Tampa City Council approves 2024 budget with affordable housing boost
TAMPA — The City Council voted to more than double the spending on affordable housing in Tampa, capping off weeks of fraught budget talks about the rising unaffordability of Florida’s third-largest city.
That housing increase is part of the $1.9 billion budget the council approved unanimously Tuesday night, which also includes funding for more than a dozen new firefighter paramedics, design plans for a new fire station in northern Tampa and $7 million more for street paving — though not as much as Mayor Jane Castor initially sought.
The unanimous city council directs $12 million to affordable housing programs, more than double the year before.