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FLORIDA President Joe Biden s $2 trillion infrastructure and climate proposal sets aside about $213 billion to produce, preserve, and retrofit more than 2,000,000 affordable places to live across the country.
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President Biden s $2 trillion infrastructure plan would set aside about $213 billion to help with affordable housing
The funds would go toward making, preserving, and retrofitting more than 2,000,000 affordable places to live across the country
The plan would also addresses exclusionary zoning laws
Developers say if this passes, it would have big implications for low income housing.
Bathsheba Collingwood feels like finding affordable housing is becoming a game she can’t win.
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ORLANDO, Fla. The Heart of Florida United Way’s 211 helpline has fielded 21,000 calls from people worried about being evicted from their homes since June of last year, according to Ray Larsen, the organization’s vice president of community engagement.
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Heart of Florida United Way invests in 3 Central Florida legal aid groups
Groups in Orange, Osceola, Seminole counties help people facing eviction
HFUW has seen surge in calls from people worried about being evicted
“The calls specifically around evictions and needs for utility assistance are still very much elevated,” Larsen said.
Responding to that large demand for assistance, HFUW moved this week to invest $150,000 into three local aid groups in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties that have been helping low-income people throughout the pandemic. The money is specifically meant to fund legal assistance and representation for individuals and families facing an eviction because of the COVI
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ORLANDO, Fla. In renewing stimulus aid and unemployment benefits, Congress also extended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Eviction Moratorium program for another month. Not all renters, however, will be covered.
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The recently passed COVID-19 relief bill extends the CDC Eviction Moratorium through the end of January
Not everyone qualifies for the protections, though, and they do not kick in automatically
The Eviction Moratorium does not absolve the tenant from their financial responsibilities under the lease
When President Donald Trump signed the recent $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill into law, he also extended the CDC Eviction Moratorium through January 31, 2021.