At a time when staying home has been so essential to protecting our health and communities, an alarming number of families are in danger of eviction, write.
The city is reviewing a permit application for Realco Recycling Co. Inc. to remove interior finishes at the proposed Lofts at Cathedral Downtown at 325 E. Duval St.
It’s an early step toward Vestcor Inc.’s plan to turn the former Community Connections building into a multifamily project.
Ryan Hoover, president of Vestcor’s TVC Development Inc.
“We are just doing the interior demo so we can get a better idea of what we are working with on the inside for design,” said Ryan Hoover, president of Vestcor’s TVC Development Inc.
The permit application involves the “removal of interior finish systems to reveal structure for future design for building remodel for future use.”
The coronavirus pandemic did more than reveal the systemic issues within America’s health care system it pulled the covers back on decades of discrimination and racism that undergird the real estate industry, including redlining and single-family zoning reform.
It also showed us the consequences of those policies in the disproportionate number of minority and low-income communities who have the most to lose if unemployment benefits and eviction moratoriums aren’t extended.
But 2020 also illuminated a way forward through conversations about anti-racism and biased business practices and policy changes, such as the National Association of Realtors’ code of ethics update, which can help correct years of intentional and unintentional wrongdoing.
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Just before midnight on December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (the “Act”), a nearly 5,500 page stimulus bill allocating roughly $900 billon of much needed relief to United States businesses and individuals while funding the federal government until September 2021.[1] Six days later, President Trump signed the Act into law. The bipartisan Act touches many industries ranging from agriculture to financial services, and provides multiple forms of relief, including increasing funds reserved for PPP loans, providing direct payments to individuals, relaxing certain accounting and taxation requirements, and allocating funds to the hardest hit industries such as small businesses, entertainment venues and nonprofits.