"Support Homeownership For All" license plate

Tag, you're it!
As of Sept. 30, 2008, 3,684 license plates – which generated $88,904.83 to support workforce housing – have been sold to Florida drivers.

FAR’s specialty license plate is available online, by mail or at your county tax collector’s office.

The license plate costs an additional $27 (beyond the state's fees for a tag), which includes a $2 processing fee for DMV.  And if you purchase the tag online, you’ll pay a convenience fee, which amounts to either $2 or 2.95% of the total cost of the tag.

Proceeds from the sale of the license plate will be used exclusively for housing programs, says John Sebree, FAR vice president of Public Policy.  FAR’s goal is to provide housing assistance to teachers, nurses and others unable to afford a home.

How it all came together
FAR’s plan to help fund workforce housing projects started in 2005 with a contest to design the license plate. The winner, Melissa Bourke, 27, a graphic artist for the Naples-based John R. Wood Realtors, won $1000. Bourke's artwork was chosen from among 275 entries. Her color scheme and graphic images inspired FAR's art department to put the finishing touches on the license plate design. The design was then submitted to the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Next, the bill needed sponsorship from legislators before it could become law. State Rep. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale, and Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, led the rally. And in July 2006, Gov. Bush enthusiastically signed the bill into law.

"I am so proud that Florida Realtors® have taken the lead in providing a creative solution to the attainable workforce housing crisis," says John Sebree, FAR's vice president of public policy. "We hope the 'Support Homeownership For All' license plate will break all previous specialty license plate sales in our state."