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Charter committee asks staff to analyze funding options for affordable housing after staff outlines current tools
Summary
County staff reviewed existing funding for affordable housing, including SHIP, bonds, state funds and local sales-tax allocations; the committee approved a substitute motion asking staff to return with options for both policy recommendations and potential ballot/charter language (12–3).
Staff told the committee that Leon County uses a portfolio of funding sources to support affordable housing, including the state SHIP program, bond financing, federal grants, a local sales-tax allocation established through Blueprint and general revenue. The presentation said the county has invested about $5.8 million in direct funding and authorized roughly $195 million in bond financing to support developments that will deliver about 1,200 added affordable units in the next 12–18 months; staff also said nearly 50% of…
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