Landlord program awaits housing director

Back when he was a candidate, Bob Buckhorn promised to create a landlord training program to teach the city's landlords about "code requirements, code enforcement procedures, and techniques for maintaining their properties in a manner that will help prevent code violations in our rental communities."

But the promise hasn't seen much movement during the mayor's first year in office.

The city has been without a housing director since the beginning of 2012. The city's manager of housing and community development, Sharon West, retired on Jan. 4, 2012, according to city officials. A search is underway to fill the job.

That critical post must be filled before landlord training can start, Buckhorn said in an interview with PolitiFact Florida.

With no housing director yet in place, the promise doesn't seem to have gone very far. For now, we rate it Stalled.