affordable housing

Realtors are halting an effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ensure funding for affordable housing, saying they will work with Florida lawmakers to create a program to help people such as nurses and police officers buy homes.

Florida Realtors have launched a major political campaign to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot next year. It’s designed to prevent future legislatures from raiding a state housing trust fund for other expenses.

Along with signing a $100 billion budget for the next fiscal year, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday approved 10 other measures.

A bill to address the impacts of sea level rise and flooding has been approved by the Florida legislature and is heading to the governor's desk, where it is expected to be signed into law. Environmentalists say the bill is a step in the right direction but say more needs to be done to address the root cause of climate change.

The Florida Legislature has passed a measure meant to permanently reallocate funds from the state's affordable housing programs to help pay for the governor's environmental initiatives. But a compromise will cap future sweeps of the affordable housing fund.

A bill to address the impacts of sea level rise and flooding has been approved by the Florida legislature and is heading to the governor's desk, where it is expected to be signed into law. Environmentalists say the bill is a step in the right direction but say more needs to be done to address the root cause of climate change.

The Florida Legislature has passed a measure meant to permanently reallocate funds from the state's affordable housing programs to help pay for the governor's environmental initiatives. But a compromise will cap future sweeps of the affordable housing fund.

Lawmakers are considering a proposal to take money from an affordable housing trust fund to put toward environmental initiatives. But housing advocates and environmentalists say that takes away money from housing programs desperately needed in Florida.

Organizations working to end homelessness in communities recovering from Hurricane Michael are counting on two state grant programs to meet the heightened need for housing assistance during the pandemic.

Plans to tear down and re-build the Orange Avenue Apartment complex are finally moving forward with demolition set to begin as soon as April 2021.