Florida’s Live Local Act: Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation

Eric Singer serves as a panelist for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): Developing Affordable and Workforce Housing at Public Transit Stations at the U.S. Housing & Community Development Conference in Dallas, Texas.

The 2024 Shimberg Center for Housing Studies report highlights a growing statewide shortage of affordable housing—now exceeding 98,000 units. As a result, only 34 Florida counties remain eligible to opt-out of the Live Local Act’s valuable “middle market” tax exemption, down ...

Years of changes in the Florida Condominium Act, reacting to market and other factors, have posed challenges that may threaten a portion of Florida’s housing supply. But even as Florida grapples with the fallout of legislative changes to its condo law, it offers critical lessons in building a ...