STRUGGLE FOR MIAMIS AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INCORPORATED

Struggle for Miami's Affordable and Sustainable Housing (SMASH) is a community land trust building power for housing justice to make housing a human right in Miami. SMASH has a vision of a Miami free of slumlords and climate gentrification where housing is a human right. Our theory of change is that if we build enough community power behind a community designed Miami Housing Justice Agenda, then we can change any policy, create the necessary resources and attain housing justice for all Miamians. The Miami Housing Justice Agenda is a platform of values and policy proposals that if adopted, would fulfill SMASH's vision for a Miami where housing is a human right and everyone has a home. The agenda's values and policies are the product of four years of community engagement, research and best practices and is the product of a coalition of different community organizations and policy experts including Miami Homes for All, The Greater Miami Housing Alliance, Florida International University Metropolitan Center, University of Florida Shimberg Center, City of Miami Connect Capital Initiative, Homes for All National, Grassroots Global Justice, Climate Justice Alliance, Indigenous Environmental Network and Gulf South Green New Deal. Our goal is to get 1.5 Million Miami-Dade residents (half the county population) to pledge their support to the Miami Housing Justice Agenda by the year 2030. We build power for this goal through a power building ecosystem of five strategies consisting of tenant organizing, popular education, research and development of new construction technologies, Community Land Trusts and policy change. Mission: SMASH’s Mission is the creation of a Community Land Trust that will adequately address the needs of inner-city Miami residents affected by the symptoms of gentrification (slumlords, rising rents, lack of community control), and that is shaped, developed and implemented by those same residents.