November 2015 Archives

Housing groups seek full appropriation 

November 30, 2015 | Pensacola News Journal

When the floods from the April 2014 storm receded, Joan LaVoie’s 900-square-foot home on John Carroll Drive, near Pensacola International Airport, was left with extensive damage.
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Push on for affordable housing in Immokalee 

November 30, 2015 | ABC 7 – Fort Myers, Naples, Port Charlotte

There’s a new push to provide one of the most under-served communities in Florida relief and a brighter future. Two groups have partnered together with the goal of providing the people of Immokalee a better place to live.
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Scott budget skews state priorities: Where We Stand 

Orlando Sentinel  |  November 25, 2015

Under Florida’s system of government, the governor’s annual budget proposal is only a statement of priorities. It’s up to legislators to put together and pass the actual spending plan.
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Op-Ed: Florida has means to provide homes to those in need 

Miami Herald  |  November 24, 2015

Florida leads the nation in bad and good news about affordable housing. It has become the nation’s toughest state for renters, with California and New York close behind.
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Naples Daily NewsMakers Interview with Jaimie Ross 

Naples Daily NewsMakers  |  November 8, 2015

In this edition of the Naples Daily NewsMakers, Florida Housing Coalition President Jamie Ross discusses the Sadowski Coalition and underscores the importance of SHIP while urging Florida Lawmakers to use the 100% of the dedicated revenue in the Housing Trust Fund for Housing.
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Our View: Time to fully fund housing again 

Panama City News Herald  |  November 4, 2015

State lawmakers seem distracted now with all current buzz in Tallahassee about congressional and state Senate redistricting maps, gun bills, Gov. Rick Scott’s push for more economic incentive money and so on. Don’t worry, though, they’ll get to the budget soon enough.
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Our Viewpoint: Affordable Housing 

Lakeland Ledger  |  November 3, 2015

State lawmakers seem distracted now with all current buzz in Tallahassee about congressional and state Senate redistricting maps, gun bills, Gov. Rick Scott’s push for more economic incentive money and so on. Don’t worry, though, they’ll get to the budget soon enough.
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