Oakley Right. The problem with this issue and and we've seen it grow pretty good is not affordable housing because these houses, these apartments are renting for $2,000, $2,200 a month. That's not affordable housing for people. We do need affordable housing in our county. Um but some of this housing is is not for jobs in our county, but for jobs in other counties nearby. And so we need to focus on jobs in our county and housing in our county. And because of this moratorium, We've had other areas of the county. that have come up with some multifamily uh projects. that wouldn't have come up if this was still open and they could come here. But it's in other areas of our county that we're going to get some of the uh multifamily housing up.
Several speakers Good afternoon. I'm Hope Kennedy from the North Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, 1868 Highland Oaks Boulevard, Suite A. This is absolutely terrible for business. Please do not continue with these moratoriums. This is not a creative use for coming up with a problem. We have a workforce problem, and the housing crisis is directly correlated with. the uh affordable housing. Um moratoriums are lazy. Um, and I encourage you to look for other creative ways to find affordable housing solutions. the moratoriums in general are just absolutely lazy. And so we encourage you to be pro business, help us out with the workforce issue that we have. As I've mentioned before, the um Affordable housing. So Please be very smart in making those moves. Thank you.