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Florida Housing Coalition Sadowski Affiliates Webinar February 8, 2019
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Panelists Jaimie Ross, President & CEO Florida Housing Coalition; Facilitator, Sadowski Coalition Mark Hendrickson, Executive Director Florida ALHFA; FHC Board Member
Agenda Governor s Budget- Full Appropriation of Sadowski Trust Funds for Housing Sadowski Affiliates Impact Media New Revenue Estimates New Materials Housing Bills United Way ALICE Report Sadowski Press Conference
Governor s Budget Budget Released Last Friday, February 1 $352 Million for Housing Governor DeSantis fully funded the Sadowski state and local housing programs in his budget.
Sadowski Affiliates Impact THANK YOU for the emails sent to the Governor s staff. Those emails led to a meeting in Governor s office. Sadowski Affiliates are the most critical support for the Sadowski Coalition. Thank you email to:
Statement from Jaimie Ross By fully funding the Sadowski state and local housing programs in his budget, Governor DeSantis is providing great leadership for Florida by proposing to finally end the sweeps of housing trust funds. We applaud Governor DeSantis for distinguishing himself as a Governor who gets it; the Sadowski state and local housing trust fund programs are the best way for Florida to meet the enormous housing need in Florida from ending homelessness to providing modest workforce homeownership opportunities. If the Legislature follows the Governor s lead, Florida will see a positive economic benefit of over $4 billion dollars. Our gratitude to Governor DeSantis and the Governor s Administration cannot be overstated. JAIMIE ROSS CEO, Florida Housing Coalition, Facilitator, Sadowski Coalition
Ron DeSantis budget described as sea change for affordable housing "Jaimie Ross, president and CEO of the Florida Housing Coalition, said she s now optimistic lawmakers will ditch tradition and follow DeSantis lead. I don t think that the value of the Governor putting full funding [into affordable housing programs] in his budget can be overstated, Ross said. This is a sea change in leadership from the Governor s office. - February 4, 2019
Ron DeSantis unveils $91.3 billion budget. It boosts spending for education, environment. "For the first time in over a decade, DeSantis would not sweep money from the state s affordable housing trust fund into other budget expenses. Instead, he would devote the estimated $338 million toward providing low-interest loans for developers of affordable housing and building affordable housing for low- and middle-income families. - February 4, 2019
Gov. Ron DeSantis budget plan: More money for environment, schools, housing "In a departure from what the Republican-led Legislature has done in recent budget years, DeSantis wants all money in the affordable housing trust fund, known as the #Sadowski Fund, to be used for affordable housing. Lawmakers have swept those funds to pay for other items in all but a handful of years in the last decade a decision consistently slammed by housing. - February 4, 2019
Lack of Affordable Housing Spices up Tampa Mayoral Debate - February 5, 2019
What Should Housing Trust Fund Advocates Do Now? Elected officials care most about their own constituents. Citizens are the most important people in the process. CONTINUE TO MEET WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
Legislative Process Session begins March 5, 2019. Remaining Committee weeks are: Feb. 11; Feb. 19. Last Remaining District Offices week: Feb. 25 Consideration of the appropriation of the state and local housing trust fund programs is underway.
