Saint Peters Blog | Jan 8, 2016
By Peter Schorsch –
DON’T SWEEP AWAY PUBLIC HOUSING MONEY, LAWMAKERS URGED via Jeff Schweers of the Tampa Tribune – [The Sadowski Housing Coalition] called on Legislature to spend all $324 million of housing trust fund money on housing programs this year rather than sweep a huge portion of that money into the state’s budget. Spending the money would create 32,600 jobs and provide $4.6 billion in economic stimulus to the economy, members said. Last year, the Legislature swept $81 million — almost a third of the available housing trust money — into the regular budget while the housing programs got $175 million. This year, $226.5 million is available for SHIP and $97.4 million for SAIL.
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