Sea Levels Are Rising In Miami, Turning Little Haiti Into Hot Property | AJ+ 

First comes the coffee shops, next people walking yorkies down the street next you don’t belong there because you look suspicious........

We Haitians in other communities in Florida, New York, Boston, Georgia and elsewhere need to look into investing in Little Haiti. A lot of us or our relatives came out of there when we left home and only Haitians can keep the culture of Little Haiti alive.p

Climate gentrification or white gentrification

I am a first generation American from Little Haiti. My mom has a salon on 59th that I grew up in my entire life. I’m in college now and every time I come back I see something new. First it’s the city bikes, then the new fitness studios, and rooftops bars. I feel like a tourist and it’s not the same little Haiti I know. How I grew up, there were tons of family owned businesses (dry cleaners, laundry, etc) and now they’re slowly declining. My old church, La Foi Apostolic, was bought out and forced to move a few years ago. As a first hand native, all of this sickens me.

I’ve been living in the neighborhood for over 10 years and everything is true . My neighbor sold his property to someone and he didn’t do his home work his propert was actually TWO properties and the real estate agent didn’t notify him .instead she sold the house and split it in 2 to make double the cash .

Certain people have been doing nothing stealing land and ripping people off of their culture for hundreds of years,sad this is still going on.its sickening.

This angers me so much

Poor Mr. Aimé those predatory realtors need to have some respect. It is not their place to tell a home owner that they need to leave.

Commissioner carry meek, spoke about this 10 years ago and she stated to everyone who are home owners and businesses owners not to sell" and it has come to pass... she said it!

Yup, exactly! Within the past 10 years, new clubs already popped up there, which was not there before. The Carribbean art by Haitians there are beautiful. Next place to be gentrified will be little Havana.

If your not planning on leaving this country, then do this: Buy back the block, Buy bacc the blocc

Whats so funny is my family and I were in Miami a few weeks ago and we visited Little Haiti when, out of nowhere, my dad said something to the effect of "This is such a beautiful culture. They wont be able to survive here much longer" ...My mom and I just kinda got quiet with confusion until the weight of that statement blew over but damn it if he wasnt right. Smh

The city leaders and developers are sickening. They lie. And the Magic City development is the worst!!!

They doing this in fort Lauderdale as well in the black community

Practice group economics. Pool your money and buy a shopping plaza, an apartment complex, or a block of houses. Stop being a tenant. If you don't own anything you don't have a voice.

This is happening all over South Florida from Palm Beach to Florida city. Soon enough we will have nowhere to live. So sad.

its happening here in ft.lauderdale Florida to its not just Haitians its about being black,color or whatever u wont to call it but we have to keep fighting our father above have us

This is very true my older brother bought a few large lots in Little Haiti/ Wynwood in 2008 totaling about 300k at the time. And today because of rapid gentrification the lots alone are worth 5M+ . I think the greatest hedge against gentrification in the long run if possible is ownership. The main issue is for many persons the entry level cost of home ownership is often far too high varying on the area and cost of living

DO NOT TOUCH LIL HAITI NOR LIL HAVANA IT BELONGS TO GOD AND HIS PEOPLE.

Great Content, great topic, great documentation. Thanks AJ+

I’m from Miami Overtown and it a high rise on every corner

Educate yourselves fast! It's not just a white thing! Foreign investors from China are pricing people out of Toronto!

If you do not sell, they will take. Eminent Domain.

This is going on everywhere in the US especially in the Black community. We must pull our resources together and push ownership.

How can haitians outside Miami in Canada and new york help?

This needs to be heard to be stopped.

Put up all these raggedy highrise apartments that are not gonna get full residency and building pools on top of them that leak. The Stupidy!!

Little Haiti is in prime real estate that is undervalued. Nothing to do with sea level rise.

I remember in the mid 90's when they did this on "Sistrunk Blvd" N.W. 6th ave in Fort Lauderdale.

Very important & insightful topic! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹

They have done enough in south Beach, now the sea rise against them...... Haitians don't need to cry for a bread, while they will have ownership of the whole bakery.... We know the nations are tripping, four corners.

These new "affordable" apartments are what they are: the projects. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Smh.

