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Six days of lost work left a hurricane-sized hole in Michelle Cartaya’s budget. She told WUSF how she’s making it work.
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It has 99 of the portable living units on its shelter campus and says it's on track to add 90 more by mid-2025.
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Use of technology and growing more on less land are major keys to survival for the Florida agriculture industry.
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SBA disaster loan applications for damage caused by Hurricane Helene need to be in by Nov. 27. Loans help fill the gap between what insurance and FEMA has paid and what people need to rebuild.
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Officials said that some farmers may have avoided additional devastating losses from Helene, but only because they had not yet replanted after Debby hit just eight weeks before.
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Florida already had an affordable housing and insurance crisis. Then came the 2024 hurricane season. WUSF’s Jessica Meszaros explains how climate change impacts insurance.
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People coming to Florida from up north must also deal with the effects of recent storms and increasing insurance costs.
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Last year, more people moved to Polk county than to any other in the United States, almost 30,000.
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The Live Local Act, a Florida law aimed at increasing affordable housing for the workforce, is not providing enough affordable housing for three- and four-person families where the sole income-earner is a firefighter, paramedic, educator, or law enforcement officer.
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In a special call-in edition of Florida Matters, we fielded your questions about what to do if you were impacted by Debby, Helene or Milton.
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Tampa Electric estimates it could seek to recover up to $55 million related to Helene and $370 for Milton.
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Mount Zion AME Church is partnering with developers, the Tampa Housing Authority and Hillsborough County to build a 75-unit affordable housing complex for seniors. It's set to open in 2025.
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Utilities have long been allowed to recover storm-related costs.
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HART says it is phasing out its normal paper fare cards as a way to make the boarding process quicker and more efficient.