October 2015 Archives

Editorial: State lawmakers can help navigate Collier affordable housing crisis

Naples Daily News  |  October 31, 2015

If there’s ever a time for Florida lawmakers to make sure the SHIP sails with its full complement of dollars, this is it. It’s the right course to address Southwest Florida’s affordable housing crisis.
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Rents: South Florida rental households struggling, study shows

Sun Sentinel  |  October 3, 2015

In Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, 36 percent of renters spend at least half of their before-tax income on rent and utilities, according to an analysis by Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit housing organization based in Columbia, Md. Orlando and Daytona Beach are next at 30 percent
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27% of Tampa area renters spend too much for housing

Tampa Bay Tribune  |  October 2, 2015

TAMPA — More than one-quarter of all renters in the Tampa metro area spend over half of their income on housing and utilities, placing them in a category experts call “severely burdened renters,” according to a report released today by the Make Room campaign.The Tampa-St. Petersburg- Clearwater metropolitan statistical area is one of 10 metro areas in Florida identified in the report as having a high percentage of families designated “severely burdened.”
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27 percent of Tampa Bay area renters pay at least half their income in rent, study says

Tampa Bay Times  |  October 2, 2015

More than a quarter of the Tampa Bay area’s renters spend at least half of their pre-tax household income on rent and utilities, according to a survey from the renter advocacy campaign Make Room.That’s a level that’s considered to be a “severe” burden on the 114,342 local renters who are paying it, said Make Room, whose sponsoring partner is the Maryland-based nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners.
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Florida becomes nation’s toughest state for renters, study finds

Palm Beach Post  |  October 2, 2015

California and New York are the national bastions of housing unaffordability, but a new study says Florida has the highest share of renters who spend more than half their income on housing.Fully 30.3 percent of Florida tenants fit that description, compared to 30 percent of Californians and New Yorkers, according to a study by the nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners.
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Affordable rent hampering about 1/3 of Florida residents

WPTV – NBC West Palm Beach (Broadcast)  |  October 2, 2015

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – According to a new study, Floridians are paying more in rent, but making less than most people, living in other major cities.
Compared to California and New York, Florida has the highest share of renters who spend more than half their income on housing.
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Renters in South Florida spend too much on housing

Miami Herald  |  Oct. 1, 2015

Renting a home in South Florida will eat away at your wallet. One in three South Florida renters spend at least half of their income on housing, making them “severely cost-burdened,” according to a study released Thursday.
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High-rent crisis: Workers can’t afford to live here

Fort Myers News Press  |  Oct. 1, 2015

Population growth, rising land prices and stagnant wages are making Southwest Florida, and around the state, one of the toughest places in the country for renters to make ends meet, according to a study released Thursday.
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