DeSantis signs $711 million Florida affordable housing plan into law

Naples Daily News ^ | 03/29/2023 | News Service of Florida

[millenial4freedom]

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed into law a $711 million plan to make housing more affordable for working Floridians. A priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, the “Live Local Act,” will more than double funding for housing and rental programs, provide incentives for investment in affordable housing and encourage mixed-use developments in struggling commercial areas.

“As demand is high to move to a place like Florida, it makes it more challenging for folks to be able to afford,” DeSantis said during a bill-signing event in Naples. “I think this is the biggest effort that's ever been done in the history of Florida.”

[Pol-92064]

This is welfare for African Americans.

[dforest]

Oh my. Kind of sounds like prep for 15 min cities.

Passidomo, R-Naples, said the goal is to make it possible for people to afford to live in neighborhoods where they work.

[imabadboy99]

wonderful. More housings subsidies for bums to ruin formerly nice neighborhoods.

[Vaquero]

Here we go. The Florida PJs.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

and an additional $100 million for the Hometown Heroes program, which is designed to help teachers, health care workers and police officers buy homes.

This is a crap provision. Teachers are paid well, as are health care workers and police officers.

Some things in the bill are good.

[Dr. Sivana]

Passidomo, R-Naples, said the goal is to make it possible for people to afford to live in neighborhoods where they work.

It will take a lot more than $711 million to make affordable casitas for the folks who are members of the servant class in Naples. Methinks his idea is for the money to be spent elsewhere.

[newzjunkey]

“Conservative” DeSantis pouring money into housing subsidies?

[ChuckHam]

Nice conservative spending bill.

[adorno]

Any time government tries to make something affordable, it’s really government interference into the free-market system, no matter what political side is doing it. It never ends well.

[newfreep]

[dforest]

It says nothing about a servant class.

[Dr. Sivana]

It says nothing about a servant class.

From what I saw of Naples, there isn't much of a middle class. Many if not most of the roads are private and pristine. Subdivisions a well-manicured and expensive. If there is another side of Naples, I haven't seen it.

[beaware]

Housing is a supply issue. A large part of the potential rental market is NOT on the market because of their purchase by hedge funds etc.

[Rusty0604]

Exactly.

[dragnet2]

and an additional $100 million for the Hometown Heroes program, which is designed to help teachers, health care workers and police officers buy homes.

Complete BS.

[Lockbox]

Some things in the bill are good.

If a bill takes money from hard working Americans to support others, it is not good. Don’t forget that every dollars government spends comes with a high overhead to run the program. So these programs are a high waste of taxpayers money.

Read today the ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act) which was to lowers the cost of medical treatment for all with a “keep your doctor” lie, actually doubled the cost of health insurance for hardworking Americans. So there’s an idea with the best intentions ruined by government.

[Drew68]

This is welfare for African Americans.

Trump ran on a $500 billion reparations program for blacks.

Google his "Platinum Plan".

[Secret Agent Man]

Live in neighborhood where you work.

Thats exactly 15 minute cities. Its the communist layout of their cities from the 50s.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Government-subsidized housing. We’ve seen this movie before.