COUNTY 

Fort Myers Weekly 

Lee commissioners award $89.25M in grants for affordable housing projects  

The Lee County commissioners voted recently to award $89.25 million to eight affordable housing development proposals funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery.   

 

Pensacola News Journal 

Okaloosa County wins bid for SS United States and will sink as reef  

The historic ocean liner, SS United States appears to be headed to the Destin-Fort Walton Beach area.  

 

LEGISLATION 

Tampa Bay 10 

Florida enacts one of the strictest homeless laws in the nation 

Under a statute that took effect Tuesday, it is now illegal in Florida to sleep on sidewalks, in parks, on beaches or in other public spaces. 

 

Local 10  

As homeless camping ban takes effect, Broward mayor’s goal: Enforcing it ‘as humanely as possible’ 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Starting Tuesday, Florida’s homeless became banned from camping on city streets, sidewalks and parks. 

 

WEAR TV 

Escambia County and Pensacola delay enforcement of camping ban until funding secured  

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A new law targeting homeless campers went into effect Tuesday across Florida. House Bill 1365 bans camping on city streets, sidewalks and parks, given that encampments must be provided to those needing to be housed. 

 

HURRICANE SEASON 

The Ledger 

Tropics update: Florida impact, tropical system Caribbean, Polk County  

A tropical disturbance expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico could become a tropical depression by the end of the week or the weekend, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.