05 / 20 / 2010
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Just Released: FY 2010 Income Limits HUD has released the estimated median family incomes (MFIs) and income limits for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. MFIs are used as the basis for income limits in several HUD programs (including the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher, CDBG, and HOME programs), as well as in programs run by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
02 / 24 / 2010
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Florida is beginning to recover from a severe economic downturn, which has resulted in a drop in doc stamp and other revenues. Although for-sale housing costs have retreated from all-time highs, the median priced home in Florida is still unaffordable to a large and growing segment of our citizens - including the workers who fill the critical service industry jobs which are essential to Florida. These workers most often need affordable rental housing, the demand for which is strong and growing
02 / 24 / 2010
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The Florida Housing Coalition is a member of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and with the NLIHC, keeps the Florida Congressional Delegation abreast of housing conditions in Florida. As the new year opens and Congress returns to Washington, there are several major legislative initiatives affecting very low income and extreme low income tenants, which will likely be considered, among them funding the National Housing Trust Fund, significant changes to the Housing Choice voucher program, and new public housing preservation and redevelopment proposals
02 / 24 / 2010
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Housing is Key to Economic Recovery: Housing = Jobs