Great content and a great subject. This gentrification is going on all over Dade County in Black communities.

The Gee Money/Blvd Quick murals is definitely New Orleans. Got to do your research. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

I've lived in Little Haiti and I am not Haitian, I am Hispanic. I loved my time there even and it saddens me that is is under the threat of a seemingly stoppable force (gentrification, private development, displacement of long-established communities). They will need all the help they can get to fight this, and even then it seems like the toughest fight they have yet to face. This is happening all over Miami :( Soon we'll just be a tourist destination and the history will be lost.

Would be very nice to see all the wealthy Haitians or Haitians in general to invest and build up back Haiti like their doing in Miami it's a quick reminder Miami is not really your home but some people believe in building someone else's house and that's not good

i feel there pain i am a home owner and i get people who want to buy my home all the time they just don't stop no respect at all

I've been to Haiti. You guys know how to come together.

SOUND LIKE BROOKLYN ! WE ALL BLACK PEOPLE GOT TO STICK TOGETHER !

Im from miami and when i saw that they were rebuilding in the hood and making things look nice i already knew what time it was

First they went after Little Havana. Now they are in Little Haiti. It is so sad.

It's called a land grab! They even changed the name to Magic City. Wherever you see that word "Magic", remember it's only magical for the elites.

I am fighting the same situation now I own a condo they kept sending us a letter to sell we refuse now they are charging us $ 8000 for special assessment we need help

Where do all these rich people who are doing this to the poorer communities come from? Maybe the Liberal strongholds of NY, NJ... You would think they would be more sympathetic.

The mistake these people make, is that they 'rent' instead of 'buy'. So when the developers come in, they virtually have no power.

Gentrification is happening In every major uS city

Happened to Stamford CT.

Insane, luxury housing only for the happy few, what's wrong with with the system 😕🙏

Real Talk

Respect my Haitian people please!! All is love from 🇧🇸

Time to run for a local office to have some say! I would bet not many are politicians!

Why they even bother. The elevation won't help once the real hurricane season starts. They will need at least 10-20 feet elevation to be safe for a mild sea surge. When severe hurricane season comes, Whole Miami pretty much under water.

I watched it happen in Washington D.C. - Baltimore, MD will be next

The native people was forced out, since 1500's

What would be the point of moving there if the rest of the city is flooded? If anything,they should lease out the land for big money.

if I was them I wouldn't sell yet, wait till the shit really hits the fan in about 20, 30 years, those properties are going to be priceless. I wait till then and work out royalty deal.

Doing same shit in Nashville they were gentrify any way

They need to come together as a community and have a meeting. Talk about the situation.

Y’all should have did one this about Richmond Virginia

Interesting fact. Not all white Americans are rich. We are working class to. And we are feeling the pressure of no affordable housing in Miami to. It's like I'm being told I can work in Miami but I can't live in Miami. It's really bad here in South Florida

I used to live in lil Haiti. That magic city development is abandoned now it’s just empty. Plus that area is nothing but high violence crime and drug dealing. Trust me ALOT of murders

That's how they did Wnywood. Happening to Little Havana, and now Little Haiti. Crazy.

Predominantly-white millennials have gentrified much of downtown and inner-cities, driving up living costs for predominantly black locals who are then forced to move to more affordable suburbs. The resulting demographic shift has led to tensions between black and white neighbors.

Stop isolating it to a specific culture, they are doing this to all black people everywhere, it’s always been open season for black all round this earth.

I love Haiti and Haitians. My wife is Haitian and has a great family

This is happening here in St.Pete,FL.

they doing this in TORONTO ONTARIO TOO

This is a true sign we are going to experience a major market crash. For us rich people to buy up this land

This is real life Step Up 4: Miami Heat right here.

I think this video is partially incorrect, people are moving there because of higher ground but mainly because wynwood is near by and it is a growing part of Miami so stores want to expand.

Born and raised in Miami, little Haiti is in excess of 5-7 miles from our beach or ocean.. we miamians don’t see anything different about the sea level

where my zoes at???? i was raised there in da 90s

I'm born and raised in miami. I can tell you it's not the rising waters.. it's the rising population that is buying out more Nd more affordable areas to turn in to luxury apartments. The places on the coastal lines are just fine. Prices arent dropping. At 3mm rise a year, there is alot of time...

