IT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER, BUT EVENTUALLY MADE ITS WAY TO THE LAUNCH PAD.
>> ON THE HEELS OF PRESIDENT
BIDEN SIGNING INTO LAW THE
SWEEPING AND HISTORIC BILL
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE,
WE’RE GETTING A SOBERING
FORECAST BY SCIENTISTS ABOUT
DEADLY EXTREME HEAT THAT WILL
SOON BECOME THE NORM AROUND
THE WORLD.
>> WE’RE FEELING IT IN SOUTH
FLORIDA MEETING THIS CHALLENGE
HEAD-ON WITH A PROGRAM TO HELP
OUR MOST VULNERABLE SURVIVE
THOSE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES
AND OTHER EFFECTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE.
KEEP SAFE FLORIDA IS TONIGHT’S
DON’T TRASH OUR TREASURE.
>> THE HEAT IS ON.
>> WE’RE TALKING ABOUT ALL
TIME RECORDS.
TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT LOOKS LIKE
IT’S GOING NOWHERE THIS WEEK.
RECORD HIGHS SCORCHING OUR
PLANET THIS SUMMER.
THE FORECAST FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
IS DAUNTING WITH PROJECTED
HEAT INDICES OF 105.
>> WE’RE GONNA SEE THAT
ACCELERATING, PARTICULARLY IF
WE KEEP EMITTING MORE HEAT
TRAPPING GASES INTO THE
ATMOSPHERE.
MAKING SURE THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN IS THE GOAL OF KEEP SAFE FLORIDA.
>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR UNITS. >> RUSSO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR A NON-PROFIT THAT OWNS AND
OPERATES A 60 UNIT COMPLEX IN
LIBERTY CITY THAT IS NOW BEING
FORTIFIED.
>> THIS NEW LANDLORD OWNS FOUR UNITS AT THIS MIAMI RIVER HOME BUILT IN 1926.
IT NEEDS WORK AND KEEP SAVE
FLORIDA IS HELPING HIM.
>> YOU’RE GONNA GET A LOT OF
INSIGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO
TO THE PROPERTY.
AND IF YOU FOLLOW THROUGH AND
ARE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES, IT’S A WIN-WIN.
>> TIME IS TICKING.
>> TIME IS INDEED TICKING.
JUST TO UNDERSCORE THE URGENCY
IN ALL THIS, WE’RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF A HOUSING CRISIS
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
IF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT WERE
TO HIT AND HOUSING GOES DOWN,
MANY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE
NOWHERE TO GO.
IF YOU’RE AN OWNER OR LANDLORD
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION,
CLICK ON THAT QR CODE AND IT
WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE
DON’T TRASH OUR TREASURE
SECTION ON Local10.com.
AND IT’S FREE.
>> THAT BEGS THE QUESTION
THEN, IF IT’S FREE FOR THE
TENANT OR THE OWNERS, HOW IS
IT FUNDED?
>> THE MAJORITY COMES FROM HUD
FUNDING, BUT THE CITY OF MIAMI
AND THE COUNTY HAVE SET ASIDE
MONEY EARMARKED TO SUPPORT