| 16 | | - | amending s. 420.9072, F.S.; authorizing a county or an 3 |
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| 17 | | - | eligible municipality to expend certain funds on lot 4 |
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| 18 | | - | rental assistance for mobile home owners for a 5 |
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| 19 | | - | specified time period; amending s. 420.9075, F.S.; 6 |
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| 20 | | - | requiring counties and eligible municipalities to 7 |
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| 21 | | - | develop certain strategies in their local housing 8 |
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| 22 | | - | assistance plans; providing that lot rental assistance 9 |
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| 23 | | - | is an approved home ownership activity for certain 10 |
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| 24 | | - | purposes; authorizing certain funds to be provided to 11 |
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| 25 | | - | mobile home owners for rehabilitation and emergency 12 |
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| 26 | | - | repairs; removing a prohibition that only a certain 13 |
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| 27 | | - | percentage of funds may be used for manufactured 14 |
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| 28 | | - | housing; amending s. 420.9071, F.S.; conforming a 15 |
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| 29 | | - | cross-reference; providing an effective date. 16 |
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| 30 | | - | 17 |
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| 31 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 |
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| 32 | | - | 19 |
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| 33 | | - | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 20 |
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| 34 | | - | 420.9072, Florida Statutes, is amende d to read: 21 |
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| 35 | | - | 420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program. —22 |
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| 36 | | - | The State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program is created for 23 |
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| 37 | | - | the purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible 24 |
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| 38 | | - | municipalities as an incentive for the creation of local housing 25 |
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| 16 | + | amending s. 420.9075, F.S.; revising the list of 3 |
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| 17 | + | persons with special housing needs for purposes of a 4 |
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| 18 | + | certain program to include persons who own mobile 5 |
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| 19 | + | homes placed in mobile home parks; including lot 6 |
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| 20 | + | rental assistance in the strategies for the provision 7 |
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| 21 | + | of affordable housing for which a local housing 8 |
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| 22 | + | assistance plan may allocate funds; requiring each 9 |
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| 23 | + | county and eligible municipality to include in its 10 |
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| 24 | + | local housing assistance plan the provision of funds 11 |
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| 25 | + | to certain persons for a specified purpose; requiring 12 |
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| 26 | + | that certain funds reserved for home ownership be used 13 |
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| 27 | + | to provide lot rental assistance to certain eligible 14 |
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| 28 | + | persons; authorizing counties and eligible 15 |
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| 29 | + | municipalities to use certain funds for the 16 |
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| 30 | + | construction, rehabilitation, or emergency repair of 17 |
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| 31 | + | certain mobile homes; prohibiting a county or an 18 |
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| 32 | + | eligible municipality from distinguishing or 19 |
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| 33 | + | discriminating between t ypes of housing when awarding 20 |
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| 34 | + | certain funds; providing an effective date. 21 |
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| 35 | + | 22 |
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| 36 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23 |
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| 37 | + | 24 |
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| 38 | + | Section 1. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (a), (c), and (e) 25 |
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| 51 | | - | partnerships, to expand production of and preserve affordable 26 |
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| 52 | | - | housing, to further the housing element of the local government 27 |
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| 53 | | - | comprehensive plan specific to affordable housing, and to 28 |
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| 54 | | - | increase housing-related employment. 29 |
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| 55 | | - | (7) 30 |
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| 56 | | - | (b) A county or an eligible m unicipality may not expend 31 |
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| 57 | | - | its portion of the local housing distribution to provide ongoing 32 |
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| 58 | | - | rent subsidies, except for: 33 |
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| 59 | | - | 1. Security and utility deposit assistance. 34 |
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| 60 | | - | 2. Eviction prevention not to exceed 6 months' rent. 35 |
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| 61 | | - | 3. Lot rental assistance for mobi le home owners as defined 36 |
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| 62 | | - | in s. 723.003, not to exceed 6 months' rent. 37 |
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| 63 | | - | 4.3. A rent subsidy program for very -low-income households 38 |
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| 64 | | - | with at least one adult who is a person with special needs as 39 |
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| 65 | | - | defined in s. 420.0004 or homeless as defined in s. 420.621. T he 40 |
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| 66 | | - | period of rental assistance may not exceed 12 months for any 41 |
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| 67 | | - | eligible household. 42 |
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| 68 | | - | Section 2. Paragraphs (d) through (g) of subsection (3) of 43 |
