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Ron DeSantis Announces $22 Million for Projects in 15 Florida Communities
At the end of last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $22 million in funding to 15 Florida communities through the CDBG-CV program.
These awards will support projects including expanding broadband internet services, improvements to community...
Marco Rubio Calls on HUD to Focus on Tampa Apartments, Hold Cambridge Management...
This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sec. Marcia Fudge regarding unsafe and unsanitary conditions at several properties throughout the state of...
HUD Sending Funds to Palm Beach County to Fight Discrimination Related to COVID Pandemic
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced at the end of last week that it will send $250,000 to the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.
The funds are part of...
Ron DeSantis Announces $64 Million in Storm Mitigation Funds to Improve Infrastructure Across Florida
In Bartow on Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced more than $64 million awarded to eight communities, including the city of Forte Meade in Polk County, through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rebuild...
Marco Rubio Calls on HUD to Address Florida’s Section 8 Properties With Failing REAC...
Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., urged U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sec. Marcia Fudge to immediately address several of Florida’s Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance properties with failing Real...
Ron DeSantis Announces More than $10 Million for Sarasota for Storm Resiliency, Migration
At the end of last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced more than $10 million to the city of Sarasota to enhance water quality and protect from erosion, storms, and flooding in Bay Park and...
Ron DeSantis: Bonita Springs to Get $17 Million in Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure...
On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced almost $17 million has been awarded to the city of Bonita Springs in Lee County through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure...
Tampa Getting $2 Million From HUD in Healthy Homes Production Grant Program Funds
The city of Tampa will get $1,999,560 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) “to protect children and families from home health hazards.”
The funds are part of $104.7 million going to...
Charlie Crist Announces HUD Funds for Pinellas County Housing Authority
Last week, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., announced a $120,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Pinellas County Housing Authority to ease the transition for Pinellas families...
Florida’s Senators Introduce the HUD Health and Safety Accountability Act
This week, Florida’s two U.S. senators--Republicans Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--showcased the “HUD Health and Safety Accountability Act.”
Rubio brought out the bill “to hold property owners and managers of Section 8 Project Based Rental...
Jacksonville’s Congressmen Take Up Marco Rubio’s ‘Keep Children and Families Safe From Lead Hazards...
Jacksonville’s congressmen--U.S. Reps. Al Lawson, D-Fla., and John Rutherford, R-Fla.--took up U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s, R-Fla., proposal “which would direct the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to identify and remediate risk...
HUD Sending $6.5 Million to Florida in Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Funds
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of HIV/AIDS Housing announced that it will send more than $6.5 million to the Sunshine State.
The funds are part of $41 million in grants...
