Florida HB 1481: Taxes, Licenses, and Fees

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to housing for veterans; creating s. 2
83.684, F.S.; providing a short title; providing 3
definitions; establishing the Homes for Veterans 4
Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in certain 5
counties, subject to legislative appropriation; 6
requiring the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, in 7
consultation with other entities and persons, to 8
oversee specified aspects of the pilot program; 9
providing the responsibilities of the corporation for 10
the pilot program; requiring contracted program 11
administrators to maintain certain functions of the 12
pilot program; authorizing certain landlords to apply 13
to a contracted program administrator to request 14
funding from the Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation 15
Trust Fund under certain circumstances; providing the 16
purpose of such trust fund; providing requirements to 17
request funding from the trust fund; requiring certain 18
case managers to assist the contracted program 19
administrator; requiring the contracted program 20
administrator to maintain and provide certain 21
documentation to the corporation; requiring the entity 22
responsible for certain functions to maintain any 23
supporting documentation; authorizing the corporation 24
to rely on certifications, determinations, and 25

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documentation provided by specified entities; 26
providing that funding for the pilot program is 27
awarded on a first-come, first-served basis; 28
authorizing the corporation to suspend the acceptance 29
of applications under certain circumstances; requiring 30
specified notice; requiring the corporation to adopt 31
rules; providing an effective date. 32
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 34
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Section 1. Section 83.684, Florida Statutes, is created to 36
read: 37
83.684 Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive 38
Pilot Program.— 39
(1) This section may be cited as the "Homes for Veterans 40
Property Management Incentive Pilot Program." 41
(2) As used in this section, the term: 42
(a) "Corporation" means the Florida Housing Finance 43
Corporation. 44
(b) "HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program" 45
means a program that combines the United States Department of 46
Housing and Urban Development's housing choice voucher rental 47
assistance for homeless veterans with case management and 48
clinical services provided by the United States Department of 49
Veterans Affairs. 50

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(c) "Pilot program" means the Homes for Veterans Property 51
Management Incentive Pilot Program. 52
(d) "Veteran" has the same meaning as in s. 1.01(14). 53
(3) The Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive 54
Pilot Program is established in Broward, Escambia, Hillsborough, 55
and Santa Rosa Counties to provide eligible landlords with 56
incentives to lease eligible dwelling units to veterans who are 57
participating in the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 58
program. Implementation of this pilot program is subject to 59
annual legislative appropriation. The corporation, in 60
consultation with the local public housing authority and case 61
managers assigned to veterans by the United States Department of 62
Veterans' Affairs, shall establish and oversee the Vacancy 63
Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund, the applications for such 64
trust fund, the document requirements, and all processes of the 65
pilot program. The corporation's responsibilities under this 66
section are limited to program administration, including 67
rulemaking, oversight, and establishing and executing contracts 68
with one or more local public housing authorities, contracted 69
program administrators, or other public or nonprofit entities 70
that have experience administering the HUD-Veterans Affairs 71
Supportive Housing program, supportive housing, or landlord 72
mitigation programs to perform intake, documentation review, and 73
claim verification functions to locally administer the funds in 74
the Vacancy Relief and Risk Mitigation Trust Fund and to 75

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distribute funding to the contracted program administrator for 76
payment of approved reimbursement requests. The corporation is 77
not responsible for maintaining eligibility files, tenancy 78
records, or other case-level documentation for the HUD-Veterans 79
Affairs Supporti