Pasco County commissioners put festival planners in the county on notice Tuesday: If you want county help, be prepared to prove how many hotel rooms your event fills. ...more

November 4, 2009

With foreclosures threatening to throw still more families out onto the streets, Pasco leaders opened the door this week on a long-range plan to end the homeless problem. As a first step, a Florida Housing Help Workshop on March 14 will reach out to residents facing foreclosure, the Rev. Dan Campbell, president of the Coalition for the Homeless of Pasco County, told county commissioners. With a foreclosure rate of about 9 percent and other factors, Pasco meets the definition of a distressed county, Campbell, pastor of Community United Methodist Church of Holiday, said. ...more

March 4, 2009

"Game On!" The title of a training course last week reflected the eagerness of West Pasco real estate agents to learn about federal money for a foreclosure rescue plan. ...more

February 18, 2009

The city commission introduced a plan Tuesday to raise water and sewer rates this year and quadruple the cost for new customers to connect to the system. ...more

January 31, 2009

Pasco County will put $9 million into buying and rehabilitating homes in areas hard-hit by the banking and foreclosure crisis during the next four years. Another $6.5 million will go toward down payment help. ...more

November 26, 2008

Facing a Dec. 1 application deadline, the Pasco County Commission today approved a foreclosure rescue plan. ...more

November 25, 2008

Pasco County will put $9 million into buying and rehabilitating homes in areas hit hard by the banking and foreclosure crises. An additional $6.5 million will go toward down payment assistance. ...more

November 25, 2008

Just a few months ago, Pasco County officials worried they wouldn't have enough money to pave the rest of Tommytown's infamous dirt roads. ...more

November 22, 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

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