Scott PowersNovember 10, 2020
6min1338
Stephanie Murphy, Val Demings, Chris King, not to mention Bill Nelson.
Tag: Housing and Urban Development
Scott PowersNovember 10, 2020Scott PowersApril 17, 2019
3min1014
Orange County is set to get $9.8 million overall.
A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2018
5min270
In Jacksonville on Friday, HUD Secretary Ben Carson decried mass incarceration and factors that contribute to it, seemingly including his own administration’s cannabis policy. In his remarks, both at the roundtable and in the very limited time this reporter spoke to him as the elevator door closed, Carson suggested that there may be a more robustly pragmatic […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2016
11min239
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson don’t agree on everything. But when it comes to the horrors of the HUD-funded properties in Florida that are owned currently by Global Ministries Foundation, they presented a united from Thursday in a Senate subcommittee meeting on “Oversight of the HUD Inspection Process.” Both Rubio and Nelson have visited GMF properties […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 14, 2016
3min345
A major issue in Florida has been the horrific conditions at HUD complexes in Jacksonville and Orlando. Thursday, Sens. Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson did something about it: the Housing Accountability Act of 2016. The two lawmakers filed the legislation “to help thousands of low-income families living in federally subsidized housing such as Eureka Gardens in Jacksonville and Windsor […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016
10min292
In the twilight of his Senate term, Sen. Marco Rubio is focusing on constituent issues, such as Eureka Garden Apartments in Jacksonville. Eureka Garden has stirred the senator to sound a clarion call for reform of HUD’s clearly problematic process. The long-neglected, 400-unit HUD complex is currently for sale by Global Ministries Foundation. It’s a meaningless distinction for those […]
Drew WilsonApril 28, 2016
3min324
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio called on Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro to fix his agency’s “faulty” inspection process Wednesday after meeting with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Councilman Garrett Dennis. “What is happening in Jacksonville has unearthed a problem that must be resolved, and we remain committed to protecting the health and safety […]