Build 12,000 new units in four years. Make the math work.
St. Pete added 14,000 jobs and 3,200 housing units between 2020 and 2024. That gap is the rent crisis. The plan: upzone the right corridors, fast-track permits, and put public land back to work.
Upzone the four corridors
34th Street North, Central Avenue west of 16th, MLK Jr. Street North, and 4th Street between 22nd Ave and the Gateway. Mixed-use up to six stories by-right; affordable-housing density bonus up to nine.
Permit turnaround under 60 days
We rebuilt 311 in 18 months. We can rebuild the permitting office in 12. Every permit gets a public timer; every delay over 60 days gets a written explanation.
Public land to public housing trust
Inventory every parcel the city owns. Transfer development-suitable parcels to the St. Pete Housing Trust. Build deeply-affordable units the private market won't.
Right-to-counsel for tenants in eviction
Funded out of the affordable-housing trust fund. Pinellas County evicts more renters per capita than any other Florida county. Counsel cuts evictions by 77%.