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Florida Statutes, Title XXX

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Title XXX, Social Welfare

16 chapters · 723 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title XXX723 Ch 409, Social and Economic Assistance211 Ch 420, Housing98 Ch 429, Assisted Care Communities77 Ch 413, Employment and Related Services for …66 Ch 414, Family Self-sufficiency48 Ch 421, Public Housing48 Ch 430, Elder Affairs39 Ch 425, Rural Electric Cooperatives31 Ch 427, Special Transportation and Communica…27 Ch 415, Adult Protective Services25 Ch 410, Aging and Adult Services15 Ch 411, Handicap or High-risk Condition Prev…12 Ch 418, Recreation Districts12 Ch 422, Housing Cooperation Law9

48 sections·Filtered byTitle XXX✕Ch 421✕

Fla. Stat. § 421.001 State role in housing and urban development
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The role of state government required by part I of chapter 421 (Housing Authorities Law), chapter 422 (Housing Cooperation Law), and chapter 423 (Tax Exemption of Housing Authorities) is the responsibility of the Department of Commerce; and the department is the agency of state g…
Fla. Stat. § 421.01 Short title
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Part I of this chapter may be referred to as the “Housing Authorities Law.”History.—s. 1, ch. 17981, 1937; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-a).
Fla. Stat. § 421.02 Finding and declaration of necessity
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It is hereby declared that:(1) There exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodati…
Fla. Stat. § 421.03 Definitions
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The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this part, shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this part, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:(1) “Authority” or “housing authority” shall mean any of the public corporations…

Fla. Stat. § 421.04 Creation of housing authorities

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(1) In each city, as herein defined, there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “Housing Authority” of the city; provided, however, that such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governi…

Fla. Stat. § 421.05 Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners; hiring of employees

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(1) When the governing body of a city adopts a resolution as aforesaid, the mayor, with the approval of the governing body, shall promptly appoint no fewer than five persons, and no more than seven persons, as commissioners of the authority created for such city. Three of the com…

Fla. Stat. § 421.06 Commissioners or employees prohibited from acquiring interests in housing projects and required to disclose interests in specified properties; exception

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Except for the leasehold interest held by a tenant-commissioner in the housing project in which he or she is a tenant, no commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be i…

Fla. Stat. § 421.07 Removal of commissioners

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For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor with the concurrence of the governing body, but a commissioner shall be removed only after he or she shall have been given a copy of the charges at least 10 day…

Fla. Stat. § 421.08 Powers of authority

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An authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising the public and essential governmental functions set forth in this chapter, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purpose and provisions of this chapter, inclu…

Fla. Stat. § 421.09 Operation not for profit

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(1) It is the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing decent, safe, and sanit…

Fla. Stat. § 421.091 Financial accounting and investments; fiscal year

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(1) A complete and full financial accounting and audit in accordance with federal audit standards of public housing agencies shall be made biennially by a certified public accountant and submitted to the Federal Government in accordance with its policies. Housing authorities are …

Fla. Stat. § 421.10 Rentals and tenant selection

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(1) In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:(a) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and at rentals within the fi…

Fla. Stat. § 421.101 False representations to obtain lower rent in housing accommodations; penalty

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Whoever makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact in order to obtain a lower rent for housing accommodations in a low-rent housing development operated pursuant to this chapter, than the rental such person is…

Fla. Stat. § 421.11 Cooperation of authorities

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(1) Any two or more housing authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations and giving security the…

Fla. Stat. § 421.12 Eminent domain

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An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described the…

Fla. Stat. § 421.13 Planning, zoning and building laws

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All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated. In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take …

Fla. Stat. § 421.14 Debentures

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(1) An authority may issue debentures from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority may also issue refunding debentures for the purpose of paying or retiring debentures previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of debentures…

Fla. Stat. § 421.15 Form and sale of debentures

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(1) Debentures of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such dates, mature at such times, bear an average interest cost rate net of federal subsidies not exceeding the rate established according to s. 215.84, be …

Fla. Stat. § 421.16 Provisions of debentures and trust indentures

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In connection with the issuance of debentures or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such indentures or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have power:(1) To pledge all or any part of its gross or net rents…

Fla. Stat. § 421.17 Validation of debentures and proceedings

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(1) A housing authority shall have the right, if it deems it expedient, to determine its authority to issue any debentures, and the legality of all proceedings had or taken in connection therewith, in the same manner and to the same extent, except as otherwise provided in this se…

Fla. Stat. § 421.18 Remedies of an obligee of authority

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An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:(1) By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to compel said authority …

Fla. Stat. § 421.19 Additional remedies conferrable by authority

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An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in debentures, or holding a lease, the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred, upon the happen…

Fla. Stat. § 421.21 Aid from Federal Government; tax exemptions

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(1) In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the Federal Government for or in aid of any housing project within its area of operation, t…

Fla. Stat. § 421.22 Reports

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At least once a year, an authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year, and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.Hi…

Fla. Stat. § 421.23 Liabilities of authority

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The liabilities, whether ex contractu or ex delicto, of an authority arising from the operation of its housing projects, may not be paid from any funds other than the rents, fees, or revenues of such projects and any grants or subsidies paid to such authority by the Federal Gover…

