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Mayor Castor details housing push as prices climbed more than 175% over decade
Summary
Mayor Jane Castor highlighted housing supply and affordability actions including 20,000 new residential units, affordable housing production, zoning reforms, and down-payment and rental assistance programs.
Mayor Jane Castor used the State of the City address to frame housing as a central challenge for Tampa and to list city strategies aimed at increasing supply and preserving affordability.
"Our growing popularity sent Tampa home prices rising more than 175 percent over the last decade," Castor said, and she said the city moved to keep construction moving during the COVID pandemic and has added 20,000 residential units, including thousands described as affordable.
The mayor described…
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