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Sadowski Housing Coalition Congratulates Gadsden Countys Phyllis Moore on Award for Outstanding SHIP Administrator
Moore Honored for Excellence in Administrating Local SHIP Funds & Program at Board of County Commissioners Meeting Tallahassee, Fla. The Sadowski Housing Coalition congratulates Phyllis Moore, State Housing Initiative Partnership (SHIP) program administrator for the Gadsden County Community Development Department, on her award for Outstanding SHIP Administrator, which was announced at the Florida Housing Coalitions 26th Annual Statewide Affordable Housing Conference in Orlando, Fla., earlier this year and awarded locally during a Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners Meeting on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Moore has led an exemplary career of public service, championing affordable housing for the community of Gadsden County and creating a model SHIP program for rest of the state. The Gadsden County SHIP program has made a tremendous difference by providing for adequate heating and a sanitary environment to frail and elderly homeowners, and has provided down payment and closing cost assistance to Gadsden County residents who could otherwise not afford to own a home. The 2013 SHIP Awards highlight the importance of SHIP for meeting the needs of Floridas hard working families and most vulnerable citizens throughout the state, and to recognize the substantial success that local housing programs are able to have when adequately funded, said Jaimie Ross, president of the Florida Housing Coalition and facilitator for the Sadowski Housing Coalition. We are proud to honor Phyllis for her unwavering leadership in administering the available Gadsden County SHIP funds and fostering partnerships to renovate homes for families in need and to provide sorely-needed assistance to those on the journey toward homeownership. Additional recipients of the 2013 SHIP Awards during the Florida Housing Coalitions 26th Annual Statewide Affordable Housing Conference were: Special Needs Housing Assistance Award: THE JACKSONVILLE SHIP HOUSING & ABILITY HOUSING OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA Shannon Nazworth, Executive Director

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Outstanding Repair/Rehabilitation Program Award: ORANGE COUNTY HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Mitchell Glasser, Manager Outstanding Purchase Assistance Program Award: PASCO COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT George Romagnoli, Community Development Director Outstanding Housing Assistance Award: CITY OF CAPE CORAL Amy Yearsley, Housing Coordinator Partnership of the Year Award: OKALOOSA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION James Robbins, Executive Director Mike Kent, Board Treasurer For more information on the 2013 SHIP Awards, visit www.flhousing.org. The Gadsden County Community Development Department has received wonderful letters of gratitude from SHIP assistance recipients who thank Phyllis and local county commissioners for allowing them to enjoy the comfort of a clean and safe home, qualify for desperately-needed home repairs and seek the right guidance and education to make the right budgetary decisions to maintain their homes, said Ross. It is our number one goal that the diversion of housing trust fund dollars come to an end with the 2014 Legislative Session to provide Floridians in need with the right assistance at the right time and be able to continue to have SHIP success stories in the future. More details on each award recipient and the particular project or program being honored is available upon request. For more information on the Sadowski Coalition, please visit www.sadowskicoalition.com or follow @SadowskiFL. ### The Sadowski Housing Coalition is a nonpartisan collection of 25 statewide organizations. This Coalition came together in 1991 with the goal of obtaining a dedicated revenue source for Floridas affordable housing program, resulting in the Sadowski Act that raised the documentary stamp tax to fund Floridas state and local housing trust funds. Membership in the Sadowski Coalition ranges from business and industry groups to low income advocates and faith-based organizations, demonstrating a wide breadth of support across all industries in the State of Florida.