A program designed to help low-income residents in Balm and Wimauma become more self-sufficient has hit a bump in the road. ...more

January 5, 2008

Despite protests that at times erupted in violence, the city council voted unanimously Thursday in favor of demolishing about 4,500 public housing units as the city rebuilds from Hurricane Katrina. ...more

December 21, 2007

Federal indictments against three former Tampa Housing Authority employees lay out a detailed and documented schedule by which the three conspired with 10 other people to allegedly steal more than $125,000 in rent money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. ...more

December 13, 2007

A Brooksville Housing Authority board member has been charged with inefficiency and neglect of duty while a second, who had initially refused to resign, has decided to step down after all. ...more

December 10, 2007

LAKE PLACID – There are more homes on the market than just the conventional variety. Sun Ovation Homes has opened a manufactured homes sales center in Lake Placid at 1450 U.S. N., which is next to American Legion Post 25. The sales center is open from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday by appointment. There are seven models on the site. They range from two-bedroom, two bath to four-bedroom, three-bath homes, according to Valerie Kersey, who is the manager of the Lake Placid location. The models in Lake Placid come from Homes of Merit in Bartow and Skyline in Ocala. ...more

December 9, 2007

Mayor David Pugh has asked four housing board members to resign and wants their temporary replacements to recommend whether the city should cut ties with the authority. ...more

November 29, 2007

This housing authority board isn't working, either. That's the sentiment of Mayor David Pugh, who confirmed Monday night that he intends to seek the removal of at least one of the Brooksville Housing Authority board members. ...more

November 20, 2007

Stop overstepping your bounds and get training to make sure you know just where those boundaries are. ...more

November 19, 2007

Every Christmas for the past 10 years, Peggy Arnold's handmade angel has adorned a Christmas tree at the Plant City Living Center. ...more

November 13, 2007

Glover School alumni will share memories, trade stories and celebrate the history of one of the first schools established in eastern Hillsborough County at a reunion next week. ...more

September 26, 2007