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Florida lawmakers must stop directing affordable housing funds elsewhere, influencers say

October 9, 2018 by Housing Leadership Council

By Adam Wollner

awollner@mcclatchydc.com

October 08, 2018 05:00 AM

Updated October 08, 2018 05:13 PM

Year after year, Florida lawmakers have raided hundreds of millions from trust funds designed to develop more affordable housing. That practice needs to end, according to a group of the state’s leading political and policy voices.

In a new survey of the Florida Influencers, a clear majority (84 percent) said the next governor and Legislature must direct all the funds from those trusts into state and local programs to properly address Florida’s ongoing affordable housing crisis.

“The cost of living everywhere in Florida continues to price the workforce out of markets and out of living close to their workplace,” said Mike Fernandez, the chairman of MBF Healthcare Partners. “Funds earmarked for a specific purpose should not be hijacked by politics.”

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