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| 69 | | - | section 420.9075, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 44 |
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| 70 | | - | paragraphs (e) through (h), respectively, paragraphs (f) through 45 |
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| 71 | | - | (n) of subsection (5) are redesignated as paragraphs (e) through 46 |
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| 72 | | - | (m), respectively, paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and 47 |
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| 73 | | - | paragraphs (a), (c), and (e) and present paragraph (n) of 48 |
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| 74 | | - | subsection (5) are amended, and new paragraphs (d) and (i) are 49 |
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| 75 | | - | added to subsection (3) of that section, to read: 50 |
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| 51 | + | of subsection (5) of section 420.9075, Florida Statut es, are 26 |
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| 52 | + | amended, and paragraph (h) is added to subsection (3) of that 27 |
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| 53 | + | section, to read: 28 |
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| 54 | + | 420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships. — 29 |
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| 55 | + | (1)(a) Each county or eligible municipality participating 30 |
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| 56 | + | in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Progr am shall 31 |
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| 57 | + | develop and implement a local housing assistance plan created to 32 |
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| 58 | + | make affordable residential units available to persons of very 33 |
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| 59 | + | low income, low income, or moderate income and to persons who 34 |
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| 60 | + | have special housing needs, including, but not limited to , 35 |
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| 61 | + | homeless people, the elderly, migrant farmworkers, and persons 36 |
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| 62 | + | with disabilities, and persons who own mobile homes placed in 37 |
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| 63 | + | mobile home parks as defined in s. 723.003 . Counties or eligible 38 |
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| 64 | + | municipalities may include strategies to assist persons and 39 |
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| 65 | + | households having annual incomes of not more than 140 percent of 40 |
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| 66 | + | area median income. The plans are intended to increase the 41 |
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| 67 | + | availability of affordable residential units by combining local 42 |
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| 68 | + | resources and cost-saving measures into a local housing 43 |
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| 69 | + | partnership and using private and public funds to reduce the 44 |
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| 70 | + | cost of housing. 45 |
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| 71 | + | (b) Local housing assistance plans may allocate funds to: 46 |
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| 72 | + | 1. Implement local housing assistance strategies for the 47 |
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| 73 | + | provision of affordable housing , including lot rental assistance 48 |
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| 74 | + | for persons who own mobile homes placed in mobile home parks as 49 |
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| 75 | + | defined in s. 723.003 . 50 |
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| 88 | | - | 420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships. — 51 |
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| 89 | | - | (3) 52 |
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| 90 | | - | (c) Each county and each eligible municipality is 53 |
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| 91 | | - | encouraged to develop a strategy within its local housing 54 |
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| 92 | | - | assistance plan that addresses the n eeds of persons who are 55 |
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| 93 | | - | deprived of affordable housing due to the closure of a mobile 56 |
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| 94 | | - | home park or the conversion of affordable rental units to 57 |
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| 95 | | - | condominiums. 58 |
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| 96 | | - | (d) Each county and each eligible municipality shall 59 |
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| 97 | | - | include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy that 60 |
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| 98 | | - | addresses the needs of persons who are deprived of affordable 61 |
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| 99 | | - | housing due to the closure of a mobile home park. 62 |
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| 100 | | - | (i) Each county and each eligible municipality shall 63 |
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| 101 | | - | include in its local housing assistance plan a strategy for 64 |
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| 102 | | - | providing program funds to mobile home owners, as defined in s. 65 |
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| 103 | | - | 723.003, which must include lot rental assistance. 66 |
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| 88 | + | 2. Supplement funds available to the corporation to 51 |
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| 89 | + | provide enhanced funding of state housing programs within the 52 |
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| 90 | + | county or the eligible municipality. 53 |
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| 91 | + | 3. Provide the local mat ching share of federal affordable 54 |
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| 92 | + | housing grants or programs. 55 |
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| 93 | + | 4. Fund emergency repairs, including, but not limited to, 56 |
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| 94 | + | repairs performed by existing service providers under 57 |
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| 95 | + | weatherization assistance programs under ss. 409.509 -409.5093. 58 |
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| 96 | + | 5. Further the housing element of the local government 59 |
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| 97 | + | comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to s. 163.3184, specific to 60 |
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| 98 | + | affordable housing. 61 |
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| 99 | + | (3) 62 |
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| 100 | + | (h) Each county and each eligible municipality shall 63 |
