City officials today unveiled ambitious plans to purchase more than 100 foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

November 13, 2008

The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, data released Thursday showed. ...more

November 13, 2008

More strings might come attached to federal aid to Pasco County for a foreclosure rescue plan than county commissioners first thought. ...more

November 12, 2008

A year ago, Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office lost $2 million in federal money for not committing the funds to eligible projects in time. ...more

November 12, 2008

A year ago, Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office lost $2 million in federal money for not committing the funds to eligible projects in time. ...more

November 11, 2008

Even with the downturn in real estate prices, more affordable housing is needed for Hillsborough County's poor and working-class families. ...more

November 7, 2008

Pasco County and federal authorities might be in a tug of war over how best to spend nearly $20 million of federal aid in a foreclosure rescue plan. ...more

November 5, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners will take public comments Thursday on how to spend a $19.1 million federal grant to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties. ...more

November 1, 2008

Hillsborough County Commissioners will take public comments Thursday on how to spend a $19.1 million federal grant to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties. The money comes to the county through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, part of a broader housing recovery act passed by Congress earlier this year to deal with skyrocketing numbers of foreclosures. ...more

October 31, 2008

County officials decided this week against branching into the real estate business and buying foreclosed homes. ...more

October 25, 2008