June 2018 Archives
NEWS ARTICLES
Displaced Puerto Ricans can fly home or stay in Florida with no FEMA housing. They’re staying.
June 30, 2018 | Miami Herald
Scattered across a small coffee table in Richard Gonzalez’s motel room this week were papers to keep him from becoming homeless. There was a resume in English that his daughter in Puerto Rico had made for him. There was a list of contacts for social service agencies. There was a piece of paper on which Gonzalez had scrawled the phone numbers of a dozen apartments for rent.
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Puerto Rican evacuees looking for new homes
June 29, 2018 | WESH Orlando
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A number of local families are in a desperate race to find a new home.
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Nearly 1,800 Puerto Rican hurricane survivors to lose FEMA housing assistance
June 29, 2018 | WPLG Channel 10 Miami
People to be forced out on Sunday.
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FEMA aid ends for Puerto Ricans hurricane evacuees staying in hotels
June 29, 2018 | St. Petersburg WTSP (Channel 10)
The lack of affordable housing has Hurricane Maria evacuees scrambling to find a place to live.
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As FEMA Housing Assistance Ends, Tampa Advocates Say Displaced Puerto Rican Families Lack Options
June 29, 2018 | Health News Florida
The federal program that has provided hotel vouchers to Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria will end on Saturday, and advocates are worried some Tampa Bay families will be left with nowhere to go.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda wants you to call Florida Gov. Rick Scott on behalf of Puerto Rican evacuees
June 28, 2018 | Orlando Weekly
In response to the thousands of Puerto Rican evacuees around the country who are about to lose their housing this weekend, including in Kissimmee, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is putting Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s phone number on blast.
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City, county discuss spending to house homeless
June 27, 2018 | Gainesville Sun
Dilapidated hotels could be part of the solution to reducing homelessness in Alachua County.
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June 17, 2018 | NorthEscambia.com
A new report shows affordable housing is simply out of reach for many Escambia County residents.
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Democratic candidates debate their best case
June 14, 2018 | South Florida Times
MIRAMAR, Fla. – Four of the five Democratic candidates vying to become Florida’s next governor wasted little time appealing to a crowd of enthused liberal voters during Monday night’s highly anticipated debate organized by state and local community groups.
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Democrats play nicer in Freedom Forum debate
June 12, 2018 | Florida Politics
Four leading Democratic candidates actively running for Governor stopped taking shots at each other Monday night, instead saving their punches for Republican leadership, mainly on how they spend money from the Florida Lottery, affordable housing fund and land conservation fund.
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Can Rick Scott fix affordable housing in the Florida Keys?
June 12, 2018 | Tampa Bay Times
The governor and Cabinet are expected to hear a report Wednesday on a plan by the governor’s Department of Economic Opportunity to allow the development of multi-family housing units for working people throughout the Keys.
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Analysis: HUD plan would raise rents for poor by 20 percent
June 7, 2018 | Bradenton Herald
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Housing Secretary Ben Carson says his latest proposal to raise rents would mean a path toward self-sufficiency for millions of low-income households across the United States by pushing more people to find work. For Ebony Morris and her four small children, it could mean homelessness.
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Candidates prepare for Saturday’s gubernatorial debate
June 5, 2018 | Spectrum News
Four candidates will participate in a Democratic gubernatorial debate on Saturday, June 9, at Pinellas Park High School from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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