12 / 11 / 2006
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The Florida Housing Coalition’s 2006 statewide affordable housing conference drew more than 650 housing advocates together to address Florida’s housing crisis in the context of effective advocacy. Many thanks to all of you who participated in the 2006 conference, either as Partners for Better Housing, presenters, participants, or any c...
12 / 11 / 2006
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Affordable housing has moved front and center for the 2006 Legislative Session. In addition to the movement for full funding and repeal of the cap, lawmakers from both parties have filed a variety of affordable housing bills. More than twenty housing bills were filed by the start of the legislative session, in both houses and by both parties. Hous...
12 / 11 / 2006
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Was it a good session? Was it a bad session? It was the session that we should have seen all the money in the state and local housing trust funds appropriated for affordable housing. That did not happen. In fact less than half of the monies which should and could have been used to fund our existing programs such as SHIP and SAIL will be made avail...
