By Peter Schorsch | Florida Politics
…. “Bipartisan legislation would set aside Sadowski funds only for affordable housing” via Renzo Downey of Florida Politics — A bipartisan group of lawmakers called for the Legislature to preserve affordable housing trust fund dollars for that purpose. DeSantis, who outlined $387 million of next year’s $91.4 million budget for affordable housing, said all those funds would benefit that purpose. But in the last decade, $2 billion has been swept into general revenue, including $125 million this year even after the Governor made the same claim. Rep. Sam Killebrew, a co-author of HB 381, said the practice began after the Great Recession. SB 306 author Sen. Debbie Mayfield said the bills would help Floridians and the economy. “The importance of safe housing that’s affordable is not controversial or partisan. It’s an issue that unites us,” Sadowski Coalition Jaimie Ross said….
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