FloridaFlorida counties can use housing funds for mobile-home rent and repairs
Florida counties and eligible cities may use housing funds for mobile-home lot rent and repairs, and must plan for people displaced by park closures.
What it does
Counties and eligible cities may use local housing funds to help mobile-home owners pay lot rent for up to six months.
Each county and eligible city must plan how to help people who lose affordable housing when a mobile-home park closes and how to provide funds, including lot-rent help, to mobile-home owners.
Local housing funds may help mobile-home owners with repairs. Counties and eligible cities may count lot-rent help toward the funds reserved for home ownership.
Argument forMobile-home owners could get help with lot rent, repairs, or emergencies, while local plans address people displaced by park closures.
Argument againstThese funding rules could leave counties and eligible cities with less room to use local housing funds for other eligible needs.
More detail
Counties and eligible cities may use local housing funds to help mobile-home owners pay lot rent. This applies to mobile-home owners as defined in Florida law. The assistance may cover no more than six months of rent. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.
Each county and eligible city must include two strategies in its local housing plan. These rules apply to each county and eligible city with a local housing assistance plan. One strategy must address people deprived of affordable housing when a mobile-home park closes. The other must provide program funds to mobile-home owners, including lot-rent assistance. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.
Local housing funds may help mobile-home owners with home repairs, and lot-rent help may count toward the home-ownership funding share. This applies to mobile-home owners as defined in Florida law and to local housing funds in each county and eligible city. At least 65 percent of local housing funds must be reserved for home ownership, and at least 75 percent must be reserved for affordable housing construction, rehabilitation, or emergency repairs. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.
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History
- 2026
- Jun 29Chapter No. 2026-173Latest
- Jun 26Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- Jun 15Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 17Ordered enrolledMinor
- Mar 10Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0Passed House
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 10Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Mar 10Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 91st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Mar 9Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- Mar 9Bill referred to House Calendar
- Feb 11In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Immediately certified
- Feb 11Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0Passed Senate
- Feb 11Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 11Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 9Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- Feb 3Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 3Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 29On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 21Now in Rules
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 14Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 13Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 8On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2025
- Dec 9Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; RulesMinor
- Nov 19FiledIntroduced
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