Housing
Summary
Housing; Citing this act as “Keep Floridians Housed Act”; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights as a new department of state government; providing requirements for rental agreements; requiring that a landlord provide written notice of a rent increase to a tenant by a specified time; prohibiting landlords from charging tenants a security deposit that is more than 1 month’s rent; revising and specifying grounds for termination of a rental agreement; authorizing local governments and special districts to adopt a specified impact fee, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Mar 8, 2024
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vic Torres
DDemocratic
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