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St. Augustine welcomes community’s input to help shape future affordable housingThe City of St. Augustine will hold a workshop Monday to receive public input about an affordable housing location.
More than 30,000 people on waitlist for affordable housing in Jacksonville as rental prices soarThe cost of renting a home or apartment has soared in recent years, and the Jacksonville Housing Authority is seeing this need for affordable housing firsthand.
St. Johns County moves to increase price of workforce housing, reduce amount developers have to buildSt. Johns County leaders are trying to address the area’s affordable housing crisis.
Jacksonville advocate applauds new affordable housing bill; critics decry doing away with rent controlFlorida lawmakers are trying to address the affordable housing crisis with a new bill that would put millions toward creating more options in the state.
St. Johns County commissioner votes down public housing authority, says it could change character of countyA divided St. Johns County Commission voted against creating a county public housing authority during a meeting on Tuesday.
St. Johns County has an affordable housing crisis. These nonprofit housing leaders explain how to address itData collected by NEFAR shows that St. Johns County is the least affordable county of the eight counties in the area.
Local landlord: overwhelmed with the cost of owning multiple rental properties, but has not raised rentFlorida's property insurance crisis is one of the biggest issues in the state right now. A local landlord tells News4JAX despite the rising costs, she has not passed it on to her tenants.
Nearly 300 students still on UNF housing waitlistMany freshmen at the University of North Florida moved into their dorm Friday while hundreds of others are still looking for a place to live this fall.
UNF is trying to work with students who need housing before semester startsThe University of North Florida is working with students who need housing for the fall semester.
Rising freshman at UNF is homeless just one week before classes startA rising freshman at UNF and his mom say he is still on the waitlist for dorm housing just a week out from the start of classes.
Most Americans don’t think now is a good time to buy a home, according to new Gallup pollRising home prices are making it hard for people to buy, and most Americans are now saying it's time to wait.
City says it had no choice but to break-up a protest over affordable housingThe City of Jacksonville says they had no option but to break-up a protest over affordable housing in front of City Hall.
Jacksonville woman who reported rent hike told she’ll have to moveA Jacksonville woman who came to News4JAX with her story about her rent going up hundreds of dollars is having the offer to renew her lease rescinded.
Problems plaguing the future: How one network is actively looking for solutionsWhen we think about the world and the problems people encounter every day, a few of the biggest hurdles would be poverty and hunger, climate change and inequality, to name a few.
WATCH | Episode 2: Solutionaries tackles affordable housing crisisEpisode 2 of “Solutionaries” tackles the lack of affordable housing across America and highlights the people and organizations who are working to solve the crisis.
How the government is addressing housing issuesAs part of an initiative to create more affordable housing and an increased inventory of homes, President Joe Biden recently announced his administration wants to make single-family homes less available to investors.
Are you able to find affordable housing? That’s the question on our next episode of ‘Solutionaries’When you hear the term “affordable housing,” what do you think of?
How did the housing market get so crazy? These 4 reasons help break it downIt’s been a strange time, living through a global pandemic. What first might have come as a surprise, is the housing boom that followed -- and the fact that things have stayed red hot.
What’s new lately with housing? Are we headed for a market crash?Just in the past few weeks, the Biden administration announced it would take steps to address a severe housing shortage in the U.S.
Florida Realtors back plan to boost affordable housingFlorida Realtors are backing a plan to change the state’s constitution to guarantee more money goes into affordable housing.