12 / 11 / 2007
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Repeal of the Cap: Legislative Priority Number One for 2007...
12 / 11 / 2007
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The number one priority for housing advocates during the 2007 legislative session was to prevent the cap on state and local housing trust funds from going into effect. Unfortunately, we never came close
09 / 11 / 2007
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It was our statewide annual conference theme, supported by our state’s Chief Financial Officer in her keynote speech, and the Secretary of the Florida Department of Community Affairs in his state of the state address
12 / 11 / 2006
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The Florida Housing Coalition’s 2006 statewide affordable housing conference drew more than 650 housing advocates together to address Florida’s housing crisis in the context of effective advocacy. Many thanks to all of you who participated in the 2006 conference, either as Partners for Better Housing, presenters, participants, or any c...
12 / 11 / 2006
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Affordable housing has moved front and center for the 2006 Legislative Session. In addition to the movement for full funding and repeal of the cap, lawmakers from both parties have filed a variety of affordable housing bills. More than twenty housing bills were filed by the start of the legislative session, in both houses and by both parties. Hous...
12 / 11 / 2006
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Was it a good session? Was it a bad session? It was the session that we should have seen all the money in the state and local housing trust funds appropriated for affordable housing. That did not happen. In fact less than half of the monies which should and could have been used to fund our existing programs such as SHIP and SAIL will be made avail...
12 / 11 / 2005
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Florida can boast the best housing trust fund in the nation. But we are steadily and quickly losing ground in the fight for first time home ownership, housing our essential first-responder workforce, and providing for our most vulnerable citizens
12 / 11 / 2005
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four hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004 damaged more than 700,000 homes. For many of the affected Floridians, the markets will respond naturally to meet the housing needs that the storms created. Those families had appropriate levels of insurance and are able to pay for or finance the necessary repairs or rebuilding efforts, or they can find suit...
