MIAMI—Related Urban and Miami-Dade County officials are bringing a new affordable housing project to market. Collins Park Public Housing Development aims at Miami's elderly population. The grand opening was Tuesday.

“This is an example of Miami-Dade County continuing to work hard and being creative in preparing solutions to improve our public housing communities,” says Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez. “This success should serve as a model to address aging public housing throughout the country.”

The State of Florida awarded $100 million to the public-private partnership to preserve and create over 800 units for low-income seniors at 3625 Northwest 20 Avenue. Related was originally awarded 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit funding in the Florida Housing Finance Corporation 2011 Universal Application Cycle to build Collins Park Apartments as an elderly affordable housing development.

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