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As rents in South Florida soar out of reach, more people are finding themselves priced out — and onto the streets
By Amber Randall | South Florida Sun Sentinel It’s been two weeks since Sean Jeremy’s landlord raised his rent beyond what he could afford. For now, the only place he can afford to live is in his car. Soaring rents in South Florida are putting others like Jeremy is a similar bind. With housing costs…
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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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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…
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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…
