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housing crisis
Under a new city law, landlords in the increasingly unaffordable city of St. Petersburg can now face a financial penalty for denying housing to applicants who use government assistance, such as Section 8 housing vouchers,...
MidPoint: what’s the deal with property insurance?
Amid rising costs of living in the state of Florida and a housing crisis, homeowners' insurance is in a crisis of its own. Property insurance rates are rising astronomically, and the public outcry had led...
WaveMakers: United Way’s Jessica Muroff on the housing crisis
Jessica Muroff, CEO of United Way Suncoast, talks about the housing crisis.
United Way Suncoast creates a dashboard for the “State of the Housing Crisis” in Tampa Bay
United Way Suncoast's new online dashboard, State of the Housing Crisis, finds half of Tampa Bay area families are rent-cost burdened.
MidPoint’s Legislative Wrap-Up: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
As Florida's legislative session draws to a close, it is time to take inventory and review what has emerged from the Capitol. From the headline-topping bills to the under-the-radar legislation, MidPoint host Shelley Reback, is...
Surly Voices: On biases, aggressions and Ukraine
Starting the show by saying “there is too much happening, and we all need to work harder to make sure that nothing else happens”, Surly hosts Donna, Amina and Liz spent last Thursday morning the...
MidPoint: “The rent is too damn high!”
As the Florida legislature continues to pass and promote bills addressing non-issues such as 'woke education' and discussions of human sexuality, there is still a very real crisis that Florida is facing: housing. Inflation, increased...
WaveMakers: Nathan Hagen on the housing crisis
With the Tampa Bay region facing the highest rent increases in the nation at a rate of 24%, the housing crisis has grown dire. In response, six months ago Nathan Hagen launched YIMBY Tampa, a...
Study on St. Petersburg’s affordable housing crisis
St. Petersburg’s affordable housing crisis was examined by Harvard University students. The study released this month reviewed solutions.
WaveMakers with Aaron Dietrich of St. Petersburg People’s Council
The Tampa Bay area is facing a housing crisis, with rent prices rising and citizens being forcefully evicted from their homes without another place to go. For the past year, the St. Petersburg People’s Council...
Tampa Bay legislators introduce bills to stave off looming eviction crisis
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources A group of state legislators from the Tampa Bay area Monday introduced bills aimed at improving the state’s eviction process. The legislation is an attempt to stave...
St. Petersburg announces plan to confront the affordable housing crisis
On Wednesday the City of St. Petersburg announced a ten-year plan to increase the availability of affordable and workforce housing; Mayor Rick Kriseman unveiled the plan during a press conference in a newly-constructed apartment building...
