| 11/16/2004 | IRS Income Restriction Waiver Now Extends To Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne |
| TALLAHASSEE — The Internal Revenue Service’s wavier on certain income limitation requirements for properties financed using low income housing tax credits (Housing Credits) now encompasses hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne. (...read more) |
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| 11/12/2004 | Governor Bush Appoints Orlando Cabrera to Hurricane Housing Work Group |
| TALLAHASSEE — Governor Jeb Bush has created a hurricane housing work group to make recommendations on how to best use the one-time disaster funds to address housing needs resulting from the 2004 hurricane season. (...read more) |
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| 11/4/2004 | Fitch Affirms A Rating for Guarantee Fund |
| Tallahassee — Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Guarantee Fund’s financial strength rating at ‘A,’ stating that the rating reflects the low current risk-to-capital ratio, adequate board-determined reserve requirement, high asset quality and liquidity of guarantee fund investments, as well as the fund’s ability to draw on future documentary stamp taxes deposited monthly to the State Housing Trust Fund, as required by Florida law. (...read more) |
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| 10/27/2004 | Florida Housing Awards $1.5 Million Toward Emergency Farmworker Housing |
| Tallahassee — Florida Housing’s Board of Directors recently approved $1.5 million in disaster relief funding toward the construction of Live Oak Villas in Ft. Pierce, Florida. This funding will help increase the targeted set aside for farmworker households at this property from the current 40 percent (42 unit) minimum to 60 percent (63 units). Plans are for the property to be complete in early 2005. (...read more) |
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| 10/26/2004 | Governor Bush Appoints David Oellerich to Florida Housing's Board of Directors |
| Tallahassee — Governor Jeb Bush has appointed David E. Oellerich, 49, of Tampa, general commercial contractor with Mathews Construction, to Florida Housing’s Board of Directors. Oellerich will serve as the commercial building representative, succeeding William Evans, for a term beginning October 20, 2004 and ending November 13, 2006. (...read more) |
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