Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1714
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
04/02/2025 .
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The Committee on Community Affairs (Burton) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 19 - 120
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
6 420.9072, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.—The
8 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program is created for the
9 purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible
10 municipalities as an incentive for the creation of local housing
11 partnerships, to expand production of and preserve affordable
12 housing, to further the housing element of the local government
13 comprehensive plan specific to affordable housing, and to
14 increase housing-related employment.
15 (7)
16 (b) A county or an eligible municipality may not expend its
17 portion of the local housing distribution to provide ongoing
18 rent subsidies, except for:
19 1. Security and utility deposit assistance.
20 2. Eviction prevention not to exceed 6 months’ rent.
21 3. Lot rental assistance for mobile home owners as defined
22 in s. 723.003, not to exceed 6 months’ rent.
23 4. A rent subsidy program for very-low-income households
24 with at least one adult who is a person with special needs as
25 defined in s. 420.0004 or homeless as defined in s. 420.621. The
26 period of rental assistance may not exceed 12 months for any
27 eligible household.
28 Section 2. Paragraphs (d) through (g) of subsection (3) of
29 section 420.9075, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
30 paragraphs (e) through (h), respectively, a new paragraph (d)
31 and paragraph (i) are added to subsection (3) of that section,
32 and paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and paragraphs (a), (c),
33 (e), and (n) of subsection (5) are amended, to read:
34 420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.—
35 (3)
36 (c) Each county and each eligible municipality is
37 encouraged to develop a strategy within its local housing
38 assistance plan that addresses the needs of persons who are
39 deprived of affordable housing due to the closure of a mobile
40 home park or the conversion of affordable rental units to
41 condominiums.
42 (d) Each county and each eligible municipality shall
43 include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy that
44 addresses the needs of persons who are deprived of affordable
45 housing due to the closure of a mobile home park.
46 (i) Each county and each eligible municipality shall
47 include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy for
48 providing program funds to mobile home owners, as defined in s.
49 723.003, which must include lot rental assistance.
50 (5) The following criteria apply to awards made to eligible
51 sponsors or eligible persons for the purpose of providing
52 eligible housing:
53 (a) At least 65 percent of the funds made available in each
54 county and eligible municipality from the local housing
55 distribution must be reserved for home ownership for eligible
56 persons. For purposes of this paragraph, lot rental assistance
57 for eligible mobile home owners as defined in s. 723.003 is an
58 approved home ownership activity.
59 (c) At least 75 percent of the funds made available in each
60 county and eligible municipality from the local housing
61 distribution must be reserved for construction, rehabilitation,
62 or emergency repair of affordable, eligible housing. Funds may
63 be provided to mobile home owners as defined in s. 723.003 for
64 rehabilitation and emergency repairs under this paragraph.
65 (e) Not more than 20 percent of the funds made available in
66 each county and eligible municipality from the local housing
67 distribution may be used for manufactured housing.
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70 And the title is amended as follows:
71 Delete line 3
72 and insert:
73 amending s. 420.9072, F.S.; authorizing counties and
74 eligible municipalities to expend certain funds on lot
75 rental assistance for mobile home owners for a
76 specified time period; amending s. 420.9075, F.S.;
77 requiring each county and