Housing

Roundup of news headlines produced for WMNF Community Radio: Tropicana Field & Gas Plant film, Florida Housing Market, NOAA layoffs.

Listen: A bill filed by a Seminole Republican Representative Berny Jacques would limit where big corporations could own homes in Florida.  He said the goal of the bill is to put people over profits.  “As...

Listen: The new year may see a market benefitting homebuyers as experts predict growth for Tampa and the rest of the state.  Chief economist at Zillow Skylar Olsen says Florida is leaning toward a buyers’ market....

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a proposal aimed at providing housing for migrant farmworkers; a bill back for the 2025 legislative session.

Listen: A new report shows some Florida residents need to work way more than the standard 40-hour workweek just to afford rent in the state. The report is by financial technology company Self, and published in...

Clearwater pleads for visitors and tourists to return to beaches WMNF’s Chris Young reports, officials plead for tourists who might be second-guessing their beach vacations to come back. Losses from Milton top $2.8 billion The...

The historical importance of the builders is on topic as Jerel McCants, Tampa Bay-based architect, talks about his book “The Architecture of Segregation: the hierarchy of spaces and places”. Sunday Forum October 13, 2024 8am...

Listen: With widespread evacuation orders across the Tampa Bay region, many are fleeing to shelters.  On Tuesday, People hauled trash bags and personal items into a shelter at Middleton High School in East Tampa. Evacuee...

Tampa will receive $1 million in federal funding to help with transportation and housing developments. Most of the money will send people into the community to find what areas need the most help and create...

Preservation is often associated with old buildings, and the past, but working to keep historic structures and neighborhoods from being demolished not only opens the door for a city’s residents and visitors to continue their...

Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets – Carol Mithers Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty and homelessness—in asking the question: Who deserves...

There is a new law Florida banning the homeless from sleeping in public. We discuss what can be done to get people off the streets with my guests, homeless advocates Antoinette Hayes-Triplett of Tampa Hillsborough...