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Pensacola committee urges rewrite of surplus-property rules to favor affordable housing
Summary
Committee members reviewed the city's disposition-of-surplus-property policy (last revised 2017) and recommended staff draft revisions to create an explicit affordable-housing disposal pathway, coordinate with the city administrator, and identify a city-council champion for formal adoption.
The committee discussed revisions to the City of Pensacola's disposition-of-surplus-real-property policy, with members saying the existing options do not reliably produce affordable housing and recommending a clear, written path that prioritizes affordability.
At the meeting, the chair said she had reviewed guidance from the Florida Housing Coalition and noted that the state statute "states that anything that is suitable for affordable housing should be used for affordable housing," framing the review as an effort to reconcile state guidance with the city's current disposal options.
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