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Amended Live Local Act Signed Into Law By Gov. DeSantis

The law amends last year’s Live Local Act, which grants extra density and tax breaks for developers who include affordable housing units in their projects. The amended law essentially doubles tax breaks for developers who incorporate at least 71 affordable or workforce housing units and also mandates additional parking breaks for projects built near major transit hubs.

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DeSantis Signs Law Easing Demolitions Of Aging Coastal Buildings, Creating “Massive Redevelopment Implications”

Senate Bill 1526 strips local municipalities of their authority to ban, restrict or prevent the demolition of “nonconforming” and unsafe structures. The exceptions are for buildings individually placed on the National Register of Historic Places, contributing structures within a historic district listed in the National Register before 2000, and single-family homes.

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