Board directs superintendent to explore employee affordable-housing options and partner with housing authority for family outreach

After a workshop on affordable housing, Board Member Roseanne Wood introduced motions directing the superintendent to explore options and models to help employees secure affordable housing and to report back by the July 28, 2025 workshop. The motion listed options to be explored — including land‑trust models using district property and partnerships with the Tallahassee Housing Authority, Leon County, the City of Tallahassee and other affordable‑housing providers — and passed unanimously after a friendly amendment to broaden partner language.

Wood also moved a separate directive for the superintendent to have the district communications department collaborate with the Tallahassee Housing Authority to disseminate information to families of district students about existing affordable-housing opportunities; trustees discussed limiting dissemination to vetted sources such as the Housing Authority to avoid implying district endorsement of private rentals. The board passed that motion unanimously as well.

Trustees stressed that the measure does not replace efforts to pursue higher salaries but seeks practical options that can help employees and families with high housing costs and high mobility rates. The motions call for the superintendent to present options at the July 28 workshop and for communications to push verified openings to families in need.