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2010 Housing Conference



 

 

 

Join us for our annual Conference entitled "Building Better Communities" in Clearwater. For additional information, please visit the Conference Website and download our Conference Registration Brochure.

Sponsors and Exhibitors Needed
The Southeast Institute on Homelessness and Supportive Housing Conference is looking for sponsors and exhibitors! If your organization is interested in sponsor or exhibitor opportunities for this event, please feel free to take a look at our Sponsor and Exhibitor Prospectus or call us today at (850) 878-7403!

News You Can Use

Please visit our News page to read up on current news and information that involves Supportive Housing issues.

Free Florida Housing Locator

Florida Housing Finance Corporation is pleased to provide a FREE online affordable rental housing locator, www.FloridaHousingSearch.org. Designed for people who trying to find available affordable housing options as well as for landlords who want to register their affordable properties, FloridaHousingSearch is the primary source for available affordable housing. Consumers can search for properties by address, number of bedrooms, rent amount, Section 8 acceptance, and a variety of other features.

FloridaHousingSearch can be accessed online 24 hours a day and is supported by a toll-free, bilingual call center M-F, 9-6 EST., The site connects people to other housing resources through website links and provides helpful tools for renters, such as an affordability calculator, rental checklist and renter rights and responsibilities information. Landlords can easily list, advertise, and update their properties online.

In order to search for properties or register properties, click on www.FloridaHousingSearch.org, or call toll-free 877-428-8844.

Florida Housing was created by the Florida Legislature to help our fellow Floridians obtain safe, decent affordable housing that might otherwise be unavailable to them.

Common Sense: A Strategic Plan to Provide Supportive Housing Throughout Florida

Common Sense: A Strategic Plan

The objective of the plan is to increase the provision of quality affordable and universally accessible supportive housing for the purpose of promoting self-determination, community integration and economic self-sufficiency for special needs populations throughout Florida. The plan focuses on statewide goals and strategies to achieve this objective. Read more.



SAMHSA's Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) Web Site

SAMHSA's Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) Web site SAMHSA's new Homelessness Resource Center (HRC) Web site launched this week. Targeted toward providers who work with people who are homeless, the Web site shares state-of-the art knowledge, evidence-based practices, and practical resources.

The Web site provides an interactive learning community for researchers, providers, consumers, and Government agencies at all levels. It is an easy-to-manage resource with content that informs, features that engage, and training that is useful. These elements are brought together to promote recovery-oriented and consumer-centered services for people who are homeless.

Florida Housing Finance Corporation Workshop Series

Each year the Florida Housing Finance Corporation sponsors workshops for organizations interested in learning more about developing affordable housing in Florida. There is no cost to attend these workshops, but space is limited. Check the FHFC Calendar and sign up for these events.

FLSHC Thanks...

Our Sponsors:

  • Ability Housing of Northeast Florida
  • Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
  • Bank of America
  • Bank Atlantic
  • Citrus Health Network, Inc.
  • Eli Lilly
  • Fannie Mae
  • Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association
  • Florida Community Loan Fund
  • Florida Department of Children & Families
  • Florida Department of Education
  • Florida Department of Health
  • Florida Housing Finance Corporation
  • Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County
  • Magellan Health Services
  • Miami Coalition for the Homeless
  • Operation PAR
  • Pinellas Housing Authority
  • University of South Florida
  • Wachovia Bank

Sustaining Members:

  • Ability Housing of Northeast Florida, Inc.
  • Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities Inc.
  • Boley Centers Inc.
  • Florida Alcohol & Drug Abuse Association
  • Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • Florida Community Loan Fund
  • Florida Council for Community Mental Health
  • Housing Partners of Florida, LLC
  • Seminole Community Health Care Institute
  • Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc.