HB 675 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Affordable Housing

Summary

Affordable Housing; Revises upwards length of time that certain rental units must remain affordable in order to qualify for specified zoning variance; requires certain incentives be used for construction of affordable housing; revises downward maximum median income used to determine eligibility for certain tax incentives; specifies that certain taxes do not apply to first-time homebuyers.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Dec 8, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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H 675 Filed → H 675 c1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from a filed version to a committee substitute version, which reorganized the text to apply new affordable housing incentive rules to both counties and municipalities. The most significant policy change is the addition of a requirement that counties and municipalities must provide financial incentives to fully offset the costs developers face when paying affordable housing fees. The bill also clarifies that these incentives must be used specifically to build affordable housing.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include municipalities alongside counties as entities required to provide financial incentives for affordable housing contributions.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new requirement for counties and municipalities to provide incentives that fully offset developer costs for affordable housing fees.

Added a specific mandate that any incentives provided must be used for the construction of affordable housing.

TECHNICAL

Reorganized the bill text to merge related sections and update the bill identifier from 'HB 675' to 'CS/HB 675'.

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Committee

Feb 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Ways & Means Committee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means Committee

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda

lower

Dec 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

Dec 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Commerce Committee

lower

Dec 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Ways & Means Committee

lower

Dec 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 18 co-sponsors