Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1714
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/02/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Burton) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    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