Hillsborough County needs a focused response to the foreclosure crisis to avert further harmful impacts to individuals, families and communities. ...more

November 7, 2009

Tampa Housing Authority officials say the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development moved at record speed to get federal stimulus money out the door to local agencies. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Tampa Housing Authority will announce this morning how it will use $10.5 million in federal stimulus money. ...more

March 25, 2009

A $3.9 million federal grant has been awarded to provide housing and social services for Hillsborough County's estimated 9,500 homeless people. ...more

February 21, 2009

They're basic skills: Taking care of family, managing money and using a computer. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Calibre Investment Group, LLC, will seek a 60-day extension on its inspection period on its project to develop the site of the vacant Harder Hall Hotel, when the Sebring City Council convenes on Tuesday. ...more

February 2, 2009

The default rate for mortgages recently insured by the Federal Housing Administration has been climbing, an alarming trend for an agency that is playing a vastly expanded role in the mortgage market and backing roughly a quarter of all the loans made last year. ...more

January 26, 2009

Tampa has gotten the federal OK to spend $13.6 million to buy foreclosed and abandoned properties. ...more

January 21, 2009

Tampa has gotten the federal OK to spend $13.6 million to buy foreclosed and abandoned properties. The funding will come from the city's share of the $3.9 billion Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a response to escalating foreclosures nationwide. The stabilization program is overseen by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. ...more

January 20, 2009

Hillsborough and its surrounding counties have some of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation. ...more

December 17, 2008