12 / 17 / 2009
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Journals
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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Journals
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...