Jaimie Ross

Jaimie Ross is the affordable housing director of 1000 Friends of Florida. She initiated the broad-based coalition that successfully advocated the passage of the William E. Sadowski Affordable Housing Act. Ms. Ross continues to facilitate the Sadowski Act Coalition which ensures funding under the Sadowski act, providing a dedicated revenue source for affordable housing in Florida. Ms. Ross’ work includes all forms of legislative and administrative advocacy and education related to the planning and financing of affordable housing in Florida. She authored Creating Inclusive Communities in Florida: a Guidebook for Local Elected Officials and Staff on Avoiding and Overcoming the NIMBY Syndrome, updated and reprinted in 2005. Ms. Ross served as a Commissioner on Florida’s Affordable Housing Study Commission from 1992-2002.

Ms. Ross directs the Florida Community Land Trust Institute, a collaboration between 1000 Friends of Florida and the Florida Housing Coalition. She serves on the National Low Income Housing Coalition NIMBY Report Advisory Committee, and the Wachovia National Community Development Advisory Board. She is the President of the Florida Housing Coalition and was recently named a James A. Johnson Community Fellow by the Fannie Mae Foundation. Prior to joining 1000 Friends of Florida in 1991, Ms. Ross was a land use and real property lawyer in private practice with an Orlando law firm, representing for profit and nonprofit developers and financial institutions. Jaimie’s email is Jaimieross@aol.com and her phone number is (850) 222-6277