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Lawmakers Shortchange Housing Fund to Fight Sea-Level Rise
By the Miami Herald Editorial Board | April 14, 2021 Republicans are gutting Florida’s housing fund again. Gov. DeSantis should stop them Florida lawmakers have been raiding the state’s affordable housing fund for so long, they’ve decided to drop the pretense and alter the law to fit their own twisted reasoning. That’s what’s happening in…
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Biden Seeks to Ease Housing Shortage With Looser Zoning Rules
By Andrew Ackerman and Nicole Friedman | Apr 7, 2021 WASHINGTON—A Biden administration push to increase the supply of affordable housing aims to coax states and localities into easing restrictions on new construction, a bid to help address a historic shortage of new housing. A roughly $213 billion affordable-housing initiative in the $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled last…
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FL Legislature approves major cuts in dollars for affordable housing, amid COVID-19 and housing crisis
By Issac Morgan April 9, 2021 Residents from Florida’s most vulnerable populations rely on affordable housing programs to buy a home, pay rent, and afford costly home repairs and construction. But those programs are now threatened by state lawmakers who have pushed to permanently cut a significant chunk of money for the state’s affordable housing…
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Raiding Sadowski fund robs Florida’s future
By Elliott Johnson | The Palm Beach Post | March 31, 2021 Florida’s population continues to grow. According to a recent report by the Demographic Estimating Conference, Florida will be home to more than 300,000 additional residents per year, every year, for the next five years. The Florida Chamber of Commerce calculates that we could…
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Palm Beach County home prices hit record high. How high, you ask? Prepare yourself.
If you want to buy a home in Palm Beach County, be prepared to shell out some serious cash. Home prices hit record highs in February, according to a report issued Monday by the Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors. The median price in February for a single family residence in Palm Beach County was $450,000,…
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Palm Beach County Affordable Housing Needs Assessment
The 2020 Palm Beach County Affordable Housing Needs Assessment provides a current market perspective on the key demand and supply factors impacting the production and availability of affordable housing in the County and major municipalities. The report provides a clear understanding of the scope and scale of Palm Beach County’s affordable housing issues and includes…
