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	Podcast:		Capital Report
	Episode:		Capital Report: 11-29-2019
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:29:02
	Publish Date:		2019-11-28 23:00:00
	Description:		Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is calling the 2020 legislative session the ‘Year of the Teacher.’ DeSantis recently rolled out his budget asks. Ryan Dailey has more on the requests, and the reaction from the statewide teachers’ union. Governor Ron DeSantis’ proposed budget would fully fund Florida’s two affordable housing programs. He is recommending that all $387-million be used for housing needs. The Florida Legislature created the affordable housing programs in 1992 by raising the documentary stamp tax on real estate transactions. The money is supposed to be split between the Apartment Incentive Loan Program – known as SAIL - and the Housing Initiative Partnership Program – known as SHIP. But the money often gets sent elsewhere. Gina Jordan talked with Florida Housing Finance Corporation Executive Director Trey Price about what it means to fully fund these programs. Backers of a state constitutional amendment proposal are trying to make it harder for the document to be changed. The
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