Affordable housing, transportation top 2022 agendas for chambers

Southwest Florida and Tampa Bay area chamber aspirations for the 60-day 2022 state legislative session that begins Jan. 11 are consistent with previous years.

“The ‘buckets’ are not going to change: affordable housing, workforce development, childcare, water quality and obviously, transportation, transportation, transportation,” Tampa Bay Chamber Vice President for Advocacy Nicholas Glover says.

What has changed, however, is urgency. With state and local governments poised to spend billions in “one-time” federal COVID-19 stimulus funds, chambers see a “once-only” opportunity to address “bucket” priorities.