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The City of South Miami has achieved a milestone in the fight against homelessness, reaching what experts call “Functional Zero” for chronic homelessness — a designation that signals a community has effectively ended the cycle of long-term homelessness.

The announcement follows the latest biannual census conducted on Aug. 22 by the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust, the county-funded agency charged with addressing homelessness. The preliminary survey counted only three individuals experiencing homelessness within South Miami — the lowest number recorded in recent history. Past surveys have reported as many as 15 to 20 individuals. Final numbers from the census will be released later this year.

While point-in-time counts are not exact, they rem

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