A majority of the Authority’s board members are required to be knowledgeable in labor, finance or commerce. Action by the Authority must be by vote of the members, three members constituting a quorum, and the affirmative vote of at least a majority of members present at a meeting constituting the requisite consent.
The Lee County Housing Finance Authority was created as a public body corporate and politic in accordance with the Act and Ordinance No. 81-37 enacted by the Board of County Commissioners of Lee County, Florida on August 19, 1981. The Lee County Housing Finance Authority is authorized, in furtherance of the public purposes described in the Act, including alleviating the shortage of affordable residential housing facilities for persons of low, moderate and middle income and providing capital investment in such facilities, to issue its revenue bonds to make loans for the purpose of financing qualified housing developments and to enter into any agreement in connection therewith.
Each member serves for a four-year term. No member receives compensation for services rendered, but each member is reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred.
The Board follows the ethics standards as delineated at
www.ethics.state.fl.us (select “Ethics Laws”).
You may contact any board member by writing to them at:
Attn: (board member), Housing Finance Authority of Lee County, Florida, PO Box 2258, Fort Myers, Florida 33902
You can email a board member using the following:
gyates@hfaleeco.org, mvillalobos@hfaleeco.org, wbarletta@hfaleeco.org, kirk50@aol.com, wferguson@hfaleeco.org
You can call the HFA of Lee County, Florida at: (239) 334-4003.