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Article: $1 MILLION MACARTHUR GRANT WILL HELP FLORIDA PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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June 7, 2009
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GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 5 -- The University of Florida issued the following news release:

Just as Florida's affordable housing properties are reaching old age, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has provided a lifeline. The foundation awarded a $1 million grant to the Florida Partnership, which includes the University of Florida Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation and the Florida Housing Coalition, to preserve properties that provide housing for extremely low-income households and people with special needs.

"Florida's emphasis on building the capacity of local and regional nonprofits to preserve affordable rental housing will help the ...

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