Fla. Stat. § 421.24 Organization and establishment

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The establishment and organization of housing authorities in the state under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law of this state, together with all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified…

Fla. Stat. § 421.25 Contracts and undertakings

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All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of such housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing project or projects or to obtaining aid therefor from the United…

Fla. Stat. § 421.26 Notes and bonds

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All proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken, performed or done in or for the authorization, issuance, execution and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the development or construction of a housing project or proj…

Fla. Stat. § 421.261 Continuance of municipal housing authorities when municipality abolished; counties in excess of 400,000

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Whenever a municipality in any county having a population in excess of 400,000 according to the most recent official census has been or hereafter shall be abolished, wherein at the time of such abolishment a housing authority of such municipality was or is in existence, such hous…

Fla. Stat. § 421.27 Housing authorities in counties

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(1) In each county of the state there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the “housing authority” of the county; provided, however, that such housing authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the go…

Fla. Stat. § 421.28 Creation of regional housing authority

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(1) If the governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to be created for all of such counties to exercise powers and other functions herein prescribed in such counties, a public body corporate and…

Fla. Stat. § 421.29 Area of operation of regional housing authority

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(1) The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall include all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and established except such portions of the counties which lie within the territorial boundaries of cities, as defined in the Housing A…

Fla. Stat. § 421.30 Commissioners of regional authorities

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(1) When a regional housing authority has been created as provided above, the Governor shall thereupon appoint one qualified elector from each county included in such regional housing authority as a commissioner of the regional housing authority. When the area of operation of a r…

Fla. Stat. § 421.31 Powers of regional housing authority; definitions

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Except as otherwise provided herein, a regional housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional housing authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities provided for housing authorities crea…

Fla. Stat. § 421.32 Rural housing projects

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County housing authorities and regional housing authorities are specifically empowered and authorized to borrow money, accept grants and exercise their other powers to provide housing for farmers of low income and domestic farm labor as defined in s. 514 of the Federal Housing Ac…

Fla. Stat. § 421.321 Execution of mortgages

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County and regional housing authorities organized under this chapter are authorized to execute mortgages encumbering real property as security for loans made for providing facilities for domestic farm labor pursuant to s. 514 of the Federal Housing Act of 1949.History.—s. 4, ch. …

Fla. Stat. § 421.33 Housing applications by farmers

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The owner of any farm operated, or worked upon, by farmers of low income in need of safe and sanitary housing may file an application with a housing authority created for a county or a regional housing authority requesting that it provide for a safe and sanitary dwelling or dwell…

Fla. Stat. § 421.34 Additional definitions

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(1) “Farmers of low income,” as used in this law, shall mean persons or families who at the time of their admission to occupancy in a dwelling of a housing authority:(a) Live under unsafe or insanitary housing conditions;(b) Derive their principal income from operating or working…

Fla. Stat. § 421.35 Supplemental nature of sections

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The powers conferred by ss. 421.27-421.34 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.History.—s. 2, ch. 20220, 1941.

Fla. Stat. § 421.36 Short title

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Sections 421.27-421.35 may be cited and referred to as the “Rural Housing Authorities Law of Florida.”History.—s. 1, ch. 20220, 1941.

Fla. Stat. § 421.46 Organization and establishment of housing authorities validated

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The establishment and organization of housing authorities under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law of this state together with all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, a…

Fla. Stat. § 421.47 Contracts and undertakings of housing authorities validated

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All contracts, agreements, obligations, and undertakings of such housing authorities heretofore entered into relating to financing or aiding in the development, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing project or projects or to obtaining aid therefor from the United…

Fla. Stat. § 421.48 Notes and bonds of housing authorities validated

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All proceedings, laws and things heretofore undertaken, performed or done in or for the authorization, issuance, execution and delivery of notes and bonds by housing authorities for the purpose of financing or aiding in the development or construction of a housing project or proj…

Fla. Stat. § 421.49 Area of operation of housing authorities for defense housing

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In the development or the administration of projects, under ss. 421.46-421.48, to assure the availability of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities or in otherwise carrying out the purposes of such law, or in the administration of such proj…

Fla. Stat. § 421.50 Decreasing area of operation of regional authority

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(1) The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more counties from such area if the governing body of each of the counties in such area and the commissioners of the regional housing authority each adopt a resolution…

Fla. Stat. § 421.51 Authority for county excluded from regional authority

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At any time after a county or counties is excluded from the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided above, the governing body of any such county may adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for a housing authority in the county, if the governing bod…

Fla. Stat. § 421.52 Authorities; creation, obligations, etc., validated

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(1) The creation, establishment and organization of housing authorities under the provisions of chapter 17981, Laws of Florida, 1937, as amended, or chapter 20220, Laws of Florida, 1941 (ss. 421.01-421.36), together with all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken or d…

Fla. Stat. § 421.55 Relocation of displaced persons

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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the state and its departments, agencies, political subdivisions, and legislatively established port and airport authorities to comply with the provisions and requirements of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Ass…