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The tax issues come months after a city audit found the ferris wheel company owed the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and ticket surcharges.
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The interactive, countywide dashboard creates a new central online location where residents can access information and updates surrounding affordable units. It also offers data and insights on housing trends, cost of living, county housing programs and incomes, among other information.
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Broward County will allow many of the Community Redevelopment Agencies in the county to sunset, freeing up millions of dollars that they plan to use for affordable housing. One version of the plan could set aside as much as $72 million by 2032.
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In the Shore Acres neighborhood of St. Petersburg, rising water has become a constant threat. Many residents cannot afford to elevate their homes or move.
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Since the pandemic, isolation and loneliness were declared public health concerns. Older adults are at higher risk, but intentional communities offer a way to live with connection.
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A new maternity center in Lauderdale Lakes will provide medical care as well as social services, in a collaborative effort to reduce maternal and infant mortality, preterm birth rates and high rates of neonatal hospitalization in the city's largely Black community.
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Nearly two years after Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida, for many, the dream of living in paradise is becoming unaffordable. Making the situation worse, because of lax permitting and development following the hurricane, FEMA is hiking the cost of flood insurance in vulnerable coastal communities like Cape Coral.
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Sensors placed throughout downtown West Palm Beach could soon begin recording video of pedestrians, cyclists, drivers and pests. City officials say it'll help improve traffic and pest control, and they're planning a transparent rollout to address privacy concerns.
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Rohi's Readery, a 鈥渟ocial-justice driven" children's bookstore, plans to expand into the Northwest Historic District, a predominantly Black neighborhood.
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Florida natives Sierra Grace and David Paulo have seen the landscapes of the places they grew up in change rapidly. Through photos of historical and cultural landmarks shared on Instagram, they work to preserve their community 鈥 before gentrification and development take over.
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Along with residential units, the development will retain YWCA offices and services provided on-site, such as financial literacy resources, job training and more.
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Environmentalists say planned communities 鈥 Kingston in eastern Lee and Bellmar in eastern Collier and both the size of small cities 鈥 could hurtle the Florida panther from the Endangered Species List to extinction.