Governor s Budget PROGRAM GOVERNOR SENATE HOUSE FINAL BUDGET FHFC: SAIL Line 2315 FHFC: SAIL Workforce Keys Line 2315 SHIP Line 2316 Catalyst Training Line 2226 $85,448,000 $20,000,000 $246,430,000 $500,000 TOTAL HOUSING $352,378,000 SHTF SWEEP $0 LGHTF SWEEP $0 TOTAL SWEEP $0 Unallocated SHTF $0 Unallocated LGHTF $0
Sadowski Funding Impact FY 2019-2020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ECONOMIC IMPACT $352.37 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION FROM THE SADOWSKI HOUSING TRUST FUNDS Based upon the December 2018 REC Doc Stamp Estimate for FY 19-20 SAIL SHIP Combined Totals Funding $105,448,00 $246,930,000 $352,378,000 TDC $536,835,597 $1,329,929,258 $1,866,764,855 Units 2,403 10,796 13,199 Jobs 7,958 22,913 30,871 Economic Impact $1,154,991,280 $3,277,287,304 $4,432,278,584
New Advocacy Materials New Projected SHIP Distribution Estimates for FY2019-20; based on 2019/2020 Governor s Recommended Budget/Dec 2018 Revenue Estimating Conference (Less: $5 million Disaster Relief holdback, Monitoring, & Catalyst funding) Available at SadowskiCoalition.org
Senate Bill 70 Legislation to Stop the Sweeps Senator Debbie Mayfield (R, District 17- Parts of Indian River, and part of Brevard County)
Miscellaneous Housing Bills SB 350 Senator Hutson- local govt may not charge an impact fee for development or construction of affordable housing HB 353 Rep. Polsky- requires certain agencies to provide a report to Legislature relating to use of Sadowski funds intended to be an anti-sweep bill, not intended to apply to housing providers. SB 568 and HB 443 Senator Diaz/Rep. Rodriguezextends direction to property appraisers to assess properties that have an affordability restriction of at least 20 years to have that restriction considered in arriving at valuation
Miscellaneous Housing Bills SB 250/HB 413 Senator Flores/Rep Aloupis- State Workforce Tax Credit Program SB 842 Senator Thurston- authority to levy surtax for purpose of establishing and financing an affordable housing trust funds- local option And More to Come
Key Persons for Housing Trust Funds Senate Senate President Bill Galvano House House Speaker Jose Oliva Appropriations Chair Rob Bradley TED Subcommittee Chair Travis Hutson Appropriations Chair Travis Cummings TED Subcommittee Chair Jay Trumbell
Senate President Bill Galvano (R, District 21- Manatee & part of Hillsborough)
House Speaker Jose Oliva (R, District 110- part of Miami-Dade) In: Miami-Dade County
Senate Appropriations Chair, Rob Bradley (R, District 5- Clay, Union, Bradford, Baker, Columbia, Suwannee, Lafayette, Gilchrist, Dixie, Levy)
House Appropriations Chair Representative Travis Cummings (R, District 18- Part of Clay) In: Clay County
Senate TED Appropriations Chair Travis Hutson (R, District 7- St. Johns, Flagler and part of Volusia)
House Chair Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Jay Trumbell (R, District 6- Bay County) In: Bay County
How do we know how much money to ask for? We ask for the appropriation of all the state and local housing trust fund money; the money collected from the portion of the doc stamp that is dedicated for affordable housing. The trust fund money is automatically deposited into the state and local housing trust funds by operation of law (that s what the Sadowski Act- which passed in 1992 accomplished- we have a dedicated revenue source for housing). In FY 2019-20 that is approximately $352 million.
What is the Split Between Local SHIP and State Programs? 70% goes to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund for the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program $246.93 million for SHIP 30% goes to the State Housing Trust Fund for the Florida Housing Finance Corporation programs such as the State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) Program $105.448 million for SAIL SHIP 30% 70% SAIL
Provide Feedback How do you help the Sadowski Coalition? We need to know about your meetings with legislators or their aides we can follow up in Tallahassee. You do not have to be an expert in housing or the trust fund numbers to meet with your legislator/aide. If you are asked a question you don t feel comfortable answering (unlikely to happen) just say I ll be happy to get back to you with that info And give us a call! Jaimie Ross at 850-212-0587.
How do you Find Sadowski Info? www.sadowskicoalition.org Resources Tab Toolkit button (each page) Sadowski One Pager and Sadowski Affiliates: Talking points for meeting with legislators Includes our ask = use all housing trust funds for housing
Find YOUR Legislator www.flsenate.gov/ Senators/Find www.myfloridahouse.gov/ Sections/Representatives/ myrepresentative.aspx
United Way ALICE Report Florida Released Wednesday, February 7
Sadowski Press Conference TBA
Action Recap MAKE APPOINTMENT Make an appointment to see your legislator in the district office the week of February 25. Meet with the legislative aide if you can t get an appointment with the legislator. flsenate.gov/senators/find myfloridahouse.gov/sections/repres entatives/myrepresentative.aspx
Contact Information For Assistance, contact: Jaimie Ross (850) 212-0587 Ross@flhousing.org