Florida SB 664: Verification of Employment Eligibility

Bill Text

664 
Rent of Affordable Housing Dwelling Units 
2025-11-25T03:18:26Z 
Defining the terms “affordable” and “base rent”; prohibiting certain landlords of specified dwelling units from increasing the base rent of a unit during the term of a rental agreement, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 664 

 By Senator Bernard 

 24-00966-26 2026664__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to rent of affordable housing dwelling 
 3 units; amending s. 83.46, F.S.; defining the terms 
 4 “affordable” and “base rent”; prohibiting certain 
 5 landlords of specified dwelling units from increasing 
 6 the base rent of a unit during the term of a rental 
 7 agreement; providing construction; providing 
 8 applicability; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Subsection (4) is added to section 83.46, 
 13 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 14 83.46 Rent; duration of tenancies.— 
 15 (4)(a) As used in this subsection, the term: 
 16 1. “Affordable” has the same meaning as in s. 420.0004. 
 17 2. “Base rent” means the initial rent for a dwelling unit 
 18 charged by a landlord which is calculated based on a formula 
 19 dictated by an affordable housing program using the most recent 
 20 publication of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 
 21 Development’s Area Median Income; based on reasonable rent 
 22 calculated by a public housing agency; or otherwise based on the 
 23 terms of the affordable housing program. Base rent applies 
 24 before deduction of monthly housing assistance payments to 
 25 calculate a monthly net rent payable by the tenant. 
 26 (b) A person who is a landlord of a dwelling unit that 
 27 qualifies as affordable housing and who has received federal, 
 28 state, or local funding or tax incentives because of the 
 29 dwelling unit’s status as an affordable housing unit may not 
 30 increase the base rent of the dwelling unit during the term of a 
 31 rental agreement. 
 32 (c) This subsection does not prohibit a landlord from 
 33 increasing the base rent of a dwelling unit that qualifies as 
 34 affordable housing when a tenant is renewing his or her rental 
 35 agreement, nor does it prohibit changes to the net rent based on 
 36 changes to the tenant’s qualifications for a housing assistance 
 37 program under the terms of such affordable housing program. 
 38 (d) This subsection applies to rental agreements that have 
 39 a term of 13 months or less and are entered into on or after 
 40 July 1, 2027. 
 41 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.