SAMPLE/MODEL HOUSING RESOLUTION FOR CITY/COUNTY
CITY/COUNTY OF ______FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY/COUNTY COMMISSION OF ______, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING ELIMINATION OF THE CAP ON THE STATE and LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUNDS AND SUPPORTINGUSING ALL MONEY IN THE STATE AND LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUNDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, ______City/County has an obligation to provide for the housing needs of its current and anticipated populations and assisting lower income families is dependent upon sufficient housing assistance from federal and state programs; and
WHEREAS, the William E. Sadowski Affordable Housing Act of 1992 provides a dedicated revenue source for the production and preservation of affordable housing, including funding for the local State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program (SHIP); and
WHEREAS, Florida’s housing programs create 77 jobs for every $1 million dollars; and,
WHEREAS, all SHIP funding has been diverted by the legislature to general revenue and not appropriated for its intended purposes for the past two years; and
WHEREAS, the failure to fund Florida’s housing programs is preventing local governments from meeting local housing demand; and
WHEREAS, the appropriation of the estimated $193 million in the state and local housing trust funds for FY 2011-12 will create nearly 15,000 jobs and over $1.4 billion in economic activity for the State of Florida, and
WHEREAS, the Legislature enacted a cap on the Housing Trust Funds of $243 million per year, beginning in Fiscal Year 2007-2008; and
WHEREAS, removal of this cap will have no fiscal impact at this time, and a positive impact on job creation and economic activity as the economy recovers and more than $243 million is generated by documentary stamp collection; and
WHEREAS, ______(put in city/county name) would receive $______million for SHIP in FY 2011-12, which will create approximately ___ jobs in ______(city/county)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY/COUNTY COMMISSION OF ______, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City/County of ______supports repeal of the cap on the Housing Trust Funds, and urges the legislature to repeal the cap.
Section 2. That the City/County of______supports full appropriation of the state and local housing trust funds for Florida’s housing programs.
Section 3. That the appropriate City/County Officials are authorized to do all things necessary and expedient to carry out the provisions of this Resolution.
Section 4. That this Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ______, 2011.
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ATTEST:
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