Castor says Tampa has surpassed 10,000-unit affordable housing goal

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With the help of a city homeownership assistance program, Oscar Beasley bought a Tampa house that he hopes to one day pass down to his grandchildren. Beasley, a first-time homebuyer, spent two decades in prison before working full-time as a truck driver. On Wednesday, he thanked Mayor Jane Castor outside his new home. Without the city program, he said, “I would never have had the chance to get…

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