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• The campus will open August 26th to some 7,700 students. The students will take classes in 20 academic programs.
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• As the Orlando area’s housing shortage persists, college students are particularly impacted by limited living options. Sean Snaith, director of UCF’s Institute for Economic Forecasting, joins Intersection.
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• Rent rates in Central Florida have continued to rise as wages have remained stagnant, inspiring statewide calls for more affordable housing.
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• A group of Central Florida women are building affordable homes for other women and their families in Apopka.
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• Mayor Andrew Gillium’s running mate Chris King joined Intersection to talk about the gubernatorial campaign. King says he and Gillum want to “build a more fair economy” for Floridians.
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• New Horizons Apartment Homes opened today. The collaboration between the City of Orlando and local nonprofits is bringing affordable, sustainable housing to the West Side.
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• Democrats Senator Bill Nelson, Congressman Darren Soto, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, and the Mexican Consulate will address policy issues that affect the Latino community. Event organizer Nancy Batista says displaced Puerto Rican families demonstrates the importance of affordable and accessible housing.
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• Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria and put up in hotels and motels throughout Florida rallied outside of state Rep. Bob Cortes office today. The federal program providing them with housing assistance ends this weekend.
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• More than 600 Puerto Rican families remain in Florida hotels and motels under FEMA’s Transitional Housing Program. Attorney and advocate Kira Moreno-Craft says with the program ending June 30th both the state and federal governments needs to step up with more affordable long-term housing solutions.
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• Affordable housing is in great demand in Central Florida. Shannon Nazworth of Ability Housing tells Intersection how Orlando can make a difference -one project at a time- in the affordable housing crisis. And Hank Fishkind talks about ways to boost the supply of housing.
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