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Panama City convenes housing roundtable as providers cite funding, land and rental gaps
Summary
City and regional housing providers met at a Panama City roundtable to map partnerships and barriers to affordable housing. Nonprofits and state officials outlined program shortfalls, a $250,000 funding gap for a youth transitional program and a rescue mission request for $6 million to build emergency shelters.
Panama City — City Manager Jonathan Hayes convened a roundtable of local housing providers, nonprofits and state housing officials to identify immediate gaps and coordinate resources to expand affordable housing in the city.
Speakers including Brooke Bullard of Anchorage Children’s Home, Brian Taylor of Doorways of Northwest Florida, Angela Clough of Habitat for Humanity and Sean Nesbitt of the Florida Housing Coalition outlined program capacities, funding sources and systemic barriers. ‘‘We’re not going to evict kids from this program,’’ said Brooke Bullard, describing the Bridge transitional living program for young people after the loss of a nationally competitive federal grant that created a roughly $250,000 annual shortfall for operations.
The meeting served as a stock‑taking session of local capacity and constraints. Brian Taylor, Doorways’ executive director, described the agency’s role as the Continuum of Care collaborative applicant and HMIS lead for a six‑county region and listed three primary challenges:…
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