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Florida housing analyst outlines effects, gaps of Live Local Act
Summary
Ryan Kinless of the Florida Housing Coalition briefed the committee on the Live Local Act’s property tax exemptions, land‑use mandate and state funding tied to the law, noting strong interest around South Florida and the absence of statewide tracking requirements.
Ryan Kinless, a policy analyst with the Florida Housing Coalition, told the committee that the Live Local Act, passed in 2023, is a major housing law and is already prompting a range of local proposals across Florida.
"Live Local Act was originally passed in 2023. Huge piece of housing legislation. I can't overstate that," Kinless said in his presentation, which summarized the law’s two main components: property tax exemptions for certain multifamily developments and a land‑use mandate that allows administrative approval of multifamily in some nonresidential zones.
Kinless described two tiers of the property tax exemption: units at or below 80% of area median income (AMI) may qualify for a 100% per‑unit property tax exemption, and units in the 80%–120% AMI range may be eligible for a smaller exemption. He said some local governments…
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