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PART VII
STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES PARTNERSHIP
420.907 Short title.
420.9071 Definitions.
420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.
420.9073 Local housing distributions.
420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.
420.9076 Adoption of affordable housing incentive strategies; committees.
420.9079 Local Government Housing Trust Fund.
420.907 Short title. —Sections 420.907-420.9079 may be cited as the"State Housing
Initiatives Partnership Act."
History.—s. 32, ch. 92-317.
420.9071 Definitions. —As used in ss. 420.907-420.9079, the term:
(1) "Adjusted for family size" means adjusted in a manner that results in an income
eligibility level that is lower for households having fewer than four people, or higher for
households having more than four people, than the base income eligibility determined as
provided in subsection (19), subsection (20), or subsection (28), based upon a formula
established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(2) "Affordable" means that monthly rents or monthly mortgage payments including taxes
and insurance do not exceed 30 percent of that amount which represents the percentage of
the median annual gross income for the households as indicated in subsection (19),
subsection (20), or subsection (28). However, it is not the intent to limit an individual
household's ability to devote more than 30 percent of its income for housing, and housing for
which a household devotes more than 30 percent of its income shall be deemed affordable if
the first institutional mortgage lender is satisfied that the household can afford mortgage
payments in excess of the 30 percent benchmark.
(3) "Affordable housing advisory committee" means the committee appointed by the
governing body of a county or eligible municipality for the purpose of recommending specific
initiatives and incentives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing as provided in s.
420.9076.
(4) "Annual gross income" means annual income as defined under the Section 8 housing
assistance payments programs in 24 C.F.R. part 5; annual income as reported under the
census long form for the recent available decennial census; or adjusted gross income as
defined for purposes of reporting under Internal Revenue Service Form 1040 for individual
federal annual income tax purposes or as defined by standard practices used in the lending
industry as detailed in the local housing assistance plan and approved by the corporation.
Counties and eligible municipalities shall calculate income by annualizing verified sources of
income for the household as the amount of income to be received in a household during the
12 months following the effective date of the determination.
(5) "Award" means a loan, grant, or subsidy funded wholly or partially by the local housing
assistance trust fund.
(6) "Community -based organization" means a nonprofit organization that has among its
purposes the provision of affordable housing to persons who have special needs or have very
low income, low income, or moderate income within a designated area, which may include a
municipality, a county, or more than one municipality or county, and maintains, through a
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minimum of one-third representation on the organization's governing board, accountability to
housing program beneficiaries and residents of the designated area. A community housing
development organization established pursuant to 24 C.F.R. s. 92.2 and a community
development corporation created pursuant to chapter 290 are examples of community -based
organizations.
(7) "Corporation" means the Florida Housing Finance Corporation.
(8) "Eligible housing" means any real and personal property located within the county or the
eligible municipality which is designed and intended for the primary purpose of providing
decent, safe, and sanitary residential units that are designed to meet the standards of the
Florida Building Code or previous building codes adopted under chapter 553, or
manufactured housing constructed after June 1994 and installed in accordance with the
installation standards for mobile or manufactured homes contained in rules of the
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, for home ownership or rental for eligible
persons as designated by each county or eligible municipality participating in the State
Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.
(9) "Eligible municipality" means a municipality that is eligible for federal community
development block grant entitlement moneys as an entitlement community identified in 24
C.F.R. s. 570, subpart D, Entitlement Grants, or a nonentitlement municipality that is
receiving local housing distribution funds under an interlocal agreement that provides for
possession and administrative control of funds to be transferred to the nonentitlement
municipality. An eligible municipality that defers its participation in community development
block grants does not affect its eligibility for participation in the State Housing Initiatives
Partnership Program.
(10) "Eligible person" or "eligible household" means one or more natural persons or a family
determined by the county or eligible municipality to be of very low income, low income, or
moderate income according to the income limits adjusted to family size published annually by
the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development based upon the annual
gross income of the household.
(11) "Eligible sponsor" means a person or a private or public for -profit or not -for -profit
entity that applies for an award under the local housing assistance plan for the purpose of
providing eligible housing for eligible persons,
(12) "Grant" means an award from the local housing assistance trust fund to an eligible
sponsor or eligible person to partially assist in the construction, rehabilitation, or financing of
eligible housing or to provide the cost of tenant or ownership qualifications without
requirement for repayment as long as the condition of award is maintained,
(13) "Loan" means an award from the local housing assistance trust fund to an eligible
sponsor or eligible person to partially finance the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of
eligible housing with requirement for repayment or provision for forgiveness of repayment if
the condition of the award is maintained.
