Florida SB 1602: Public Records/County Attorneys and Assistant County Attorneys

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1602 
Housing for Veterans 
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Creating the “Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program Act”; establishing the Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain counties, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring a landlord to submit to the contracted program administrator required documentation within a specified time period to apply for funding; authorizing a landlord to apply for up to a specified dollar amount from the funds, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to housing for veterans; creating s. 
 3 83.684, F.S.; providing a short title; defining terms; 
 4 establishing the Homes for Veterans Property 
 5 Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain 
 6 counties, subject to legislative appropriation; 
 7 requiring the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, in 
 8 consultation with other entities and persons, to 
 9 establish and oversee specified aspects of the pilot 
 10 program; providing the responsibilities of the 
 11 corporation for the pilot program; requiring 
 12 contracted program administrators to maintain certain 
 13 functions of the pilot program; authorizing certain 
 14 landlords to apply to a contracted program 
 15 administrator to request funding under certain 
 16 circumstances; requiring a landlord to submit to the 
 17 contracted program administrator required 
 18 documentation within a specified time period to apply 
 19 for funding; requiring certain case managers to assist 
 20 the contracted program administrator; requiring the 
 21 contracted program administrator to maintain and 
 22 provide certain documentation to the corporation; 
 23 requiring the entity responsible for certain functions 
 24 to maintain any supporting documentation; authorizing 
 25 the corporation to rely on certifications, 
 26 determinations, and documentation provided by 
 27 specified entities; authorizing a landlord to apply 
 28 for up to a specified dollar amount from the funds; 
 29 providing requirements to apply for funding; providing 
 30 that funding for the pilot program is awarded on a 
 31 first-come, first-served basis; authorizing the 
 32 corporation to suspend the acceptance of applications 
 33 under certain circumstances; requiring specified 
 34 notice; requiring the corporation to adopt rules; 
 35 providing an effective date. 
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 37 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 39 Section 1. Section 83.684, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 40 read: 
 41 83.684 Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive 
 42 Pilot Program.— 
 43 (1) This section may be cited as the “Homes for Veterans 
 44 Property Management Incentive Pilot Program Act.” 
 45 (2) As used in this section, the term: 
 46 (a) “Corporation” means the Florida Housing Finance 
 47 Corporation. 
 48 (b) “HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program” means 
 49 a program that combines the United States Department of Housing 
 50 and Urban Development’s housing choice voucher rental assistance 
 51 for homeless veterans with case management and clinical services 
 52 provided by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. 
 53 (c) “Pilot program” means the Homes for Veterans Property 
 54 Management Incentive Pilot Program. 
 55 (d) “Veteran” has the same meaning as in s. 1.01(14). 
 56 (3) The Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive 
 57 Pilot Program is established in Broward, Escambia, Hillsborough, 
 58 and Santa Rosa Counties to provide eligible landlords with 
 59 incentives to lease eligible dwelling units to veterans who are 
 60 participating in the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 
 61 program. Implementation of this pilot program is subject to 
 62 annual legislative appropriation. The corporation, in 
 63 consultation with the local public housing authority and case 
 64 managers assigned to veterans by the United States Department of 
 65 Veterans’ Affairs, shall establish and oversee the document 
 66 requirements and all processes of the pilot program. The 
 67 corporation’s responsibilities under this section are limited to 
 68 program administration, including rulemaking, oversight, and 
 69 establishing and executing contracts with one or more local 
 70 public housing authorities, contracted program administrators, 
 71 or other public or nonprofit entities that have experience 
 72 administering the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 
 73 program, supportive housing, or landlord mitigation programs to 
 74 perform intake, documentation review, and claim verification 
 75 functions to locally administer funds and to distribute funding 
 76 to the contracted program administrator for payment of approved 
 77 reimbursement requests. The corporation is not responsible for 
 78 maintaining eligibility files, tenancy records, or other case 
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