WFLA | By: Rick Flagg
As lawmakers gear up for the legislative session, they get one simple request: use the state’s housing trust fund to actually pay for housing.
Carrie O’Rourke with Florida Realtors says the Sunshine State already has a great program for affordable housing.
“These funds help Floridians of modest means find rental and home ownership opportunities,” she said. “Those could be in the form of affordable housing … affordable apartments, down-payment assistance to purchase a home, or even money to repair a home.”
There will be almost $300 million in the affordable housing trust fund in the next budget, but the governor wants to use most of that money for other projects.
State lawmakers also have a history of raiding the trust fund when money is tight.
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