The affordable housing issue in Miami-Dade and South Florida has been well documented in several recent studies authored by the Jorge M. Pérez Florida International University (FIU) Metropolitan Center. The pre-COVID Affordable Housing Needs Assessments for the Tri-counties documented excessive housing distress, especially for low- and very low-income renters. Lower-income renters comprise the vast majority of service workers in the industry sectors most impacted by the pandemic, including Accommodation and Food Services, Retail and Healthcare and Social Assistance.