For Immediate Release

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Contact:
Sarah Bascom, sarah@bascomllc.com, 850.294.6636
Kelsey Swithers, kelsey@bascomllc.com, 941.400.8183

Sadowski Coalition Applauds Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on TED

for Recommending Full Funding of SHIP & SAIL in Budget Proposal
Tallahassee, Fla. The Sadowski Housing Coalition today applauded the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development for including full
funding for the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program and State Apartment
Incentive Loan (SAIL) Program in their Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget proposal. Specifically, the
subcommittees budget proposal recommends that $153.6 million is allocated to SHIP, which
includes $4 million to provide services to homeless persons, and $102.4 million is allocated to
SAIL.
The Senate continues to be a stalwart for affordable housing, recommending that all housing
trust fund monies go to housing in their budget proposal, said Jaimie Ross, facilitator of the
Sadowski Coalition and president of the Florida Housing Coalition. We especially appreciate
the leadership of Subcommittee Chairman Senator Jack Latvala, Senate Appropriations Chair
Senator Tom Lee, and Senate President Andy Gardiner for their support of affordable housing.
Affordable housing is not only important to those who benefit from it Floridas seniors,
veterans, those with special needs and hardworking families but also carries a large economic
impact, as the full appropriation of affordable housing monies for housing will produce tens of
thousands of jobs in Florida and billions of dollars in positive economic impact for our state,
concluded Ross.
For more information on the Sadowski Coalition, please visit www.SadowskiCoalition.com or
follow @SadowskiFL.
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