July 2018 Archives

OP-EDS & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Rent prices have soared by 15% in Brevard and some are a paycheck away from homelessness

July 11, 2018  |  Florida Today

Cynthia Moses was on the brink of homelessness for four years after losing a job at a hospice and being evicted. She bounced between the homes of seven friends until finally in June she found a place in Cocoa she could afford for $600 a month.
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NEWS ARTICLES

Progressive Puerto Rican group launches ad attacking Rick Scott over climate change

July 11, 2018  |  Orlando Weekly

A Puerto Rican progressive group is launching attack ads against Gov. Rick Scott for contributing to the hardships faced on the island after Hurricane María by denying climate change.
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Legislature raids Florida’s affordable-housing fund

July 9, 2018 |  Fox 13 News

TAMPA (FOX 13) – A government fund called the State Housing Initiatives Partnership helps struggling families buy homes. It also helps the elderly and disabled stay in their homes. However, many of the people the program is intended to assist may lose out, because state lawmakers have been raiding the affordable housing trust funds.
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Hillsborough, Blue Sky partner on new affordable housing complex in Drew Park

July 3, 2018  |  Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA — Blue Sky Communities has partnered with Hillsborough County to make another dent in the county’s rising demand for affordable housing, opening Sweetwater Villas in Tampa’s Drew Park just west of Dale Mabry Highway.
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