Now it's where they're being out-bid by funds from Charlotte. Here's how the State Senate fixes that.
Seminole Heights is the neighborhood where Tampa's housing question became impossible to ignore. The bungalows that taught two generations how to own a home are being bought sight-unseen by out-of-state LLCs. The corner stores that anchored a block in 2019 closed in 2024 when commercial rent doubled. Working families are still here. Their margins aren't.
Any LLC acquiring more than 25 single-family homes in a calendar year files with the Florida Department of Revenue, pays a graduated state surcharge, and triggers a 30-day right-of-first-refusal for a qualified community land trust. Drafted, ready for the 2027 session.
Designate Florida Avenue from MLK to Sligh as a Small Business Stabilization Corridor: capped commercial rent escalators for tenants in the same storefront five+ years, paired with a state grant for facade improvements. Saves the bakery before the bakery has to leave.
Route 5 was supposed to be 15-minute frequency. It runs every 45. State transportation appropriations should fund the operating subsidy Hillsborough needs, contingent on actual on-time performance. No more capital grants without operating commitments.
“I have lived on Mohawk Avenue for nineteen years. The house across the street sold to an LLC in Atlanta last March, sight unseen, $80K over asking. They've never set foot in it. It sits empty.
“Maya is the only candidate in this race who has read our zoning code line by line. She knows what 'mixed-use overlay' actually means in 33603.
Seminole Heights residents: request your vote-by-mail ballot now. Volunteer for the Hillsborough canvass. Pick one.
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