March 2011 Archives
Jaimie Ross: Affordable housing means Florida jobs
Contractors and subcontractors constitute a substantial number of those who are now unable to pay their mortgage or rent. But Florida has work for them to do. We have thousands of foreclosed and abandoned homes that are in need of rehabilitation; in need of all the skills they can provide. And we have the money to put them to work: We have approximately $193 million in dedicated revenue from Florida’s state and local housing trust funds in FY 2011-12. If the Legislature appropriates that money for its intended purposes, it will create nearly 15,000 jobs and more than $1.4 billion in economic activity.
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Ross: Let housing fund fulfill its purpose
Contractors and subcontractors constitute a substantial number of those now unable to pay their mortgage or rent. But Florida has work for them to do. We have thousands of foreclosed and abandoned homes that are in need of rehabilitation; in need of all the skills they can provide. And we have the money to put them to work: We have approximately $193 million in dedicated revenue from Florida’s state and local housing trust funds in fiscal year 2011-2012. If the Legislature appropriates that money for its intended purposes, it will create nearly 15,000 jobs and more than $1.4 billion in economic activity.
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Use trust funds to rehabilitate foreclosed homes
Contractors and subcontractors constitute a substantial number of those who are now unable to pay their mortgage or rent. But Florida has work for them to do. We have thousands of foreclosed and abandoned homes in need of rehabilitation; in need of all the skills they can provide.
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Jobs and housing: Use housing trust funds as intended
Contractors and subcontractors constitute a substantial number of those who are now unable to pay their mortgage or rent. But Florida has work for them to do.
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Jaimie Ross: Use Florida housing trust funds to help rehabilitate foreclosed, abandoned homes
Contractors and subcontractors constitute a substantial number of those who are now unable to pay their mortgage or rent. But Florida has work for them to do. We have thousands of foreclosed and abandoned homes in need of rehabilitation; in need of all the skills they can provide.
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Senate Proposes to End Affordable Housing
A coalition of affordable housing advocates is urging the Senate to drop a proposal that would permanently redirect real estate transaction tax revenue from the Sadowski Housing Trust Fund to General Revenue.
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