12 / 11 / 2005
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Florida can boast the best housing trust fund in the nation. But we are steadily and quickly losing ground in the fight for first time home ownership, housing our essential first-responder workforce, and providing for our most vulnerable citizens
12 / 11 / 2005
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Journals
four hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004 damaged more than 700,000 homes. For many of the affected Floridians, the markets will respond naturally to meet the housing needs that the storms created. Those families had appropriate levels of insurance and are able to pay for or finance the necessary repairs or rebuilding efforts, or they can find suit...
12 / 11 / 2005
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Journals
The gap between wealth and poverty is growing in the U.S., because policies to stabilize the lives of the poor and people of color do not focus on long-term solutions. Our economy is unstable, in an inflationary spiral that continues to raise the cost of basic goods, including food, gasoline, medicine and health care. Most depressing is the lack o...
