By Hielscher, John SARASOTA-MANATEE HOUSING MARKET SARASOTA COUNTY – For the first time in at least seven years, the foreclosure rate has dipped below 2 percent in the Sarasota-Manatee region. The rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgages in the two counties fell to 1.91 percent
The Florida House legislation session ended early due to budget conflicts with the Senate and one of the bills left behind was the 7 year effort to deal more efficiently with the mentally ill in our criminal justice system. Close to 20 percent of those in our criminal justice system suffer from some form of acute mental illness.
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