May 2018 Archives
EDITORIALS
Editorial: Seek housing solutions on a local level
May 27, 2018 | The Gainesville Sun
The Florida Legislature has a habit of passing on problems to cities and counties to solve. In the case of affordable housing, the Legislature’s negligence is particularly egregious.
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Stop raiding Florida’s housing fund | Another view
May 24, 2018 | TC Palm
A quarter-century ago, Florida lawmakers had the foresight to establish a trust fund to help the state meet its growing demand for affordable housing.
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Editorial: End raids on housing fund
May 23, 2018 | Ocala Star Banner
A quarter-century ago, Florida lawmakers had the foresight to establish a trust fund to help the state meet its growing demand for affordable housing.
Over the last 16 years, though, legislators have betrayed that trust by using the money for purposes other than what it was intended — while the supply of affordable housing has continued to lag.
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OUR VIEW: Stop raiding housing fund
May 20, 2018 | Daytona Beach News-Journal
A clear path to making housing more affordable. A quarter-century ago, Florida lawmakers had the foresight to establish a trust fund to help the state meet its growing demand for affordable housing.
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Tryon: Legislature’s raids abuse public trust
May 20, 2018 | Sarasota Herald-Tribune
After reading Zac Anderson’s Herald-Tribune article about how Florida’s Legislature and governor shortchanged affordable housing initiatives — again — in 2018, I thought: Time to change the names of the state’s various trust funds to mistrust funds.
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OUR VIEW: Stop raiding housing fund
May 20, 2018 | Panama City News Herald
Since 2001, $2.2 billion has been diverted from the fund for other, non-related expenditures, including $182
million removed from the fund in the 2018-19 budget.
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NEWS ARTICLES
Andrew Gillum at Orlando town hall: Democratic voters want to hear a progressive message
May 31, 2018 | Orlando Sentinel
Andrew Gillum said Florida Democrats can’t rely on opposition to Donald Trump if they want to win the Governor’s Mansion in November, but instead need to focus on progressive issues such as “Medicare for All” that will bring out Democratic voters.
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East Pasco lacks homeless shelter or plan to build one
May 30, 2018 | Tampa Bay Times
ZEPHYRHILLS — Glenda Denton’s aunt told her she would help her find an apartment when she moved from Panama City to Pasco County last year with her boyfriend. Instead, they were out on the street.
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Housing situation in Lee County ‘rough, getting worse’
May 18, 2018 | Ft. Myers News-Press
Rough and getting worse.
That’s how a housing leader described the housing environment in Lee County for lower- and moderate-income households.
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Florida lawmakers shortchange affordable housing as demand soars
May 14, 2018 | Daily Commercial
Many Florida communities are experiencing a renewed clamor for affordable housing options as rising home prices and rents squeeze budgets. Yet even as housing costs continue to spiral upwards, Florida lawmakers have shortchanged affordable housing programs. Since 2001 the Legislature has swept $2.2 billion out of two trust funds created to pay for affordable housing, including $182 million taken from the trust funds in the 2018-19 state budget.
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Gwen Graham vows to get housing money into communities
May 14, 2018 | Florida Politics
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham accused the Republican-led Florida government of neglecting the needs of affordable housing and vowed to change that with full funding of the state’s Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund and efforts to get housing money quickly into communities.
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