Florida SB 594: Public Works Projects

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Local Housing Assistance Plans 
2026-03-18T11:12:23Z 
Authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance for mobile home owners for a specified time period; requiring each county and eligible municipality to include in its local housing assistance plan certain strategies; authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to provide certain funds to mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency repairs, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to local housing assistance plans; 
 3 amending s. 420.9072, F.S.; authorizing counties and 
 4 eligible municipalities to expend certain funds on lot 
 5 rental assistance for mobile home owners for a 
 6 specified time period; amending s. 420.9075, F.S.; 
 7 requiring each county and eligible municipality to 
 8 include in its local housing assistance plan certain 
 9 strategies; providing that lot rental assistance for 
 10 eligible mobile home owners is an approved home 
 11 ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizing 
 12 counties and eligible municipalities to provide 
 13 certain funds to mobile home owners for rehabilitation 
 14 and emergency repairs; deleting a provision limiting 
 15 to a specified percentage the amount of certain funds 
 16 that may be used for manufactured housing; amending s. 
 17 420.9071, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; 
 18 providing an effective date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 21 
 22 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 
 23 420.9072, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 24 420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.—The 
 25 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program is created for the 
 26 purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible 
 27 municipalities as an incentive for the creation of local housing 
 28 partnerships, to expand production of and preserve affordable 
 29 housing, to further the housing element of the local government 
 30 comprehensive plan specific to affordable housing, and to 
 31 increase housing-related employment. 
 32 (7) 
 33 (b) A county or an eligible municipality may not expend its 
 34 portion of the local housing distribution to provide ongoing 
 35 rent subsidies, except for: 
 36 1. Security and utility deposit assistance. 
 37 2. Eviction prevention not to exceed 6 months’ rent. 
 38 3. Lot rental assistance for mobile home owners as defined 
 39 in s. 723.003, not to exceed 6 months’ rent. 
 40 4. A rent subsidy program for very-low-income households 
 41 with at least one adult who is a person with special needs as 
 42 defined in s. 420.0004 or homeless as defined in s. 420.621. The 
 43 period of rental assistance may not exceed 12 months for any 
 44 eligible household. 
 45 Section 2. Present paragraphs (d) through (g) of subsection 
 46 (3) of section 420.9075, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 
 47 paragraphs (e) through (h), respectively, a new paragraph (d) 
 48 and paragraph (i) are added to that subsection, and paragraph 
 49 (c) of subsection (3) and paragraphs (a), (c), (e), and (n) of 
 50 subsection (5) of that section are amended, to read: 
 51 420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.— 
 52 (3) 
 53 (c) Each county and each eligible municipality is 
 54 encouraged to develop a strategy within its local housing 
 55 assistance plan that addresses the needs of persons who are 
 56 deprived of affordable housing due to the closure of a mobile 
 57 home park or the conversion of affordable rental units to 
 58 condominiums. 
 59 (d) Each county and each eligible municipality shall 
 60 include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy that 
 61 addresses the needs of persons who are deprived of affordable 
 62 housing due to the closure of a mobile home park. 
 63 (i) Each county and each eligible municipality shall 
 64 include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy for 
 65 providing program funds to mobile home owners, as defined in s. 
 66 723.003, which must include lot rental assistance. 
 67 (5) The following criteria apply to awards made to eligible 
 68 sponsors or eligible persons for the purpose of providing 
 69 eligible housing: 
 70 (a) At least 65 percent of the funds made available in each 
 71 county and eligible municipality from the local housing 
 72 distribution must be reserved for home ownership for eligible 
 73 persons. For purposes of this paragraph, lot rental assistance 
 74 for eligible mobile home owners as defined in s. 723.003 is an 
 75 approved home ownership activity. 
 76 (c) At least 75 percent of the funds made available in each 
 77 county and eligible municipality from the local housing 
 78 distribution must be reserved for construction, rehabilitation, 
 79 or emergency repair of affordable, eligible housing. Funds may 
 80 be provided to mobile home owners