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Florida Realtors wages battle with DeSantis over state cuts to affordable housing fund
Wendy Rhodes | Palm Beach Post Florida Realtors, the state’s largest trade organization and the third-largest Realtor organization in the country, is taking on Gov. Ron DeSantis and state GOP lawmakers over recent legislation that permanently pillages a critical affordable housing trust fund. The move comes as the prices of homes — and rents — skyrocket across…
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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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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…
