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Ivlw Biden delivers push for Congress to lower drug pricesSARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. 鈥?Floridas Gulf Coast has been a top retirement destination for the middle class for decades, providing affordable living options inover 55mobile home communities. But the I-Team has learned Hurricane Ian has made some retirees question whether the risks and the rising costs of a Florida lifestyle are worth it. For decades Florida was marketed as an affordable paradiseThe clean, clear air. The miles of blue water. The look of sparkling brightness everywhere you go,said a booming narrators voice in a 1960s video posted on the State Archives of Florida website.We really have a ball down here, with our boating and o stanley cups ur fishing and our clam bakes,said a senior citizen interviewed for the promotional film, which was aimed at attracting retirees to the Sunshine State.We saw PT Barnum level hucksterism, of just trying to lure people down,said AARP Florida State Director Jeff Johnson. Johnson said generations of seniors flocked to Florida, seeking good weather and affordable housing often found inover 55mobile home communities.Good, solid middle-class folks from the Midwest and the Northeast would move down, and mobile homes were actually the stanley puodelisaffordable housing option,Johnson said. But todays reality in Englewood is far from sparkling brightness. WFTS stanley deutschland According to the U.S. Census, Englewood is a community where 58% of residents are 65 and older. The median household income is 30% below the national average. C Juzk Prosecutors: Man seen on Senate floor arrested
Ever thought about picking up and moving to KansasNow you might.Topeka, the state capital, is offering potential new residents up to $15,000 to move there.A pilot program calledChoose Topekawill match employer funds put up for people who move to Topeka and live and work there for a year, city and Shawneestanley canada County economic development groups announced Thursday. The program will pay up to $10,000 to people who rent and $15,000 to those who purchase or rehabilitate a home, according to the news release from the Greater Topeka Partnership. Choose Topeka was cr stanley cup eated with the intention of investing in employees to live and work in TopekaShawnee County, so that we may foster anintentional community,one of community support builders,said Barbara Stapleton, vice president of Business Retention and Talent Initiatives for GO Topeka, an organization of the Greater Topeka Partnership. GO Topeka and the Joint Economic Development Organization are partnering on the effort.The funds are available for 40 to 60 new residents in the program s initial run, the release said.The performance-based incentives only kick in a year after the employee has relocated andcould be used for all types of moving related expenses,the release said. Moving costs alone to move a 1-2 bedroom apartment can range from $4,000 to $7,000 and for a 3-4 bedroom home, range from $10,000 to $16,000, depending on stanley nzthe distance and location,the release said.
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