HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-285RESOLUTION NO. 17-285
A RESOLUTION OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, REQUESTING THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORKGROUP
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE USE ALL SADOWSKI STATE AND LOCAL HOUSING
TRUST FUND MONIES SOLELY FOR FLORIDA'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS.
WHEREAS, Florida counties have an obligation to provide for the housing needs of their current
and anticipated populations and assisting lower income families is dependent upon sufficient
housing assistance from federal and state programs; and
WHEREAS, the William E. Sadowski Affordable Housing Act of 1992 provides a dedicated
revenue source for the production and preservation of affordable housing, including funding for
the local State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP); and
WHEREAS, the SHIP program provides funds to local governments as an incentive to create
partnerships that produce and preserve affordable homeownership and multifamily housing for
very low, low and moderate income families; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature has swept funds from the Sadowski state and local housing
trust fund, in full or in part, into general revenue to be used for purposes other than affordable
housing for the past decade; and
WHEREAS, based on August 2017 estimates, more than $300 million will be available for
appropriation from the Sadowski state and local housing trust funds in Fiscal Year 2018-19; and
WHEREAS, during the regular 2017 Legislative Session, the Florida Legislature created an
Affordable Housing Workgroup in Chapter 2017-71, Section 46, Laws of Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Workgroup is tasked with developing recommendations for
addressing the state's affordable housing needs, to be presented to and approved by the
Florida Housing Finance Corporation and submitted as a report to the Governor, President of
the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2018.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved, the St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioner requests
that the Affordable Housing Workgroup include in its final report a recommendation that the
Florida Legislature appropriate Sadowski state and local housing trust fund monies solely for
Florida's affordable housing programs.
After motion and second, the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Frannie Hutchinson, Chair AYE
Tod Mowery, Vice -Chairman AYE
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky AYE
Commissioner Linda Bartz AYE
Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 19 day of December, 2017.
ATTEST
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY: Y&
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS
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