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Florida Housing Recovery Efforts

Florida has been pummeled by consecutive hurricanes in the past few months, requiring disaster-relief activity statewide. This special report focuses on organizations that are significantly involved in responding to the disaster, especially in the area of housing, or providing disaster-related information. This report describes the groups' plans and current efforts, as well as providing recent news and general disaster information.

Florida is a federally declared disaster state. Click the links below to see how federal and national agencies are responding to this disaster as it relates to housing.

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Recovery Efforts Ongoing Six Months After Ivan

Federal Emergency Management Agency

U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development

State agencies are contributing to housing relief by distributing funds to local nonprofits and organizations that specialize in building or rehabilitating homes. Click the links below to see what the more prominent state agencies are doing.

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Florida Department of Community Affairs

Florida Housing Finance Corporation

Many foundations, nonprofit organizations, and other groups have committed their resources to help solve the housing issues that many Floridians are facing due to the recent hurricanes. Click the links below to see what some of these organizations are doing.

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Centro Campesino

Florida Association of Realtors

Florida Community Loan Fund

Florida Home Builders Association

The Fannie Mae Foundation has responded to the Florida disaster by providing needed financial support. Click here for more information.

After the devastation caused by Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne, many disaster relief funds were established to help the thousands of Floridians in need. The following lists the name, purpose, and contact information of a variety of relief funds.

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Florida Hurricane Relief Fund

Allstate Foundation

Florida Association of Realtors

Heart of Florida United Way

The following sites offer current, detailed disaster/recovery information about Florida.

Disaster Recovery Workshops -- Florida Department of Community Affairs

State of Florida, Division of Emergency Management

Florida Interfaith Networking in Disaster (Click Training/Events to see schedule of disaster recovery meetings and workshops.)

Small Business Administration