As the Sea Rises and Rents Triple, Miami’s Black Neighborhoods Are Disappearing

Climate Gentrification Is Hitting Miami’s Black Neighborhoods Hard

As sea-level rise makes once-desirable neighborhoods untenable, Black Miami residents face rising rents and land grabs.

As the Sea Rises and Rents Triple, Miami’s Black Neighborhoods Are Disappearing

This is the second story in a series on “climate gentrification.” Support for this series was provided by The Neal Peirce Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting journalism on ways to make cities and their larger regions work better for all people. MIAMI — By the time Latonya Floyd came outside, the photographer’s lens was already pointed toward her family’s home.  There was “no knock, no hello,” she said. When she asked wha…