Tampa Bay leaders to address how to tackle affordable housing crisis
April 27, 2022 -
The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and its partners will gather in St. Pete to discuss strategies on how to tackle sustainability issues for affordable housing. The event will be hosted in partnership with The Florida Housing Coalition, Forward Pinellas and The Urban Land Institute Tampa Bay. The REACH (Resilience and Energy Assessment of Communities and Housing) conference will take place on May 6, at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park hotel from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The discussion will highlight strategies such as reducing energy bills with weatherization and energy efficiency programs, and opportunities to increase funding for housing mitigation in vulnerable communities, according to the event advisory.