Florida Legislative Preview – 2012

Redistricting won’t completely dominate the legislative landscape in January. A look at other issues percolating in the background and who wants what.

by Amy Keller

Excerpt from the Florida Trend:

FUNDING FIGHTS

• The Sadowski Coalition, a group of two dozen statewide organizations, is urging the Legislature to appropriate Florida’s housing trust funds — an estimated $153.4 million for the 2012-13 fiscal year — for affordable housing. For the past several years, lawmakers have raided the trust funds and diverted the money to general revenue.

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