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| From left to right:
Wellington Meffert, Florida Housing Finance
Corporation; Trey Goldman, Florida Association of
Realtors; John Smith, Florida Association of
Counties; Dionne Meyers, Florida Legal Services;
Admiral Leroy Collins, Florida Department of
Veterans Affairs, CFO Alex Sink; Alex Sanchez,
Florida Bankers Association; Ritch Workman, Florida
Association of Mortgage Brokers ; Ray Cromer, Jr.,
Envision Credit Union; Steve Thomas, Florida Tax
Watch; Rebecca DeLaRosa, Florida Housing
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FINANCIAL ACTION TEAM MEETS ON THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 4, IN TALLAHASSEE
Broad coalition to report on funds available from federal
foreclosure assistance legislation
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink will host the first
meeting of her recently created “Financial Action Team” on
Thursday, September 4, 2008, to review Florida’s potential
share of the billions in federal dollars available from the
Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 to address
the Nation’s foreclosure problems. The meeting will be held
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Florida Cabinet meeting
room located in the Lower Level of the Capitol.
“Floridians facing economic challenges from the foreclosure
crisis, the softening economy and rising unemployment
related to our housing industry can get some much needed
relief from the benefits being made available through HERA,”
said CFO Sink.
“Our state has a history of leaving federal
money on the table, and I created the 'Financial Action
Team' to help our citizens receive their fair share of
benefits. The potential impact to our economy from this
program is too important to Florida to take any other
approach.”
Financial Action Team members from a dozen housing,
financial services, government and economic development
organizations have evaluated HERA from their stakeholders’
perspective and will report this week on what’s available,
and the process by which Floridians can apply for and
receive these federal benefits. Next steps include a
Financial Action Team meeting in late September to outline
outreach efforts to educate Floridians about the federal
benefits for which they are eligible.
CFO Sink’s Financial Action Team includes representatives
from the following organizations:
- Florida Bankers
Association
- Florida Credit Union
League
- Florida Housing Finance
Corporation
- Florida Association of
Realtors
- Florida Legal Services
- Florida League of Cities
- Florida Association of
Counties
- Department of Veterans’
Affairs
- City of West Palm Beach
- Florida Tax Watch
- Florida Association of
Mortgage Brokers
- Department of Financial
Services
All meetings of the Financial
Action Team will be announced and open to the public.
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