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Public speaker urges city to convert liened or foreclosed properties into affordable housing, citing St. Petersburg example
Summary
A public commenter urged council to revisit the city's list of non‑homesteaded properties with liens as a source of affordable housing, saying staff considered many of those assets impractical to pursue but that other cities have redeemed fines and created units through dispossession programs.
During public comment at the Jan. 9 Tampa City Council meeting, speaker Bobby Creighton urged the council to reconsider how the city handles non‑homesteaded properties that have liens and suggested the city could use problem properties to expand affordable housing.
Creighton said staff had produced a list of properties with liens after a council inquiry but that the list did not include lien…
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