The Live Local Act is incentivizing some developers to add affordable housing units with below-market rents to buildings that are already under construction or completed, instead of doing so at the ...

Even its critics think Florida’s Live Local Act is working. In fact, they think it’s working too well. Local politicians are concerned that the new state law encouraging development of rent-restricted ...

For all its imperfections and challenges, the Live Local Act has shown results in Southwest Florida. It will produce affordable housing in the region — as intended. Just how much of it, however, is ...

Florida lawmakers recently strengthened the Live Local Act’s state control over municipalities, aiming to crack down on cities and counties that try to block applications filed under the workforce ...

TWO NEWS STARTS NOW. FIRST AT FOUR, THE LIV LOCAL ACT WAS CREATED TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS THE STATE. BUT LEADERS OF SMALL CITIES LIKE DEBARY SAY IT WILL CAUSE THEM MORE HARM THAN ...

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