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West Palm Beach leaders detail housing ordinance, technical assistance grant and racial-equity review
Summary
City officials said they recently passed a housing ordinance with affordability incentives, won a Florida Housing Coalition technical assistance grant to increase Black homeownership, and launched a racial and ethnic task force to review policies across multiple sectors.
West Palm Beach officials told FIU panelists that the city is pursuing multiple steps to expand affordable and workforce housing and to address racial and ethnic disparities in housing and other municipal programs. Jennifer Ferriero, director of Housing and Community Development, said the city recently passed a housing ordinance that offers incentives to developers who set aside units for affordable and workforce housing.
“We’re incentivizing development and developers to set aside some units for affordable and workforce…
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