Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 184
       
       
        
       By Senator Gaetz
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to affordable housing; amending s.
    3         163.31771, F.S.; requiring, rather than authorizing, a
    4         local government to adopt an ordinance to allow
    5         accessory dwelling units in certain areas; prohibiting
    6         such an ordinance from increasing parking
    7         requirements; providing applicability of such an
    8         ordinance; creating s. 420.5098, F.S.; requiring the
    9         Florida Housing Finance Corporation to establish a
   10         model program that uses mezzanine finance for a
   11         certain purpose; requiring the corporation to consult
   12         with a specified entity; amending s. 420.615, F.S.;
   13         authorizing a local government to provide a density
   14         bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real
   15         property donations to assist in the provision of
   16         affordable housing for military families; providing an
   17         effective date.
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   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   21         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 163.31771, Florida
   22  Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         163.31771 Accessory dwelling units.—
   24         (3) A local government shall may adopt an ordinance to
   25  allow accessory dwelling units, without any corresponding
   26  increase in parking requirements, in any area zoned for single
   27  family residential use. Such ordinance does not apply to a
   28  planned unit development or master planned community as those
   29  terms are defined in s. 163.3202(5)(b)2.
   30         Section 2. Section 420.5098, Florida Statutes, is created
   31  to read:
   32         420.5098 Mezzanine finance model program.—The Florida
   33  Housing Finance Corporation shall establish a model program that
   34  uses mezzanine finance to encourage local housing authorities to
   35  stimulate the supply of affordable housing for owner occupancy.
   36  The corporation shall consult with the Shimberg Center for
   37  Housing Studies at the University of Florida on the design of
   38  the program. The corporation shall select counties in which to
   39  implement the program.
   40         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 420.615, Florida
   41  Statutes, is amended to read:
   42         420.615 Affordable housing land donation density bonus
   43  incentives.—
   44         (1) A local government may provide density bonus incentives
   45  pursuant to the provisions of this section to any landowner who
   46  voluntarily donates fee simple interest in real property to the
   47  local government for the purpose of assisting the local
   48  government in providing affordable housing, including housing
   49  that is affordable for military families receiving the basic
   50  allowance for housing. Donated real property must be determined
   51  by the local government to be appropriate for use as affordable
   52  housing and must be subject to deed restrictions to ensure that
   53  the property will be used for affordable housing.
   54         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.