Florida HB 267: Children's Services Council of Broward County

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to local housing assistance plans; 2
amending s. 420.9072, F.S.; authorizing a county or an 3
eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot 4
rental assistance for mobile home owners for a 5
specified time period; amending s. 420.9075, F.S.; 6
requiring counties and eligible municipalities to 7
develop certain strategies in their local housing 8
assistance plans; providing that lot rental assistance 9
is an approved home ownership activity for certain 10
purposes; authorizing certain funds to be provided to 11
mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency 12
repairs; removing a prohibition that only a certain 13
percentage of funds may be used for manufactured 14
housing; amending s. 420.9071, F.S.; conforming a 15
cross-reference; providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 20
420.9072, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 21
420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.—22
The State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program is created for 23
the purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible 24
municipalities as an incentive for the creation of local housing 25

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partnerships, to expand production of and preserve affordable 26
housing, to further the housing element of the local government 27
comprehensive plan specific to affordable housing, and to 28
increase housing-related employment. 29
(7) 30
(b) A county or an eligible municipality may not expend 31
its portion of the local housing distribution to provide ongoing 32
rent subsidies, except for: 33
1. Security and utility deposit assistance. 34
2. Eviction prevention not to exceed 6 months' rent. 35
3. Lot rental assistance for mobile home owners as defined 36
in s. 723.003, not to exceed 6 months' rent. 37
4.3. A rent subsidy program for very-low-income households 38
with at least one adult who is a person with special needs as 39
defined in s. 420.0004 or homeless as defined in s. 420.621. The 40
period of rental assistance may not exceed 12 months for any 41
eligible household. 42
Section 2. Paragraphs (d) through (g) of subsection (3) of 43
section 420.9075, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 44
paragraphs (e) through (h), respectively, paragraphs (f) through 45
(n) of subsection (5) are redesignated as paragraphs (e) through 46
(m), respectively, paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and 47
paragraphs (a), (c), and (e) and present paragraph (n) of 48
subsection (5) are amended, and new paragraphs (d) and (i) are 49
added to subsection (3) of that section, to read: 50

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420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.— 51
(3) 52
(c) Each county and each eligible municipality is 53
encouraged to develop a strategy within its local housing 54
assistance plan that addresses the needs of persons who are 55
deprived of affordable housing due to the closure of a mobile 56
home park or the conversion of affordable rental units to 57
condominiums. 58
(d) Each county and each eligible municipality shall 59
include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy that 60
addresses the needs of persons who are deprived of affordable 61
housing due to the closure of a mobile home park. 62
(i) Each county and each eligible municipality shall 63
include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy for 64
providing program funds to mobile home owners, as defined in s. 65
723.003, which must include lot rental assistance. 66
(5) The following criteria apply to awards made to 67
eligible sponsors or eligible persons for the purpose of 68
providing eligible housing: 69
(a) At least 65 percent of the funds made available in 70
each county and eligible municipality from the local housing 71
distribution must be reserved for home ownership for eligible 72
persons. For purposes of this paragraph, lot rental assistance 73
for eligible mobile home owners as defined in s. 723.003 is an 74
approved home ownership activity. 75

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(c) At least 75 percent of the funds made available in 76
each county and eligible municipality from the local housing 77
distribution must be reserved for construction, rehabilitation, 78
or emergency repair of affordable, eligible housing. Funds may 79
be provided to mobile home owners as defined in s. 723.003 for 80
rehabilitation