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The City of Miami took ownership of the building in 2005 and planned to demolish it to the ground, until activists convinced the city to back off. Some fear it could be happening again.

Ben Crump’s career intertwines with some of the most hotly contested episodes in recent U.S. history.

On the South Florida Roundup, we spoke to a recent Haitian migrant and Paul Christopher Namphy, of the Family Action Network Movement, about the difficult reality for sponsor families and migrants once they reach Florida — and how the Biden administration's new immigration policy could exacerbate those stresses.

Over a 50-year career, Ruvin — known to many today as Miami-Dade's Clerk of Courts — left a mark on many things that impact Miami-Dade residents every day. "A fearless leader and a true public servant," said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

As another busy year comes to a close, here is a glimpse at 2022 through the lens of WLRN. Read — or re-read — some of our most powerful stories and the ones that brought us the most joy this year.

On this episode of The Florida Roundup, we looked back at some of the biggest stories we covered in 2022, as well as impactful recent reporting from WLRN and throughout the state.

Aging buildings across the city are increasingly being given demolition orders, a WLRN investigation finds. Among these are some of the last bastions of affordable housing. Some compare the new demolition policy to a totalitarian government — while others also point out the city's coffers could stand to benefit from it.

Florida’s District 27 — which covers broad parts of Miami-Dade County, stretching from Miami’s Little Havana to South Dade — is up in the air, with incumbent Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar and Democratic State Senator Annette Taddeo battling out for the seat. WLRN spoke to Taddeo about affordability issues, Cuba, foreign policy and campaign accusations. Salazar did not respond to requests for an interview.

As the immigration detention system flourished since the 1980s, it led to the creation of the private prison industry. The last episode of WLRN's podcast Detention By Design looks at the inextricable links between the two, and how, in turn, the picture has gone full circle in 2022, leaving us in a place very similar to the early days of Haitian and Cuban arrivals in Florida.

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has proposed a budget that includes about $500 million in housing programs, with $85 million in new strategic funding to address the housing crisis. In an interview with WLRN, she outlines its various programs aimed at the issue and says the affordable housing pressure from migration into Miami could be turned into an "opportunity".