People gravitate to Hersey Jackson. Some shake his hand. Others hug his neck. All address him with respect: "Reverend" or "Pastor." ...more

November 27, 2008 |

Two months after the Tampa Housing Authority evicted one of its board members, Mayor Pam Iorio has nominated a replacement. ...more

November 19, 2008 |

Two months after having to evict one of its own, the Tampa Housing Authority is set to have a full board again. Mayor Pam Iorio has chosen Hersey Jackson to fill the vacant resident board seat formerly held by Karen Peoples, the longtime public housing resident who sat in the chair for 10 years. ...more

November 18, 2008 |

Too much, too soon. Agreeing with that assessment by its staff and the planning and zoning board, county commissioners on Wednesday denied a rezoning request that would have allowed for an 87-unit apartment complex on Cortez Boulevard east of Brooksville and just west of La Pine Road. ...more

September 11, 2008 |

The Avon Park Housing Authority cut a deal with the owners of Ridgedale Apartments and expects to take the complex over July 31. ...more

July 24, 2008 |

An award-winning social service agency will move from the area it serves, but the director vows it will continue to assist families in the low-income community west of the University of South Florida. ...more

June 18, 2008 |

UNIVERSITY AREA - An award-winning social service agency will move from the area it serves, but the director vows it will continue to assist families in the low-income community west of the University of South Florida. Positive Support for Parents in Neighborhoods, known as Positive Spin, must vacate its St. James Place Town Homes on 127th Avenue near 15th Street by July 31. The agency's 10-member staff has provided counseling and referrals for families, boys and girls activities clubs, tutoring programs, emergency assistance during flooding and support groups for men and women from three four-bedroom apartments at the complex since 2001. ...more

June 16, 2008 |

Anisha Washington draws her neatly starched uniform from a dingy bureau in the crowded shotgun house she shares in a hurricane-crippled neighborhood. ...more

January 26, 2008 |

They came for one last look, to reflect on a lifetime of memories made, to see old friends and faces from the past. ...more

October 7, 2007 |

TAMPA - Tampa Housing Authority officials are unsure whether the long-planned Central Park Village redevelopment is in jeopardy, but they do not appear to be panicking. ...more

September 19, 2007 |