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Rents are rising as homebuyers get priced out of the market
By Amber Randall |South Florida Sun Sentinel|Jun 13, 2021 Unless you can drop a pile of cash on the table, you may get squeezed into renting in South Florida’s crazy homebuying market. Home shoppers who need a mortgage are finding it harder and harder to land a house when competing against buyers — many from…
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PBC housing affordability crisis is getting worse. Is a solution on the way?
By Wendy Rhodes | Palm Beach Post | June 12, 2021 For nearly two decades, local government leaders, developers and advocates have brainstormed and promulgated different measures to address a chronic sore spot: Ever-increasing housing costs have made the American Dream of homeownership unattainable for broad swaths of people. “The dirty little secret is that the…
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As home prices soar, some South Floridians flee to cheaper places
By Amber Randall |South Florida Sun Sentinel May 17, 2021 The rising cost of homes in South Florida is chasing some people to other parts of the state. Some homeowners are cashing in at a profit and moving to more affordable spots like the Gulf coast or farther north on the eastern side, according to…
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Locked Out: Low pay, soaring rents, pro-landlord laws set up Florida renters for eviction once COVID hit
By Caroline Glenn | May 13, 2021 | A Three-Part Orlando Sentinel Special Report How COVID exposed Florida’s eviction crisis Jocelyn Bennett paints her daughters’ toenails, not bothered by the strong scent of nail polish filling the room at the HomeTown Studios in Orlando. The girls show off their pink toes, toddling around the small…
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Florida has a ‘serious mismatch’ between housing costs and income
Angie DiMichele | Sarasota Herald-Tribune | April 30, 2021 Nearly 1,000 people move to Florida every day, making Florida the second fastest-growing state in the country. Yet as housing demand increases, there are not enough options to meet the demand of those who need affordable housing. No state has an adequate supply of affordable housing,…
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Affordable Housing Forever
By Michael Friedrich | April 15, 2021 | The New York Times Mr. Friedrich is a journalist who writes about the social problems caused by gentrification. Nonprofits that purchase land, build homes on it and sell them below market rate are giving low-income buyers a chance. If anyone knows how gentrification has displaced Black working-class…
