December 2011 Archives
Our take on: Hands off housing
Almost 20 years ago, Florida legislators increased a tax on real-estate transactions to create a trust fund that would finance state and local affordable-housing initiatives. They did so at the urging of a coalition of business groups, local governments and advocates for the poor and elderly.
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Homelessness and Hope
In a network news show last Sunday, “60 Minutes” presented viewers with “Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars,” a real-life, heart-rending portrait of homelessness.
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Jaimie Ross: Use Florida housing dollars for housing
Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature have the ability to create nearly 9,000 jobs and $900 million in economic impact in Fiscal Year 2012-13, by appropriating the state and local housing trust fund money for housing, rather than sweeping those funds dedicated to housing into general revenue.
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Use dedicated funds solely for housing
December 6, 2011 | Miami Herald
Gov. Scott and the Florida Legislature have the ability to create almost 9,000 jobs and $900 million in economic impact in fiscal year 2012-13, by appropriating the state and local housing trust fund money for housing, rather than sweeping those dedicated funds into general revenue.
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EDITORIAL: Stop Raids on Housing Funds
With the Legislature again facing a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, Florida’s affordable-housing trust funds will once more be at risk.
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Paul Flemming: Trust Funds are Targets Again
The broom’s smaller, but the sweeping goes on. Since 2008, the state has relied on $2.8 billion swept out of dedicated trust funds — money set aside by legislative act and theoretically reserved for specific purposes — to allow the state to balance its budget in lean times.
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Scott Needs to Put Housing Dollars Into Housing Projects
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature have the ability to create nearly 9,000 jobs and $900 million in economic impact in fiscal year 2012-2013, by appropriating the state and local housing trust fund money for housing, rather than sweeping those funds dedicated to housing into general revenue.
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Florida Revenue Shortfall: Stop Housing-Fund Raids
With the Legislature again facing a revenue shortfall for some $2 billion, Florida’s affordable-housing trust funds will once more be at risk.
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Editorial: No more raids on housing funds
With the Legislature again facing a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, Florida’s affordable-housing trust funds will once more be at risk.
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