SB 1714 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Local Housing Assistance Plans

Summary

Local Housing Assistance Plans; Authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to expend certain funds on lot rental assistance for mobile home owners for a specified time period; requiring each county and eligible municipality to include in its local housing assistance plan certain strategies; providing that lot rental assistance for eligible mobile home owners is an approved home ownership activity for certain purposes; authorizing counties and eligible municipalities to provide certain funds to mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency repairs, etc.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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S 1714 Filed → S 1714 c1 · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill modifies Florida's local housing assistance programs to better support mobile home owners and address housing needs. It clarifies that lot rental assistance for mobile home owners counts as home ownership activity, allows counties to provide funds for mobile home rehabilitation and emergency repairs, and updates requirements for local housing assistance plans to include strategies for those displaced by mobile home park closures. The bill also adjusts how funds can be used for rent subsidies and manufactured housing.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of local housing assistance plans to specifically address mobile home park closures and conversions, and clarifies the use of funds for mobile home owners.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for counties and municipalities to include strategies in their housing assistance plans addressing needs of persons deprived of affordable housing due to mobile home park closures or conversions.

Added requirement for housing assistance plans to include strategies for providing program funds to mobile home owners, which must include lot rental assistance.

FISCAL

Authorized counties and municipalities to provide funds to mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency repairs.

Added specific allowance for lot rental assistance for mobile home owners as an exception to the general prohibition on ongoing rent subsidies, limited to 6 months.

ELIGIBILITY

Clarified that lot rental assistance for eligible mobile home owners counts as an approved home ownership activity for funding purposes.

DEFINITION

Updated definition of 'recaptured funds' to reference specific subsections of the local housing assistance plan.

TIMELINE

Set the effective date of the act to July 1, 2025.

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Committee

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 13 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules

upper

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors