{"id":14117,"date":"2025-12-11T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14117"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T01:00:42","slug":"democratic-miami-mayor-elect-city-is-tip-of-the-spear-on-affordability-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=14117","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Miami mayor-elect: City is \u2018tip of the spear\u2019 on affordability crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7.jpg 705w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins (D) vowed to get straight to work upon taking office on Wednesday, saying the city is \u201cat the tip of the spear\u201d of affordability concerns in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Higgins defeated Republican Emilio Gonzalez by 19 points in Tuesday\u2019s mayoral runoff, marking another victory for Democrats after successes in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe city has to get to work, become more efficient, be more modern in how it embraces technology,\u201d she told reporters at a press conference. \u201cThe affordability crisis, we are the tip of the spear in America. We\u2019ve got to build more affordable housing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Miami, a city of roughly 487,000 residents as of last year, the cost of living is 21 percent higher than the national average, according to Payscale, a compensation software and data company. The cost of housing, meanwhile, is 59 percent higher than the national average, while the cost of utilities and groceries are 5 and 11 percent higher than the national mean, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The median home price in the city is more than $823,000, while the median rent is more than $2,400 per month and the average monthly energy bill costs nearly $218, according to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mehdi Hasan blasts Tony Dokoupil pick to anchor CBS Evening News | RISING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of the Miami-Dade County Commission from 2018 until this year, Higgins is set to be sworn in later this month. While she is technically the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami since Xavier Suarez in 1997, former Mayor Manny Diaz (I), who served from 2001-09, was the chair of the Florida Democratic Party from 2021-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) had endorsed Gonzalez in the lead-up to the race. 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