Miami Mayor Francis Suarez highlights economic growth indicators for Miami at the All-In Summit.
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Suarez: Miami can become first major US city with zero homelessness
“We want to be the first major American city to have zero homeless, and we think we can get there.”
Assertion Partly supported
Suarez: Miami has lowest unemployment and highest wage growth in US
“We have the lowest unemployment in America. We have the highest median wage growth in America. We, I lowered taxes to the lowest level in history, and we've seen a 140% growth in nine years.”
Assertion Partly supported
Suarez: Miami lowered taxes while tripling city budget to $1.5B
“I lowered taxes to the lowest level in history, and I took the city in 2009 as a councilman out of bankruptcy. So I got it in bankruptcy. We decided this is sort of the doge before doge. We decided not to raise taxes. We cut costs. We cut, you know, we didn't …”
Assertion Partly supported
Miami reduced homelessness by 90% using a decentralized treatment network
“We reduce homelessness by about 90% with that network.”
Assertion Supported
Suarez: Miami unsheltered homelessness dropped to 11-year low of 546
“So, in homeless specifically, we are at an eleven-year low. We did our census, we do two census a year. We do one in January, one in the summer, and our January census had us at an eleven-year low at 546 homeless, unsheltered homeless in the entire city of Mia…”
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Suarez: Miami on track for record-low homicides under 24 in 2025
“Last year we had 27. OK, we had 220 in 1980. This year we're trending below the 24. So we may this may be the safest year in the history recorded history of Miami.”