Nonprofit leaders and others discuss affordable housing during an event in St. Johns County. From left are Bill Lazar with the St. Johns Housing Partnership, Bob Porter with D.R. Horton, Malinda Everson with Habitat, Aliyah Meyer with the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce and Erick Saks with Operation Lifeline. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

JWB announced that it's distributing $20,000 to eight families to help with down payments for homes. | JWB

Mayor Donna Deegan speaks at the opening of affordable homes in the Durkeeville community. She was joined by Jacksonville Housing Authority CEO Cheron Corbett, left, and City Council member Jimmy Peluso. | City of Jacksonville

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, right, listens to a resident at a town hall meeting Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, at the Mandarin Senior Center. | Mike Mendenhall, Jacksonville Today

Mayor Donna Deegan hosted a community conversation at the Legends Center in the Sherwood neighborhood on Aug. 24, 2023. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico says police, fire and infrastructure were the financial priorities for City Council for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2025. Carrico was joined by eight Republican members of the City Council, including Finance Committee Chair Raul Arias, left, and former Council President Ron Salem on the steps of Jacksonville City Hall on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

-

Jacksonville City Hall. | Jacksonville Daily Record

EnClave at WGV calls for 52 townhomes to start with, and 16 of those would be reserved for workforce housing. | News4Jax

Jacksonville City Council is considering a bill that would set aside $3 million to invest in an affordable housing fund. | Darryl Brooks/dbvirago, stock.adobe.com

Officials with the Jacksonville Housing Authority and the city break ground Friday on new affordable housing in Durkeeville. | City of Jacksonville

HabiJax staff and volunteers work to erect the frame of a new home in October 2024. | HabiJax

Two homeless men sleep in a doorway on Monroe Street. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

The Jacksonville Housing Authority is moving toward hiring a new CEO.

The Live Local Act was supposed to help people find affordable housing like Pelicant Lake Apartments in Pinellas Park. | Gabriella Paul, WUSF

The duPont YMCA Youth Development Campus at 7373 Old Kings Road S. | Google Maps

The yellow area shows where the proposed Osceola Lakes development would have been constructed. | St. Johns County

The Florida Housing Coalition's latest report says record-high housing and living costs are driving some people out of their homes.

Jacksonville at-large Councilman Matt Carlucci speaks during a meeting he hosted at City Hall Monday, August 19, 2024, to allow advocates of an affordable housing financing plan to explain it to council members. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

City Council's Finance Committee meets Tuesday, July 16, 2024. | News4Jax

Lofts at San Marco East is accepting applications. | The Jaxson

Mayor Donna Deegan speaks at a groundbreaking Monday, May 13, 2024, for the Village at Cedar Hills. At left is Shannon Nazworth, president and CEO of Ability Housing. | Ability Housing

TRUE Commission Chair Keshan Chambliss, left, listens as Commissioner Daniel Henry speaks on his concerns about procurement-contract training at a meeting of the commission on April 4, 2024. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today

The Lofts at Cathedral in Downtown Jacksonville are an affordable housing development using Sadowski trust funds.