We have heard it a million times. It is a ridiculous notion. The homes will be priced at whatever the market will bear.

I see this as a banner year for affordable housing.

The higher the prices, the more you need housing subsidies, so the system works perfectly unless you divert the money. Then there's a meltdown.

There is nothing that legislators can do this session that is more important than the affordable housing trust fund, allocating full funding from that.

There was a time when people could say, 'Oh that's just the Keys,' but it's not just the Keys anymore. We're seeing hyperinflation in property values across the state, so it's affecting police officers, nurses, teachers and other low-paid professionals in a lot of places.

We know we have a housing crisis. We know our housing programs are excellent. We have the money to use for housing, which is dedicated for housing, so this should be our banner year.

We've got the House and Senate leadership talking in a way that's different than they did before.

If we can't keep any police officers, and if we can't keep teachers and firefighters, we are going to be a community that can't function.

This is the best package we've seen so far. It's a tremendous response to the housing crisis.