Housing News Network, January 2007
Vol. 23, No. 1
CONTENTS
1-Repeal of the Cap: Legislative Priority Number One for 2007
4-The Sadowski Act SHIP Program: What’s Happening Now?
9-Aging Out Of Foster Care: What’s Happening NowSadowski State and Local Housing Trust Funds Provide Some Safety
15-Community Land Trusts The Property Tax Issue
16-The Florida Community Land Trust Institute
19-Community Workforce Housing Innovation Pilot Program: Successful Lift-Off
21-Florida Housing Coalition to Host ELI Housing Leadership Forum
27-Surplus Lands for Affordable Housing
28-SHIP Clips
From the Editor
In 2005, at the request of Governor Bush, the Florida Legislature enacted a cap on the amount of monies to be distributed into the state and local housing trust funds beginning July, 2007. If the cap is not repealed, the amount of monies distributed into the state and local housing trust funds will be $243 million per year—with no meaningful increase over time. Florida’s landmark legislation will cease to function as intended; the need for housing the elderly, the infirm, and the workforce will continue to rise while the funding to meet that need will stagnate. The following “Fact or Folly” is intended to dispel myths and aid the collective effort to “scrap the cap.”