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| 101 | + | include in its local housing assistance plan the provision of 64 |
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| 102 | + | funds for lot rental assistance to persons who own mobile homes 65 |
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| 103 | + | placed in mobile home parks as defined in s. 723.003. 66 |
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| 128 | | - | or emergency repair of affordable, eligible housing. Funds may 79 |
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| 129 | | - | be provided to mobile home owners as defined in s. 723.003 for 80 |
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| 130 | | - | rehabilitation and emergency repairs under this paragraph. 81 |
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| 131 | | - | (e) Not more than 20 percent of the funds made available 82 |
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| 132 | | - | in each county and eligible municipality from the local housing 83 |
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| 133 | | - | distribution may be used for manufactured housing. 84 |
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| 134 | | - | (m)(n) Funds from the local housing distribution not used 85 |
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| 135 | | - | to meet the criteria established in paragraph (a) or paragraph 86 |
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| 136 | | - | (c) or not used for the adminis tration of a local housing 87 |
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| 137 | | - | assistance plan must be used for housing production and finance 88 |
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| 138 | | - | activities, including, but not limited to, financing 89 |
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| 139 | | - | preconstruction activities or the purchase of existing units, 90 |
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| 140 | | - | providing rental housing, and providing home owner ship training 91 |
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| 141 | | - | to prospective home buyers and owners of homes assisted through 92 |
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| 142 | | - | the local housing assistance plan. 93 |
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| 143 | | - | 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and 94 |
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| 144 | | - | (c), program income as defined in s. 420.9071(26) may also be 95 |
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| 145 | | - | used to fund activities described in this paragraph. 96 |
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| 146 | | - | 2. When preconstruction due -diligence activities conducted 97 |
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| 147 | | - | as part of a preservation strategy show that preservation of the 98 |
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| 148 | | - | units is not feasible and will not result in the production of 99 |
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| 149 | | - | an eligible unit, such costs shall be deemed a program expense 100 |
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| 163 | | - | do not exceed 3 percent of the annual local housing 102 |
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| 164 | | - | distribution. 103 |
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| 165 | | - | 3. If both an award under the local housing assistance 104 |
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| 166 | | - | plan and federal low -income housing tax cred its are used to 105 |
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| 167 | | - | assist a project and there is a conflict between the criteria 106 |
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| 168 | | - | prescribed in this subsection and the requirements of s. 42 of 107 |
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| 170 | | - | eligible municipality may resolve the conflict by givi ng 109 |
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| 175 | | - | 4. Each county and each elig ible municipality may award 114 |
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| 176 | | - | funds as a grant for construction, rehabilitation, or repair as 115 |
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| 177 | | - | part of disaster recovery or emergency repairs or to remedy 116 |
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| 178 | | - | accessibility or health and safety deficiencies. Any other 117 |
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| 179 | | - | grants must be approved as part of the local housing assistance 118 |
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| 180 | | - | plan. 119 |
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| 181 | | - | Section 3. Subsection (27) of section 420.9071, Florida 120 |
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| 182 | | - | Statutes, is amended to read: 121 |
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| 183 | | - | 420.9071 Definitions. —As used in ss. 420.907 -420.9079, the 122 |
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| 185 | | - | (27) "Recaptured funds" means funds that are recouped by a 124 |
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| 199 | | - | provisions of its local housing assistance plan pursuant to s. 126 |
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| 200 | | - | 420.9075(5)(i) s. 420.9075(5)(j) from eligible persons or 127 |
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| 201 | | - | eligible sponsors, which funds were not used for assistance to 128 |
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| 202 | | - | an eligible househol d for an eligible activity, when there is a 129 |
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| 203 | | - | default on the terms of a grant award or loan award. 130 |
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| 204 | | - | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 131 |
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| 128 | + | or emergency repair of affordable, eligible housing , including, 79 |
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| 129 | + | but not limited to, mobile homes placed in mobile home parks as 80 |
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| 130 | + | defined in s. 723.003 . 81 |
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| 131 | + | (e) A county or an eligible municipality may not 82 |
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| 132 | + | distinguish or discriminate between types of housing when 83 |
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| 133 | + | awarding funds from the local housing distribution under this 84 |
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| 134 | + | section Not more than 20 percent of the funds made available in 85 |
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| 135 | + | each county and eligible municipality from the local housing 86 |
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| 136 | + | distribution may be used for manufactured housing . 87 |
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| 137 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 88 |
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