A hotel on U.S. 1 in Cutler Bay is still the best option for a homeless housing project that would serve mostly seniors, according to a memo from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava that has Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins and Cutler Bay Mayor Tim Meerbott a little unhappy.

The plan by the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust to transform the La Quinta Inn & Suites, 10821 Caribbean Blvd., into 107 studio apartments with kitchenettes, permanent housing for homeless individuals, first came before the county commission last December. Cohen Higgins got her colleagues to support a delay while the mayor’s office sought alternative sites, citing no outreach to the Cutler Bay community and the area’s future development.

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