Hillsborough County schools’ attendance boundaries are likely to change. Some schools may be repurposed and students reassigned to different schools and the public isn’t happy with the proposed changes.
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About 2,500 low-income households remain on a waitlist to receive housing vouchers in Tampa and Hillsborough County.
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Activists in St. Petersburg rallied at City Hall on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police.
St. Petersburg residents share priorities for city budget, call for more action on housing
Tangela Butler, a local bus driver, approached one of two podiums in the meeting room of St. Petersburg City Hall on Monday night. Dozens of community members sat in the pews behind her. She had no speech prepared. No notes. Just a heavy, but determined heart, and a plea for city leaders to take action… Read more »
A new law in St. Petersburg bans landlords from discriminating against housing voucher recipients, but some argue it doesn’t go far enough
Under a new city law, landlords in the increasingly unaffordable city of St. Petersburg can now face a financial penalty for denying housing to applicants who use government assistance, such as Section 8 housing vouchers, to pay for rent. This new penalty comes as a provision of a new ban on source of income discrimination,… Read more »
City of Tampa lagged in notifying its Citizens Review Board and Tampa City Council of an ongoing federal investigation
Last Friday, the city of Tampa quietly shared in a news release that the city is under federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for its now-defunct Crime Free Housing Program — and has been since December 2021. According to a December 2021 letter sent to the city by the DOJ, the investigation is… Read more »
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For over 100 years, Tampa has been the home of La Gaceta, the country’s only trilingual newspaper and longest-running family-owned publication. La Gaceta has its fingers on the pulse of the city’s politics and the machinations that make it run. Editor and publisher Patrick Manteiga joined WMNF’s MidPoint on Wednesday to talk about the current events in the city.
St. Pete could become the first city in Florida to enact a tenants’ right to legal counsel policy
As the Sunshine City continues to seek solutions to its unaffordable housing crisis, city leaders in St. Petersburg are exploring the idea of guaranteeing a right to legal counsel for local tenants facing eviction. This policy, known as a tenants’ right to counsel, has been enacted in multiple cities and several states nationwide, but nowhere… Read more »
