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How to solve Florida’s large-scale affordable housing crisis

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By Mike Vogel | Florida Trend | 9/25/2020

… Affordable housing means different things — market rate vs. subsidized, for example — to different people. At a housing forum in February, Suzanne Cabrera, CEO of the Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County, remarked that a manufacturer paying starting engineers $85,000 a year had trouble recruiting local workers because housing costs are so high. “If you cannot recruit a rocket scientist in your county, you got a huge problem,” she said.

That said, affordable housing generally means houses or apartments for low-income workers — housekeepers, retail clerks, health aides and others. Orange County defines the affordable market as households making from 30% of area median income — or $26,000 — up to 120% of area median income ($83,000). Read Full Article

Secretary Ben Carson Visits Affordable Housing Communities and Holds Ribbon Cutting to Celebrate Completion of New Development

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By: HUD Public Affairs
HUD No. 20-087

The newly completed ‘Home at Tamarind’ is made up of 6 units for developmentally delayed adults who are either homeless or on the verge of becoming homeless.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Today, Secretary Carson traveled to West Palm Beach, Florida to meet with City Mayor Keith James, local officials, and to tour new construction and rehabilitation of the Dr. Alice Moore Apartments, Coleman Park Neighborhood, and the West Palm Beach Housing Authority Projects. Following the tour, Secretary Carson participated in a ribbon cutting at the ‘Home at Tamarind’ housing development.

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Affordable Housing in Fla. Gets Boost Through New Law

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By Tom Butler
Florida Realtors

The new law – a Florida Realtors’ priority during the 2020 session of the Florida Legislature – expands zoning for affordable-housing sites along with other changes.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1339 into law this week, creating new tools for local governments to use as they work to ease Florida’s affordable housing crisis.

The new law, which was a 2020 Florida Realtors legislative priority, contains a number of provisions designed to increase local flexibility, accountability and training for affordable housing projects.

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Budget conference: Lawmakers won’t sweep affordable housing fund

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Budget conference: Lawmakers won’t sweep affordable housing fund

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Legislative budget chairs said affordable housing funds will not be swept as has been the case in recent years. And then the House and Senate agreed on the biggest budget number for the fund in years.

The Governor and Senate each wanted $387 million for the Sadowski Trust Fund while the House sought just $144 million. But on Saturday, the House moved closer to the Senate’s position with a $370 million budget line.

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South Florida Experts Discuss Region’s Affordable Housing Problem | WLRN

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South Florida Experts Discuss Region’s Affordable Housing Problem | WLRN

By Maria Esquinca • Feb 26, 2020

South Florida experts on Tuesday discussed the region’s affordable housing problem during a conference held by the Urban Land Institute.

The panel was one of many during the three-day Housing Opportunity 2020 conference in Miami.

Low wages coupled with the high cost of living, lead to unaffordable housing. This is a problem in South Florida, which is the most cost-burdened metro in the region.

The government considers a household “cost-burdened” when more than 30 percent of a household’s income is spent on housing.

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