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Orlando advocates call out affordable housing crisis in Central Florida

“Rick Scott likes to talk about Florida’s economy when he’s on the campaign trail,” says Orange County Commissioner Emily Bonilla. “But the reality is that nearly half of Floridians qualify as working poor. … Instead of doing something to help low-income families find safe, clean and affordable housing, Rick Scott and the Republican leadership in Tallahassee have taken the money and swept it into the general budget to cover for their own poor accounting skills.”