Affordable Housing

The money is nearly double the $26 million that was initially proposed to deal with the city's housing crisis.

Data show that real-estate scams are a persistent problem in the greater Tampa Bay region. In Hillsborough, Manatee and Pasco counties, the number of victims and loss amount are on the rise.

Among the approved spending items was $15 million to build a facility to house the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation program at USF St. Petersburg.

Lawmakers will meet on Friday to approve disbursing $175 million in funds. Projects across the greater Tampa Bay region under consideration are $15 million for an Florida Flood Hub facility at the USF St. Petersburg campus.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss how voting rights groups have been highly critical of Florida’s new state election investigation office, look ahead to the Artemis launch, and other topics.

Elderly homeowners in Florida are suing the billion dollar company that owns their mobile home park. Big companies are buying up parks around the country, but critics say residents pay the price.

The St. Petersburg City Council withdrew a resolution to put a rent stabilization proposal on the ballot in November. Council members also failed to pass a motion to reconsider the measure next year.

The agencies serving Florida's two largest metropolitan areas report that more seniors are seeking housing assistance, citing circumstances like rent increases at an address they've lived at for years.

Council members voted to draft a resolution declaring a "housing emergency" in the city, the first step toward putting the issue of rent control to voters.

Mayor Castor's proposal drew scorn from representatives of local groups who attended the meeting and wanted more money put towards housing.

Theme park workers met in Orange County on Monday to discuss how inflation and an affordable housing crisis are making it harder for them to live and work in Florida.

A researcher at FSU says climate change fueled displacement of residents is a looming "existential crisis" for Jacksonville and other major Florida cities.