HB 701 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Local Housing Assistance Plans

Summary

Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizes county or eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance to mobile home owners for specified time period; requires counties & eligible municipalities to develop certain strategies in their local housing assistance plans; provides that lot rental assistance is approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizes certain funds to be provided to mobile home owners for rehabilitation & emergency repairs; removes prohibition that only certain percentage of funds may be used for manufactured housing.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 701 Filed → H 701 c1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill modifies Florida's local housing assistance program to better support mobile home owners by allowing lot rental assistance to count as home ownership funding and removing restrictions on how much can be used for manufactured housing. It also clarifies when counties can provide rent subsidies and adds specific strategies to address mobile home park closures.

Scope change

The bill expands eligibility for certain housing funds to explicitly include mobile home owners and clarifies that lot rental assistance counts toward home ownership goals.

ELIGIBILITY

Lot rental assistance for mobile home owners now counts as an approved home ownership activity, allowing counties to use funds for this purpose.

FISCAL

Removed the 20 percent cap on funds that can be used for manufactured housing, allowing more flexibility in how housing funds are allocated.

REQUIREMENT

Added specific requirements for counties to include strategies addressing mobile home park closures and conversions of affordable rental units to condominiums.

Clarified that counties can only provide ongoing rent subsidies for specific limited purposes like eviction prevention and lot rental assistance for mobile home owners.

TECHNICAL

Updated cross-references to correct section numbers in the Florida Statutes.

Floor votes · House Apr 23, 2025

How they voted

114–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 118

Apr 23, 2025

D Democratic34

33 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican84

81 Yea 3

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Commerce Committee agenda

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Commerce Committee

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 10 co-sponsors