Gulfview Hotel receives state-wide recognition

The city’s Gulfview Hotel relocation and rehabilitation project is the recipient of the 2019 Florida Redevelopment Association Outstanding Rehabilitation Renovation or Reuse Project and President’s awards. The awards program of the nonprofit association recognizes the best in redevelopment in Florida. “The Gulfview has always been special to the city of Fort Walton Beach,” Mayor Dick…

Delray Beach CRA Approves Budget

Delray Beach CRA has recently approved its new budget for Fiscal Year 2019-2020. With its new budget, Delray Beach CRA plans to focus on revitalizing infrastructure, affordable housing and commercial office space in the Delray Beach community. The CRA has committed to fund and modify the Delray Beach traffic circulation system, enhance pedestrian safety and…

Governor Ron DeSantis Wants To Keep Lawmakers From Sweeping Affordable Housing Fund

Affordable housing advocates are pleased to hear Governor Ron DeSantis is proposing to dedicate all of the William E. Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund to affordable housing in his budget proposal. Over the years, state lawmakers have tapped into housing funds created to provide revenue for affordable and workforce housing and reallocated millions of dollars…

Affordable Housing Advocates Push For Full Funding Of State’s Housing Trust Fund

State housing advocates on Tuesday gathered in Tallahassee to call on the Florida Legislature to use all state and local housing trust fund monies for affordable housing. The Sadowski Coalition is made up of 32 statewide organizations, including industry and business groups. Jaimie Ross, president of the Florida Housing Coalition, said that for more than a decade, lawmakers have tapped…

Florida Faces Apartment Shortage

As more and more Floridians turn away from homeownership in favor of renting, the state is facing a serious shortage of apartments. Numbers from the Florida Apartment Association show that the state would need to add over 600,000 new apartments by 2030 to keep up with both the rising population and the increased demand. “We have over…