SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – As more people move and commute to Southwest Florida, the need for affordable housing in the Sarasota area is becoming an ever-increasing topic of concern.
On July 15, the Florida Housing Coalition released its Sarasota Housing Action Plan and said the numbers are trending in the wrong direction.
According to the data outlined in the plan, Sarasota now has the sixth-highest median rent in Florida, and rent prices have increased by almost $1,000 a month since 2020, with 47,000 households spending more than 30% of their income on housing, and 25,000 spending more than 50%…