Resolution 158-2004
RESOLUTION NO. 158 - 2004
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO REAUTHORIZE
AND FULLY FUND THE STATE AND LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUNDS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2004-2005.
WHEREAS, the Governor's proposed Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Budget reduces the State Housing
Trust Fund, which funds such programs as SAIL, by approximately $52 million and reduces the
Local Government Housing Trust Fund, which funds such programs as SHIP by approximately
$115 million; and
WHEREAS, the state and local housing trust funds must be reauthorized in 2004, and to that
end the Senate has filed SB 1000 and SB 1002, reauthorize the state and local housing trust
funds; and
WHEREAS, the William E. Sadowski Affordable Housing Act of 1992 deliberately used the
documentary stamp tax as its revenue source because of its nexus with the development of
affordable housing and because it is a growth vehicle, necessary to keep pace with escalating
land and housing costs; and
WHEREAS, without a trust fund that can rely on full funding of a dedicated revenue source,
housing funding will be uncertain and will likely remain stagnant or decrease; and
WHEREAS, the trust funds should not be reduced, because they are the single greatest highly
leveraged economic engine for our economy, and serve first time homebuyers, working families,
the elderly, persons with disabilities, and the homeless; and
WHEREAS, the estimated loss in SHIP funding for FY04-05 to Monroe County is $605.159.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, that the County hereby:
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners urges the Legislature to fully fund the state
and local housing trust funds without any reduction in funding. Further, the Monroe County
Board of County Commissioners urges the Legislature to act quickly to reauthorize the state and
local housing trust funds, and pass SB 1000, and SB 1002.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
at a regular meeting on said Board on the 21st day of April , A.D., 2004
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Mayor Pro T~ David P.
Mayor Nelson
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