New Florida Housing Bills

Some important New Housing Bills in Florida

CS/SB 102: Housing

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Calatayud ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rouson ; Hooper ; Osgood ; Rodriguez ; Boyd

Housing; Citing this act as the "Live Local Act"; deleting the authority of local governments to adopt or maintain laws, ordinances, rules, or other measures that would have the effect of imposing controls on rents; providing an exemption from ad valorem taxation for land that meets certain criteria; authorizing local governments to adopt ordinances to provide an ad valorem tax exemption for portions of property used to provide affordable housing meeting certain requirements; suspending, for a specified period, the General Revenue Fund service charge on documentary stamp tax collections; authorizing the Governor, under the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund, to approve state or local public infrastructure projects to facilitate the development or construction of affordable housing, etc. APPROPRIATION: $711,000,000

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2023

Last Action: 3/30/2023 - Chapter No. 2023-17

CS/HB 1417: Residential Tenancies

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Esposito ; McClure ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Anderson ; Basabe ; Garcia ; Mooney

Residential Tenancies; Preempting regulation of residential tenancies & landlord-tenant relationship to state; specifies that act supersedes certain local regulations; revises how much notice is required to terminate certain tenancies.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023

Last Action: 6/29/2023 - Approved by Governor

New CS/CS/SB 170: Local Ordinances

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Community Affairs ; Trumbull ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Perry

Local Ordinances; Authorizing courts to assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs and damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; providing certain procedures for continued meetings on proposed ordinances and resolutions for counties; requiring a county to suspend enforcement of an ordinance that is the subject of a certain legal action if certain conditions are met; providing certain procedures for continued meetings on proposed ordinances for municipalities, etc.

Effective Date: except as otherwise provided

Last Action: 6/29/2023 - Approved by Governor