A recently unearthed Facebook post shows St. Petersburg council member and mayoral candidate Robert Blackmon bragged about evicting tenants when he purchased a downtown St. Pete apartment building. Blackmon is again under fire for evictions and maintenance issues. The St. Pete Tenant’s Union Tuesday held a news conference outside one of Blackmon’s properties. Listen: If… Read more »
"There’s no jobs, there’s no rent:" USF student organizing a rent strike
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Even during coronavirus outbreak, legal aid group hears about eviction concerns
Read MoreCity of Tampa will host a Community Resource Fair
Read MoreSt. Petersburg announces plan to confront the affordable housing crisis
Read MoreMidPoint for Thursday, April 26 - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King
Read MoreACORN Founder Wade Rathke Subject of New Film The Organizer Talks About Community Organizing
Read MoreCommunity Gardens and Tiny Homes on the Sustainable Living Program
Read MoreNew Film About Veteran Community Organizer Heather Booth Will Be Shown Tonight in Tampa
Read MoreMidPoint for Thursday, August 10 - James Scott and Maria Scruggs
Read MoreMidPoint for Thursday, Aug.3 - Desmond Meade & St. Pete City Council & mayoral candidates
Read MoreHomeless residents now don't have to wear wristbands to get services
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New Tampa Bay Times article follows story of Kings Lake, a community devastated by 2006 housing crash
BY Rob Lorei Our guest on Midpoint Wednesday was Tampa Bay Times reporter Susan Taylor Martin, who was part of an investigative team at the Tampa bay Times who followed up on the neighborhood here in the Bay area that was hardest hit by the housing foreclosure crisis a decade ago. Once an attractive neighborhood for… Read more »
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Candidates for state senate seat all want to tackle poverty; just differently
Four Democrats are running for a State Senate seat that includes parts of Hillsborough and South Pinellas Counties. They faced-off at a forum in the Enoch Davis Center in St. Petersburg. But the pre-screened questions provided for a subdued, almost scripted atmosphere. The NAACP Branch of Saint Petersburg organized the forum; attended by nearly 100… Read more »
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Saint Petersburg Mayor delivers hopeful State of the City Address
Mayor Rick Kriseman announces that the state of Saint Petersburg is strong and sunny. Kriseman delivered his State of the City address last Saturday at the Coliseum. The auditorium was packed with city workers, residents and elected officials. The mayor outlined progress already made then laid out his short and long term agenda’s. Mayor Kriseman… Read more »
What happens to residents when Tampa redevelops West River?
Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the City of Tampa have major redevelopment plans for the area west of the Hillsborough River north of downtown. The West River redevelopment means two large public housing developments will be torn down and the residents of more than 800 units at North Boulevard Homes and Mary Bethune High Rise apartments… Read more »
Homeless Helping Homeless to reduce services after raid
A grassroots homeless charity group in Tampa is in danger of reducing services because of a police raid and code citations last week. Homeless Helping Homeless provides several services including emergency shelter. But the group is being forced out of its primary headquarters. Adolphus Parker is president and founder and says he thinks Homeless Helping… Read more »
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10 years after Katrina: Who is being left out of New Orleans’ Renaissance?
this Saturday marks the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina hit the northern gulf coast, devastating New Orleans as the storm overwhelmed its aged levee system and flooded 80 percent of the city, leaving over 1800 dead. Over the last few years New Orleans has experienced what many see as a renewal with as it economy… Read more »
USDA program helps families build their own homes, and journalist Tony Ortega’s latest book on Scientology
USDA program helps families build their own homes, and journalist Tony Ortega’s latest book on Scientology
Pasco County’s Habitat for Humanity discusses the need for affordable housing & Reactions to grand jury decision in Ferguson
The show discusses Habitat for Humanity, the need for affordable housing, how to volunteer and how to make donations.
InVision Tampa unveils plan for West Hillsborough River area
During the next twenty-five years the area of Tampa that is just North West of downtown will be transformed. The City of Tampa, InVision Tampa and the Tampa Housing Authority unveiled their Master Plan today.
