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Housing
MidPoint for Thursday, Aug.3 – Desmond Meade & St. Pete City Council & mayoral candidates
Desmond Meade is the head of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, the organization involved with trying to get a measure on the 2018 ballot that would repeal the ban on felons automatically getting their voting rights...
Homeless residents now don’t have to wear wristbands to get services
Advocates for homeless people are celebrating what they see as a victory this week; people seeking services at St. Vincent de Paul near downtown St. Petersburg will no longer need to wear concert-style plastic wristbands....
BY Rob Lorei Our guest on Midpoint Wednesday was Tampa Bay Times reporter Susan Taylor Martin, who was part of an investigative team at the Tampa bay Times who followed up on the neighborhood here...
Candidates for state senate seat all want to tackle poverty; just differently
Four Democrats are running for a State Senate seat that includes parts of Hillsborough and South Pinellas Counties. They faced-off at a forum in the Enoch Davis Center in St. Petersburg. But the pre-screened questions...
Saint Petersburg Mayor delivers hopeful State of the City Address
Mayor Rick Kriseman announces that the state of Saint Petersburg is strong and sunny. Kriseman delivered his State of the City address last Saturday at the Coliseum. The auditorium was packed with city workers, residents...
What happens to residents when Tampa redevelops West River?
Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the City of Tampa have major redevelopment plans for the area west of the Hillsborough River north of downtown. The West River redevelopment means two large public housing developments will be...
Homeless Helping Homeless to reduce services after raid
A grassroots homeless charity group in Tampa is in danger of reducing services because of a police raid and code citations last week. Homeless Helping Homeless provides several services including emergency shelter. But the group...
10 years after Katrina: Who is being left out of New Orleans’ Renaissance?
this Saturday marks the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina hit the northern gulf coast, devastating New Orleans as the storm overwhelmed its aged levee system and flooded 80 percent of the city, leaving over 1800...
USDA program helps families build their own homes, and journalist Tony Ortega's latest book on Scientology
The show discusses Habitat for Humanity, the need for affordable housing, how to volunteer and how to make donations.
InVision Tampa unveils plan for West Hillsborough River area
During the next twenty-five years the area of Tampa that is just North West of downtown will be transformed. The City of Tampa, InVision Tampa and the Tampa Housing Authority unveiled their Master Plan...
Help available for for some Florida seniors hurt by reverse mortgages
Reverse mortgages not all they're cracked up to be for some seniors
