Ship Administrators Training Program

Four local offices of Florida’s State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) were honored at the conference. The awards, presented by Florida Housing Coalition Board Member Armando Fana , and Assistant City Manager for West Palm Beach, to four local SHIP offices for excellence in serving their communities: Bay County for Outstanding Disaster Recovery Assistance, the City of Tampa as a Model for Effective Affordable Housing Partnerships; Port St. Lucie for its Rehabilitation Program; and The City of St. Petersburg overall SHIP Program.

Six local offices of Florida’s State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) program were honored with awards for going above and beyond to provide rental assistance to households in need. SHIP staff worked to organize and implement a new program funded by ARPA, the Emergency Rental Assistance Program or ERAP. Presented with an Excellence in Providing Emergency Rental Assistance Award were: Alachua County, Duval County, Hillsborough County, Leon County, Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County.

Tampa Bay Neighborhood Housing Services’ Homeowner’s Club Program was chosen as the winner of the 2nd Annual Nonprofit Pitch Competition