My childhood was spent in Lil Haiti 🥰🥰🥰 I miss home so much!!!! I miss the food.

This is crazy I live in Charlotte NC and we are seeing the beginning of this....or is this all a "Black" trail of tears?

Terrible how when those with more funds want to take over an area...they do just that with no regards to the lives that are already there.

The entire west coast and Hawaii is facing this as we speak. Vegas is next on the list.

Haitian people finding out they are black 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So they're only going to allow people of Haitian descent to live in that affordable housing apartment mentioned near the end of the video? That is also a form of discrimination in itself, especially if you're low income and not Haitian.

I knew that little Haiti was gentrified when they opened a panther coffee there.

Can't get comfortable and think things gonna stay the same!

the bad thing is we cannot get anyone to help us

This is the once in a lifetime opportunity all the founding families of Little Haiti have to get out of poverty, get advisors & sell their properties at abnormal rates & move their culture to a different area where they can re-establish themselves with much, much better quality of life, education for their children, health care & more! Do not paint this as a tragedy. The reality is the man who received all those letters is the smartest of us all, “they pay small money & make big money”... once they pay him big money to make big money he’ll smile his way to his new home!

Haitians aren't the local culture Americans are the local culture

Did it to the Scotts & da Beans and now lil Hati

Gentrification is always at the cost of black and brown lives. Why not do this to lil Cuba?? We know why

Developers better provide Long Term Good Paying Jobs and Benefits for the Locals. Also, include Haitian Small Shops into their Retail Spaces so the owners can continue with their business and gain new clientele as well. Lastly, Developers should contribute to More Affordable Housing Complexes for the Locals. Much Blessings to All Involved and Effected by Change.

You have to own your property, real estate is the number 1 way to grow your wealth in the United States every black person should be educated on real estate

They doing that in Tampa also

The people here should talk to each other, find out how much their land is currently worth, go to the banks together as a group and say they want to sell at double the going rate. My guess, this climate gentrification will result in a whole lot of new multimillionaires walking out of the bank. Meantime, Miami looks destined to be the first city to go underwater, our own New Atlantis. - www.miaminewtimes.com/news/dutch-sea-level-rise-expert-miami-will-be-the-new-atlantis-a-city-in-the-sea-7628340

The biggest problem is not enough regulation for real estate. Investors hoarding "residential" houses

9:01 that pastor from walking dead was Haitian 💀😂😂😂. 👀👀👀

You realize in life if u want something done u have to fight for it everything u have to fight for freindship companship jobs but the sad thing is your own neighbors are against u its not even the so called oppresors.

this is from a black American the more they build these condominiums in Florida the more is going to sink ,,,, it's too much weight these people already know that s*** anyway

Stay strong Hatians....keep fighting....we love your strenght

Gentrification, new word made up for this project. These big bankers do this type of stuff all over the world, force the sheeple to low level areas where just a few know how to swim then flood the area. So, Just get ready to move sheeple because you will see fake laws changing daily in the bankers favor until they get what they want from you. Their sales pitch is always the same, better housing for the sheeple which always turn out to be the projects, more job opportunities which always turns out too, hiring sheeple from other states because the contractors are cheaper, and the sheeple that lives in the area will still be out of work they won't be qualified or lacking in the skills they need when the project takes off. Then after the project is finished it won't be easy for the so called poor sheeple to move back in that area to live and thrive because the price will be double to pay, the idea is to get you out and keep you out of that area.

Culture is a Destination Point at other parts of the world!!!!!

Always try to buy the property that way they can not gentrify . Simple. Sorry for the loss. It’s things they don’t teach us on purpose, but we have to educate ourselves on real estate.

Sell now. Greenland will melt, that’s 18 ft sea level rise. The Thiel Glacier adds +10ft. The entire state will be underwater, so buyers are fools. If you cash out, help your kids move someplace safe. (We love Haitian people here in Washington)

This is how the homeless crisis we’re seeing now happened. Force out low income people to places they cannot afford to live to make room for “new development”