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Faith groups press county to reallocate surtax revenues for rental housing; staff and experts urge alternative gap-financing approach
Summary
Faith-based advocates asked the Leon County Commission to redirect 20% of the county's infrastructure surtax to a land-acquisition program for affordable rental housing; county staff and housing finance advisers cautioned the surtax is restricted and urged targeted gap financing instead.
Members of the Capital Area Justice Ministry and several residents urged the Leon County Board of County Commissioners to reallocate 20% of the county's portion of the infrastructure surtax (roughly $1.2 million) to acquire land for affordable rental housing that would set aside units for very low- and extremely-low-income households.
CAJM co-chairs and multiple speakers framed the request as a moral imperative and described personal experiences of housing instability. Several speakers gave first-hand testimony: Shantara Tisdale described working two full-time jobs while paying more than 50% of her income for housing; Reverend Sylvia Jones and others…
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