Making Homeownership Attainable Again in West Kendall and South Dade
Across the United States, housing affordability has become one of the most pressing challenges facing families. In South Florida, that challenge is especially difficult. Rising home prices, limited supply, and a lack of housing options between luxury homes and rentals have made it harder than ever for working families to achieve the American Dream.
West Kendall and South Dade are feeling these pressures firsthand.
City Park was planned in direct response to this reality. At its core, City Park focuses on creating attainable housing options for residents at all stages of life and across a range of price points, so families can live, grow, and stay in the community they call home.
The Housing Affordability Challenge in South Dade
Miami-Dade County is experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Only about 3 percent of single-family homes listed in the county are priced under $400,000, down from roughly 30 percent just a few years ago. At the same time, townhomes, which are often the preferred option for working families seeking ownership at a more attainable price, make up just 6 percent of the county’s housing supply.
These conditions have created a widening gap between what families can afford and what is available.
City Park is designed to help close that gap.
A Wide Range of Attainable Housing Options
City Park will deliver up to 7,800 new homes, offering a diverse mix of housing types that reflect how people actually live today. Once infrastructure is in place, those homes will be phased in gradually over the next 8 to 10 years, helping ensure growth occurs responsibly over time.
The plan includes about 4,500 townhomes, representing the largest commitment to townhome living in West Kendall. For many families, townhomes provide the single-family lifestyle they want, with their own space and a true sense of homeownership, at a price that is more within reach.
City Park will also include multifamily and live-work housing, along with single-family homes, creating a community that supports young professionals, growing families, and longtime residents alike.
This range of housing choices is essential to addressing affordability in a meaningful way.
Workforce Housing That Supports the Community
City Park includes nearly 1,000 homes reserved as long-term workforce housing. These homes are intended for essential workers such as teachers, nurses, first responders, and others who play a critical role in the community but are often priced out of the areas they serve.
By aligning housing opportunities with local incomes, City Park helps ensure that the people who work in Miami-Dade County can also afford to live there.
Attainable Homes Paired With Nearby Jobs
Housing affordability is not just about the price of a home. It is also about the cost of daily life.
City Park pairs housing with nearby jobs, schools, services, and amenities. By reducing long commutes, residents save time and money on transportation, making monthly budgets more manageable and homeownership more realistic. In this way, City Park is designed not just to deliver housing, but to improve quality of life by bringing more of daily life closer to home.
When homes and jobs are closer together, affordability improves in real and lasting ways.
Keeping Families in West Kendall and South Dade
Between 2015 and 2022, Miami-Dade County lost an average of 31,000 residents per year to domestic out-migration. Many of those leaving were middle-income families who could not afford housing.
City Park helps address this challenge by delivering attainable homes and a complete community that gives families a reason and an opportunity to stay.
A Path Back to the American Dream
For generations, homeownership has been a foundation of stability and opportunity. Today, that goal feels out of reach for too many families in South Florida.
City Park offers a path forward by delivering attainable housing, diverse home types, and a community designed around everyday life.
By helping residents of West Kendall and South Dade achieve homeownership at a range of price points, City Park supports the American Dream and strengthens the future of the entire community.
