Two Northeast Florida Builders Association (NEFBA) projects appear to be receiving more than a million dollars between them in the Transportation and Economic Development budget silo.

Some homeowners who need help from the state are closer to getting it, as the House has tentatively agreed to the Senate funding level for a project benefiting elderly and disabled people in and around Jacksonville.

NEFBA’s Builders Care project is in line for $350,000, assuming something doesn’t change later in the budget process and assuming, of course, Gov. Ron DeSantis approves it in the end.

According to the appropriations request, “reroofing homes for low-income, elderly, veterans, and disabled individuals who are otherwise unable to afford repairs and eventually have to leave their home

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