A recently approved measure in Florida preempts local governments from landlord-tenant law, in essence making landlords & renters play by the same set of rules. According to Ft. Meyers’ WINK News, the new law, signed by Governor Ron DeSantis in late June, took effect July 1st and will keep Florida’s local governments out of “landlord-tenant turf.”
“When you look at House Bill 1417, what it does is removes the authority that local entities have had to establish rules that would govern the tenant-landlord relationship,” said Dr. Shelton Weeks, Lucas Professor of Real Estate at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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