October 2016 Archives
NEWS ARTICLES
Orange County’s Regional Affordable Housing Summit Highlights Creative Housing Solutions
October 30, 2016 | West Orlando News
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs hosted the inaugural Regional Affordable Housing Summit on Oct. 20 at the Orange County Convention Center. Planners, developers and local government leaders from across the region gathered to explore affordable housing solutions for Central Florida, including strategies, tools and best practices being implemented throughout Florida and across the country.
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Elections 2016: The Tug Of War Over Florida’s Affordable Housing Fund
October 5, 2016 | WUSF
“Everything went well,” Jesse Scott said with relief as he walked out of his interview at CareerSource Capital Region, an employment and training center in Tallahassee.
“There’s a lot of people that live on [the] edge. Many Floridians do base their livelihood on making a 40-hour work week each week,” Scott said. “If something interrupts that, you can fall between the cracks.”
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Elections 2016: Affordable Housing Slipping Away in Florida
October 5, 2016 | WMFE
Housing is growing increasingly unaffordable for low income Floridians. There’s a tug of war over a state housing fund created nearly 25 years ago. Advocates say the program is one of the best of its kind in the country, and they want lawmakers to stop raiding it.
“Everything went well,” Jesse Scott said with relief as he walked out of his interview at CareerSource Capital Region, an employment and training center in Tallahassee.
“There’s a lot of people that live on [the] edge. Many Floridians do base their livelihood on making a 40-hour work week each week,” Scott said. “If something interrupts that, you can fall between the cracks.”
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Elections 2016: The Tug Of War Over Florida’s Affordable Housing Fund
October 3, 2016 | WLRN
“Everything went well,” Jesse Scott said with relief as he walked out of his interview at CareerSource Capital Region, an employment and training center in Tallahassee.
“There’s a lot of people that live on [the] edge. Many Floridians do base their livelihood on making a 40-hour work week each week,” Scott said. “If something interrupts that, you can fall between the cracks.”
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Affordable housing an important factor in hiring, CEOs say
October 2, 2016 | Miaimi Herald
This week’s question: How important is housing affordability for hiring and retaining employees? How about as a regional policy issue?
Housing affordability is important for people across all socioeconomic classes. Miami has become a bit opportunistic in terms of pushing what the market will bear. The lack of affordable housing will hurt us as a community if we can’t house low income workers. I believe this is more particular to Miami rather than the region itself and therefore is probably not a regional policy issue but a local policy issue that should be addressed.
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