PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — For Floridians who’ve faced repeated flooding, the state offered a possible solution: make their homes more storm-resistant with financial help from the new Elevate ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The My Safe Florida Home program opened for applications Monday morning, and $280 million is up for grabs to help homeowners make improvements that can lower their insurance ...

Applications for the 2025 Hometown Heroes program opened on Aug. 18. Essential Florida workers can get up to $35,000 in down payment and closing cost assistance through the program The fund has $50 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) is speaking publicly for the first time about its ongoing audit into Rebuild Florida ...

For many first-time buyers, the biggest hurdle to homeownership isn’t the monthly mortgage — it’s coming up with the money needed to close. Down payments and closing costs can add up to thousands of ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Food insecurity is a growing problem since the COVID-19 pandemic. The umbrella organization Feeding Florida has counted close to 700,000 people in the Tampa Bay and Sarasota areas ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Child advocates and agencies focus on the importance of keeping families together and use placing children in foster care only as a last resort. One state service ...

Leon County prosecutors have convened a grand jury to explore possible wrongdoing associated with Hope Florida, according to a report Friday by the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee bureau.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Florida’s rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in 9 babies born preterm. In an average ...