ST PETERSBURG — Although officials say there’s no “silver bullet” to cure Florida’s affordable housing crisis, an argument that smaller lot sizes can be a significant part of the solution was the topic of a panel discussion this week at the Florida Housing Solutions Summit in St. Petersburg.
The day-long forum was organized by the Florida Policy Project, a think tank created by former Republican state Sen. Jeff Brandes after he left the Legislature in 2023. It came days after The Wall Street Journal reported that net domestic migration in Florida has slowed after an influx of wealthy people from other states helped drive up home prices.
The average median sale price of a home in Florida ranges between $375,000 to $417,000. That’s up from an average of $253,000 before the pandemic…