The $5.6 million pot of money Hernando County has been earmarked to help low- to moderate-middle income homebuyers move into foreclosed homes county is still awaiting final state approvals. ...more

July 24, 2009

Hillsborough County's affordable housing program exists to help low-income homebuyers. ...more

January 2, 2009

Hillsborough County will soon get $19 million from the federal government to buy abandoned, foreclosed homes in neighborhoods hard-hit by foreclosures and falling home values. ...more

December 31, 2008

TAMPA -- Hillsborough County will soon get $19 million from the federal government to buy abandoned, foreclosed homes in neighborhoods hard-hit by foreclosures and falling home values. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said today it has approved the county's plan to spend the grant money. ...more

December 30, 2008

As expected, county commissioners on Tuesday rejected a committee recommendation to create a separate governmental division dedicated to affordable housing. ...more

December 17, 2008

Hernando County is in line to receive $5.6 million of federal money that would be used to ease the local foreclosure crisis and stabilize the housing market. ...more

December 5, 2008

Florida will get more federal money than any other state to buy abandoned, foreclosed homes as part of the Bush administration's foreclosure relief plan developed this year. ...more

September 27, 2008

A whistleblower whose allegations triggered a federal investigation into Hillsborough County's affordable housing office was fighting to protect her own multimillion-dollar, nonprofit company. ...more

June 15, 2008

The city is considering increasing for the first time in 18 years the fees it charges on new construction to offset the ballooning cost of roads. ...more

December 22, 2007