For Immediate Release

Friday, January 29, 2016

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

Sadowski Coalition Applauds Florida Senate for Using All Housing Trust
Fund Monies for Floridas Housing Programs
Tallahassee, Fla. The Sadowski Housing Coalition today applauded the Florida Senate for
using all housing trust fund monies for Floridas housing programs, the State Housing Initiatives
Partnership (SHIP) program and State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) program, in their Fiscal
Year 2016-17 budget proposal. Specifically, the budget proposal, which was laid out by the
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
yesterday, recommends that $185.8 million be allocated to SHIP, which includes $7.2 million to
provide services to homeless persons, and $131.2 million be allocated to state housing programs
including SAIL.
On behalf of the Sadowski Coalition and Floridas seniors, veterans, those with special needs
and hardworking families, I thank the Senate for continuing to be a stalwart for affordable
housing and recommending that all housing trust fund monies go toward housing in their budget
proposal, said Jaimie Ross, facilitator of the Sadowski Coalition, and president and CEO 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, 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 the State of Florida, said Ross. As we move forward this session, we ask that the House
take the Senates position during budget negotiations and use all housing trust fund monies for
housing.
For more information on the Sadowski Coalition, please visit SadowskiCoalition.com and
follow @SadowskiFL.
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