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Forrest Gump actor Gary Sinise kicks off 2013 wounded vet project in Tampa listen
02/13/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump, veterans, wounded veterans, Bob Buckhorn, housing, disability rights
Actor Gary Sinise – better known as Lieutenant Dan to Forrest Gump fans -- is heading up an effort to build twelve severely wounded soldiers specially-equipped homes. Sinise, along with other charity leaders and Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn announced the 2013 Building for America’s Bravest program during a ceremony in downtown Tampa Wednesday morning. Sinise said he enjoys giving injured soldiers some of their normal life back.
Be the first to comment“They’re going to have life challenges for a long time – for th...
V.M. Ybor residents want pool and less crowded housing units listen
02/07/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Frank Reddick, Tampa City Council, V.M. Ybor, housing, Cuscaden Pool
In the V.M. Ybor neighborhood of Tampa some residents are living in overcrowded lodging facilities. They also don’t have access to the community’s pool for the fourth consecutive year. This morning neighborhood leaders asked city council members to move forward with proposals that would solve both problems.
Community leaders from the historic neighborhood north of Ybor City often find themselves addressing Tampa City Council looking for ways to strike a balance between middle-class homeo...
Be the first to commentNew apartment complex offers housing for Tampa's chronically homeless listen
01/24/13 Ella WindWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Homeless, Housing, Mental Healthcare, Cypress Landing, Steps Forward, Rehabilitation, homelessness, Tampa
Two years ago, Tampa government officials began to investigate options for addressing Tampa's homeless population, which numbered around 18,000 people. On Wednesday, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Cypress Landing housing complex in North Tampa, the first permanent housing complex for the chronically homeless in Hillsborough County.
The Cypress Landing complex will house the chronically homeless, those who are repeatedly homeless or have been homeles...
2 commentsNew activist movement in Tampa is targeting slumlords listen
01/17/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Solidarity Network, housing, Aaran's Walk, tenant's rights
A group of activists is targeting slumlords in Tampa. Members of the Tampa Solidarity Network warned passing traffic not to rent from a USF-area apartment complex during a protest yesterday.
Two activists held a giant banner in front of Aaran’s Walk Condominiums calling Jennifer Rendahl a slumlord. Some drivers passing by honked in appreciation. Others slowed their cars to ask why. Protester Jake Vigness told them the complex’s management headed up by Rendahl enforced silly rules and of...
1 commentsClean Up Scheduled for University Area Community in Tampa
01/15/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Universitay Area Community, USF, Tampa, Dan Jurman, Avesta Homes, poverty, housing, low wages
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk about a community project taking place soon in North Tampa-- it's an effort to improve the lives of people who live in the area near the University of South Florida. But first- one listener comment about yesterday's show. Yesterday we spent much of the hour talking about guns and what to do to reduce gun violence. Here's what one listener had to say:
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This Saturday more than 500 volunteers from busines...
3 commentsNew homes for injured veterans part of community redevelopment in St. Pete listen
12/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: energy, net zero, energy efficient, veterans, housing, community redevelopment, neighborhood stabilization program
A wounded military veteran broke ground on what will be his new home today in St. Petersburg. The house is being paid for through a collaborative of charities, but is part of a greater effort to rehabilitate the city’s troubled Midtown area. Brian Lamb, president of the non-profit Community Partners in Revitalization said the project will help drive property values up in the neighborhood.
Be the first to comment“Within that, there’s a huge economic advantage to coming into neighborhoods, recognizing – or bett...
Local pastor charged with 8 felonies trying to put a roof over someone's head listen
11/27/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Adverse possession, squatter, homeless, housing, foreclosure, Tami Robinson
A Tampa Pastor is suing the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for arresting her after she helped a member of her congregation move into a home owned by someone else. Tami Robinson used centuries old land ownership loophole to try to acquire an abandoned home, but it didn’t work. Robinson said she and the woman she was helping were arrested and charged with eight felonies.
Be the first to comment“We’ve been charged with burglary, two counts of grand theft, two counts of burglary, two counts of impersonation...
Tampa Police evict squatters who took abandoned house before Republican convention listen
09/07/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, Republican National Convention, housing, homelessness, Romneyville
A couple who took over an abandoned house in Tampa just before the Republican convention was evicted this morning by Tampa Police.
Tyler Mitchell is an activist who was there to help the squatters, who did not want to be interviewed.
Mitchell said the police did not have legal standing to evict the residents, but they let the Police into the home.
Be the first to comment“We are at 208 East North Street in Tampa, Florida. This is a site where there was a housing ...
Affordable / workforce housing in Tampa Bay
02/09/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Sadowski Trust, Debra Koehler, Mark Hendrickson, Sage Partners, housing, Homelessness, affordable housing
Debra Koehler with Sage Partners was our main guest, speaking about affordable/workforce housing. Mark Hendrickson, former head of the state housing agency and now a private consultant called in from Tallahassee to discuss the Sadowski Trust, which are housing funds composed of local and state revenue from documentary-stamp taxes paid on property sales. While the recession has reduced those sales, and the need for new housing, the funds can still be used to repair and rehabilitate old apartm...
Be the first to commentTampa Housing Authority awarded 75 additional vouchers to provide housing for homeless veterans listen
08/26/11 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Housing Authority, Homelessness, veterans, housing, vouchers, City of Tampa
The Tampa Housing Authority has recently received more than a half a million dollars to help local Veterans who are homeless or cannot afford their housing payments.
In July the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants to public housing agencies in every state. The funding totals $46.2 million. The Tampa Housing Authority was awarded 75 additional vouchers to provide assistance to veterans in need. Margaret Jones, Director of Assisted Housing for the Tampa Housing Autho...
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