TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014\u00a0The Florida House approved a measure Thursday that supporters say would limit authority of homeowners associations.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
The Florida House passed a bill to limit homeowners association authority
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The bill aims to reduce red tape and streamline dispute resolution with a new state-run court
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Critics worry about the potential burden on local governments
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Companion legislation in the Florida Senate faces long odds, according to the bill’s sponsor<\/p>\n
The bill aims to mow down red tape and trim back HOA authority.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn HOA board president today is more powerful than a Florida state representative, maybe even a Florida congressman, because of the total autonomy that they have in their in their communities,\u201d said State Rep. Juan Porras, R-Miami, the bill sponsor.<\/p>\n
The bill proposes moving disputes to a new state-run court focused on HOA issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have hundreds, if not thousands of homeowners that have absolutely no recourse for unnecessary fines or liens for people that are losing their homes,\u201d Porras added.<\/p>\n
The bill also allows residents to petition for the dissolution of their HOA, requiring a supermajority vote.<\/p>\n
Critics fear dissolution could burden local governments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the problem in Tallahassee is that we legislate based on a couple bad actors,\u201d said Democratic St. Petersburg State Rep. Lindsay Cross. \u201cI think it could end up being an unfunded mandate for some of these governments.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to state analysts, nearly half of Florida\u2019s population is governed by an HOA.<\/p>\n
The Florida Senate would have to pass a companion bill in order for the legislation to head to Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n
The bill\u2019s sponsor in the Senate says it faces long odds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014\u00a0The Florida House approved a measure Thursday that supporters say would limit authority of homeowners associations.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3140,6074,28,30,29,2203,115,139,99,135,835],"class_list":["post-180175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-capital-connection","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jason-delgado","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-politics","tag-tampa","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}