Tag: Housing
Mayor proposes selling Blount School property and other land in west Pensacola
Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward has placed on the council agenda for next week a request that the City Council declare as surplus the property located…
Florida home sales up, just not here
St. Pete Times reports that December was the fourth month in a row that existing homes rose in the Tampa Bay area. Foreclosures are driving…
Jubliee project doomed from the start
Last spring, the original investors of the huge housing development in the Pace area put on an expensive “grand opening” event in the Saenger Theater….
New home purchases
The other rumor I heard tonight at Martini Night was that new home sales are improving in the Panhandle. What’s the biggest factor? The military….
MOB idea – sell parks for housing
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien writes today: The city has more than 90 parks and recreation sites, which offer lots of open space but are costly…
Magic Johnson helps Orlando
From Orlando Sentinel: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced today that a urban equity fund established by Magic Johnson will invest $70 million in the city’s…
Delray Beach attacks housing with $200M
Touting it as the largest workforce-and-affordable housing development in Florida, the Delray Beach Housing Authority voted unanimously this morning to proceed with a $200 million,…
Discrimination charges against Governors Gate Apts
“Still No Home for the Holidays†for Katrina Survivors National Fair Housing Alliance Files Housing Discrimination Complaint and Issues Report about Discrimination Post-Hurricane WASHINGTON, D.C….
Priorities
Let’s assume, as the daily newspaper has, that Escambia County and Pensacola have the reserves and/or revenue sources to pay a significant portion of the…
Miami-Dade works on affordable housing
Wonder how a county really tries to deal with its affordable housing crisis, read the Miami Herald (County task force seeks input on affordable housing…
DIB shows off housing
DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD 2ND ANNUAL DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL OPEN HOUSE DIB Hosts Tours of Existing & Planned Downtown Residential Offerings PENSACOLA FL – On Sunday, October…
Housing slipping in South Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Housing prices are dropping almost as fast as the gas prices in Palm and Broward counties – dropping 6 percent. Read…
