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After the Flood
Drivers along Interstate 10, tracing the Gulf Coast from the Florida panhandle through Alabama to Mississippi, can still see wreckage left behind by the hurricanes of 2005
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Florida Bridges Loan Gap
Through a $10 million grant Florida Housing Finance Corp. (FHFC) received from the state last August, the department is putting the money to good use by initiating a preservation bridge loan program targeting nonprofit development organizations by providing loans for acquisition and predevelopment...
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POAH Takes Over Six Florida Projects
Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH), has closed on the purchase of six affordable rental properties in Florida, with a total of 846 apartments.
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Habitat Orlando Goes Multifamily
The first families have moved into Staghorn Villas, the most ambitious project undertaken by Habitat for Humanity Orlando.
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Orlando Rentals Battered
Orlando, Fla.—In August 2008, 40 people who had signed pre-sale contracts at the Paramount on Lake Eola, a new high-rise condo tower here, unsuccessfully sued to try to get their deposits back, according to local news reports.
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New Florida codes compel contractors to upgrade the roof-wall connections on qualifying older homes when replacing the roof covering. In this article Richard Reynolds, who helped write the new code language, outlines the steps involved: how to inspect the connections that tie existing rafters or...
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Recession-Proof?
Tampa, Fla.—Education is supposed to be a recession proof industry—but tell that to the administrators at the University of South Florida.
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Hurricane-Recovery Housing Takes Root
PENSACOLA, FLA. - Four years ago, when Hurricane Ivan swept through the Florida panhandle, killing 52 and causing close to $10 billion in damage, an estimated 2,000 residents of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were left homeless.