income residents who already spend more than 70% of their income on housing and transportation. Or so the thinking goes. Read more →

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LAND Tool is Govtech’s Innovation of the Month!

Collaboration to Solve Affordable Housing Shortage