12 / 20 / 2011
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The Florida Housing Coalition is advocating for the appropriation of housing trust fund monies to housing programs. While the Florida legislature acknowledges the excellence in Florida’s programs, such as SHIP and SAIL, the issue of appropriation for the majority in legislative leadership comes down to whether there is a budget deficit. &nbs...
06 / 10 / 2011
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Some people love the excitement of a roller coaster; others tend to get nauseous
02 / 15 / 2011
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07 / 13 / 2010
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On behalf of the board and staff of the Florida Housing Coalition, I extend our appreciation to our members who worked so valiantly on the Sadowski Education Effort for the 2010 legislative session. The Sadowski Education Effort resulted in: •Local government resolutions adopted across the state, calling upon the legislature to repeal the cap...
02 / 24 / 2010
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Whenever someone asks me how I got into affordable housing, I tell them the story about the “Nuns in Apopka.” I was a land use and real property lawyer in an Orlando law firm in the late ‘80s when I was introduced to Catholic nuns in Apopka who were struggling to develop two single family farm worker subdivisions with Housing Pre...
01 / 26 / 2010
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Legislative Wrap-Up 2009 The omnibus housing bill for 2009 (HB 161 and SB 1042) was amended onto growth management legislation (SB 360). An article about the growth management portion of SB 360 authored by Charles Pattison, executive director of 1000 Friends of Florida, is on page 12...
12 / 17 / 2009
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In an impossibly tight budget year, the Florida Housing Coalition's statewide annual conference drew a tremendous reception; over 650 housing participants. It was an event chocked full of housing resources and pressing policy issues, but no topic hotter than the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. After all, but for federal stimulus monies (includ...
11 / 24 / 2009
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Enormous mortgage financing errors have been made in Florida – but not in affordable housing. We can take pride in knowing that homebuyers and renters living in the housing produced with Sadowski Act monies are not associated with toxic mortgages. The typical SHIP assisted homebuyer received pre and post purchase counseling and a fixed rate...
