When sea levels rise, so does your rent - BBC News

Residents of an area of high ground in Miami say developers are pricing them out of their homes.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsClimateImage caption, Renita Holmes has been displaced four times in the past three years by rising rentsBy Harriet Orrell & Natalia ZuoBBC 100 WomenWith sea levels rising around the globe, Miami, in the US state of Florida, is facing an urgent need to adapt. As property investors turn their gaze inland, away from the exclusive low-lying beach area, residents in one poorer neighbourhood further above sea level say rising rents are forcing them out.

"It's a beautiful place, and developers are selling this tropical lifestyle," says housing activist Renita Holmes.

"So, they build up and everybody moves to Miami, and we get moved out."

Ms Holmes lives in Little Haiti, a neighbourhood situated five miles inland from the luxurious Miami Beach.

Walking through the area's colourful streets you will hear Creole being spoken as you breathe in the rich smells of Caribbean cooking.

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