(14) "Local housing assistance plan" means a concise description of the local housing
assistance strategies and local housing incentive strategies adopted by local government
resolution with an explanation of the way in which the program meets the requirements of
ss. 420.907-420.9079 and corporation rule.
(15) "Local housing assistance strategies" means the housing construction, rehabilitation,
repair, or finance program implemented by a participating county or eligible municipality with
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the local housing distribution or other funds deposited into the local housing assistance trust
fund,
(16) "Local housing incentive strategies" means local regulatory reform or incentive
programs to encourage or facilitate affordable housing production, which include at a
minimum, assurance that permits as defined in s, 163.3164 for affordable housing projects
are expedited to a greater degree than other projects; an ongoing process for review of local
policies, ordinances, regulations, and plan provisions that increase the cost of housing prior
to their adoption; and a schedule for implementing the incentive strategies. Local housing
incentive strategies may also include other regulatory reforms, such as those enumerated in
s. 420.9076 or those recommended by the affordable housing advisory committee in its
triennial evaluation of the implementation of affordable housing incentives, and adopted by
the local governing body.
(17) "Local housing distributions" means the proceeds of the taxes collected under chapter
201 deposited into the Local Government Housing Trust Fund and distributed to counties and
eligible municipalities participating in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program
pursuant to s. 420.9073.
(18) "Local housing partnership" means the implementation of the local housing assistance
plan in a manner that involves the applicable county or eligible municipality, lending
institutions, housing builders and developers, real estate professionals, advocates for low-
income persons, community -based housing and service organizations, and providers of
professional services relating to affordable housing. The term includes initiatives to provide
support services for housing program beneficiaries such as training to prepare persons for
the responsibility of homeownership, counseling of tenants, and the establishing of support
services such as day care, health care, and transportation.
(19) "Low-income person" or "low-income household" means one or more natural persons
or a family that has a total annual gross household income that does not exceed 80 percent
of the median annual income adjusted for family size for households within the metropolitan
statistical area, the county, or the nonmetropolitan median for the state, whichever amount
is greatest. With respect to rental units, the low-income household's annual income at the
time of initial occupancy may not exceed 80 percent of the area's median income adjusted
for family size. While occupying the rental unit, a low-income household's annual income
may increase to an amount not to exceed 140 percent of 80 percent of the area's median
income adjusted for family size.
(20) "Moderate -income person" or `moderate -income household" means one or more
natural persons or a family that has a total annual gross household income that does not
exceed 120 percent of the median annual income adjusted for family size for households
within the metropolitan statistical area, the county, or the nonmetropolitan median for the
state, whichever is greatest. With respect to rental units, the moderate -income household's
annual income at the time of initial occupancy may not exceed 120 percent of the area's
median income adjusted for family size. While occupying the rental unit, a moderate -income
household's annual income may increase to an amount not to exceed 140 percent of 120
percent of the area's median income adjusted for family size.
(21) "Personal property" means major appliances, including a freestanding refrigerator or
stove, to be identified on the encumbering documents.
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(22) "Plan amendment" means the addition or deletion of a local housing assistance
strategy or local housing incentive strategy. Plan amendments must at all times maintain
consistency with program requirements and must be submitted to the corporation for review
pursuant to s. 420.9072(3). Technical or clarifying revisions may not be considered plan
amendments but must be transmitted to the corporation for purposes of notification.
(23) "Population" means the latest official state estimate of population certified pursuant to
s. 186.901 prior to the beginning of the state fiscal year.
(24) "Program income" means the proceeds derived from interest earned on or investment
of the local housing distribution and other funds deposited into the local housing assistance
trust fund, proceeds from loan repayments, recycled funds, and all other income derived
from use of funds deposited in the local housing assistance trust fund. It does not include
recaptured funds as defined in subsection (25).
(25) "Recaptured funds" means funds that are recouped by a county or eligible municipality
in accordance with the recapture provisions of its local housing assistance plan pursuant to s.
420.9075(5)(h) from eligible persons or eligible sponsors, which funds were not used for
assistance to an eligible household for an eligible activity, when there is a default on the
terms of a grant award or loan award.
(26) "Rent subsidies" means ongoing monthly rental assistance. The term does not include
initial assistance to tenants, such as grants or loans for security and utility deposits.
