The Jacksonville Human Rights Commission held a fair housing expo where people learned about affordable housing through workshops and panel discussions with experts.
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Renters and homeowners across the U.S. are taking fewer vacations, skipping meals, opting out of health care, and working a second job to have money for a home, Barry Farmer, a representative from JHRC, said the expo is a way for people to have a better understanding when it comes to housing. “The Human Rights Commission and the city are doing their best to push down this information to people so we have a better understanding of how to move forward with home ownership and understanding what’s going on in the current market today,” Farmer said.“It is extremely serious right now, I think we’ve had a couple of bills passed that make it even more of an issue and a concern. So definitely informing people about how to circumvent that is key,” Farmer said.
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