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Charter review committee votes to codify an affordable-housing trust fund in charter, with flexibility preserved
Summary
After staff outlined current county investments in affordable housing, the committee voted 12–6 to recommend modified charter language (option 2, with a friendly amendment) to codify and memorialize an affordable housing trust fund while preserving ordinance-level flexibility for funding sources and uses.
Leon County staff told the Charter Review Committee that the county already has a range of affordable-housing efforts: more than $5.8 million in direct funding over the past five years, $195 million in bond financing authorized, a recent doubling of annual county investments to $500,000, and a $100 million bond authorization for the Housing Finance Authority (HFA). Staff recommended a policy recommendation rather than a charter amendment because the…
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