Credit goes to the City of Miami staff for becoming among, if not the first Florida municipality, to publish their updated interpretation and guidelines for Live Local Act 2024 (SB328). With the new clarifications generally,...more
Florida Governor DeSantis just signed into law Senate Bill 328 (“SB328”), the enhancement to last year’s Live Local Act (“LLA” or “SB102”). The amendments made to the Live Local Act by SB328 are significant in both benefits...more
Yesterday, the Florida Senate on the opening day of legislative session unanimously passed by a vote of 40 to 0, Senate Bill 328 also known as the “Live Local Act 2024”. SB328 is in response to a mix of reactions to the...more
SB 50, Senator Scott Wiener’s bill to boost housing production near transit and job centers, has been defeated. The vote fell three votes short on Wednesday, and Wiener was unsuccessful in his reconsideration request...more
When imposing a school impact fee on residential development, a district need not separately analyze particular subtypes of projects; the authorizing statutes simply require a reasonable relationship between the need for the...more
Two affordable housing measures are currently proposed for the November 5, 2019 ballot: (i) City Charter and Code amendments to encourage certain 100% affordable and teacher housing projects by providing for a streamlined...more
In 2007, the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 07-05, which created a voluntary Workforce Housing Development Program in order to encourage development of land available for residential use...more
The City of Charleston has changed the rules governing the Mixed Use Workforce Housing District Zoning Ordinance in an effort to further diversify housing opportunities for residents....more