Miami Beach Commissioner Monica Matteo-Salinas will hold a public town hall on affordable housing Sept. 15, giving residents a dedicated forum as the commission prepares to vote on major housing proposals this fall.

The event, listed on the city’s calendar, is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. in City Hall’s Commission Chambers, 1700 Convention Center Drive. Residents who cannot attend in person can join via Zoom.

The town hall comes during a busy stretch for housing policy on the Beach. The commission is scheduled to take up Commissioner David Suarez’s proposal to allow up to 1,000 middle-income apartments along Washington Avenue between Fifth and 17th streets at its Sept. 10 meeting, after the item was adjourned without a vote July 22. That same night, commissioners voted 8-0 to defer the transfer of 530 Meridian Ave., a 34-unit senior affordable housing building, to Miami-Dade County until Oct. 14 amid a dispute over county oversight.

Matteo-Salinas, the commission’s newest member after winning a December 2025 runoff for the Group 1 seat, made affordability a centerpiece of her campaign. In a November 2025 Miami Herald candidate questionnaire, she identified it as her top priority: “Low- and middle-income people are struggling, and there have to be ways that we can all collectively help our neighbors.”

The city’s population has dropped from a peak of 92,000 in 1990 to under 82,000, a decline the Herald attributed in part to high rents and a lack of non-luxury housing development.

Commissioner Tanya K. Bhatt has also pushed on the issue, sponsoring a referral in February to develop a 12-month Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing pilot program in North Beach, budgeted at up to $100,000.

No agenda or panelists have been announced. Residents can attend in person at City Hall or join via the Zoom link on the city’s event page. The next regular commission meeting is Sept. 10.