November 2011 Archives
Sadowski coalition looks to prevent affordable housing trust fund raid this year
The Sadowski Housing Coalition, an association of business groups, charities and advocacy groups for the poor and elderly, is hoping to prevent a fourth straight year of heavy raids on the Florida’s affordable housing trust fund.
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Stop raiding the housing trust fund
There’s a smattering of good news on unemployment. Florida’s jobless rate fell to 10.3 percent in October, its lowest rate in 28 months. Job growth is continuing, though slowly, with 94,000 jobs being created in the state in the last year, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
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