Affordable Housing & Homelessness Solutions

Pursue rent stabilization, tenant protections, TOPA, adaptive reuse, tiny-home and modular housing, expedited permitting, home-repair aid, Housing First expansion, and more shelter capacity.

Rent control is constrained by F.S. 125.0103 and F.S. 166.043, HB 1417 displaced local tenant ordinances, SB 170 increases ordinance challenge risk, and TOPA remains legally untested in Florida.

This plank packages real city-side land-use and permitting tools with state-preempted landlord-tenant regulation. The deliverable parts sit in zoning, adaptive reuse, CRA financing, and direct grant programs; the headline rent and tenant controls do not.

F.S. 125.0103 / F.S. 166.043 — Municipal rent control preemption

Florida sharply limits local rent regulation, shifting the city housing response toward zoning, permitting, land disposition, and city-backed financing tools.

HB 1417 (2023) — Local tenant protection limits

Recent state legislation preempted several categories of local landlord-tenant requirements and narrowed municipal experimentation.

SB 170 (2023) — Expanded litigation leverage against local ordinances

Florida expanded mechanisms that allow challengers to halt local ordinances during litigation.

She filed the Keep Floridians Housed Act with Sen. Torres and related renter-protection bills on deposits and payment options, but none passed.

Use missing-middle zoning, adaptive reuse, CRA-backed affordability, city-owned land, home-repair grants, and shelter expansion without relying on rent control or new tenancy ordinances.