(27) "Sales price" or "value" means, in the case of acquisition of an existing or newly
constructed unit, the amount on the executed sales contract. For eligible persons who are
building a unit on land that they own, the sales price is determined by an appraisal
performed by a state -certified appraiser. The appraisal must include the value of the land
and the improvements using the after -construction value of the property and must be dated
within 12 months of the date construction is to commence. The sales price of any unit must
include the value of the land in order to qualify as eligible housing as defined in subsection
(8). In the case of rehabilitation or emergency repair of an existing unit that does not create
additional living space, sales price or value means the value of the real property, as
determined by an appraisal performed by a state -certified appraiser and dated within 12
months of the date construction is to commence or the assessed value of the real property as
determined by the county property appraiser. In the case of rehabilitation of an existing unit
that includes the addition of new living space, sales price or value means the value of the
real property, as determined by an appraisal performed by a state -certified appraiser and
dated within 12 months of the date construction is to commence or the assessed value of the
real property as determined by the county property appraiser, plus the cost of the
improvements in either case.
(28) "Very -low-income person" or "very -low-income household" means one or more natural
persons or a family that has a total annual gross household income that does not exceed 50
percent of the median annual income adjusted for family size for households within the
metropolitan statistical area, the county, or the nonmetropolitan median for the state,
whichever is greatest. With respect to rental units, the very -low-income household's annual
income at the time of initial occupancy may not exceed 50 percent of the area's median
income adjusted for family size. While occupying the rental unit, a very -low-income
household's annual income may increase to an amount not to exceed 140 percent of 50
percent of the area's median income adjusted for family size.
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(29) "Assisted housing" or "assisted housing development" means a rental housing
development, including rental housing in a mixed -use development, that received or
currently receives funding from any federal or state housing program.
(30) "Preservation" means actions taken to keep rents in existing assisted housing
affordable for extremely -low-income, very -low-income, low-income, and moderate -income
households while ensuring that the property stays in good physical and financial condition for
an extended period.
History.—s. 32, ch. 92-317; s. 12, ch. 93-181; s. 3, ch. 96-332; s. 1046, ch. 97-103; s. 34,
ch. 97-167; s. 14, ch. 98-56; s. 14, ch. 2000-353; s. 21, ch. 2006-69; s. 26, ch. 2009-96; s.
12, ch. 2011-15; s. 66, ch. 2011-139.
420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program. —The State Housing Initiatives
Partnership Program is created for the purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible
municipalities as an incentive for the creation of local housing partnerships, to expand
production of and preserve affordable housing, to further the housing element of the local
government comprehensive plan specific to affordable housing, and to increase housing -
related employment.
(1)(a) In addition to the legislative findings set forth in s. 420.6015, the Legislature finds
that affordable housing is most effectively provided by combining available public and private
resources to conserve and improve existing housing and provide new housing for very -low-
income households, low-income households, and moderate -income households. The
Legislature intends to encourage partnerships in order to secure the benefits of cooperation
by the public and private sectors and to reduce the cost of housing for the target group by
effectively combining all available resources and cost -saving measures. The Legislature
further intends that local governments achieve this combination of resources by encouraging
active partnerships between government, lenders, builders and developers, real estate
professionals, advocates for low-income persons, and community groups to produce
affordable housing and provide related services. Extending the partnership concept to
encompass cooperative efforts among small counties as defined in s. 120.52(19), and among
counties and municipalities is specifically encouraged. Local governments are also intended
to establish an affordable housing advisory committee to recommend monetary and
nonmonetary incentives for affordable housing as provided in s. 420.9076.
(b) The Legislature further intends that the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program
provide the maximum flexibility to local governments to determine the use of funds for
housing programs while ensuring accountability for the efficient use of public resources and
guaranteeing that benefits are provided to those in need.
(2)(a) To be eligible to receive funds under the program, a county or eligible municipality
must:
1. Submit to the corporation its local housing assistance plan describing the local housing
assistance strategies established pursuant to s. 420.9075;
2. Within 12 months after adopting the local housing assistance plan, amend the plan to
incorporate the local housing incentive strategies defined in s. 420.9071(16) and described in
s. 420.9076; and
3. Within 24 months after adopting the amended local housing assistance plan to
incorporate the local housing incentive strategies, amend its land development regulations or
establish local policies and procedures, as necessary, to implement the local housing
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incentive strategies adopted by the local governing body. A county or an eligible municipality
that has adopted a housing incentive strategy pursuant to s. 420.9076 before the effective
date of this act shall review the status of implementation of the plan according to its adopted
schedule for implementation and report its findings in the annual report required by s.
420.9075(10). If, as a result of the review, a county or an eligible municipality determines
that the implementation is complete and in accordance with its schedule, no further action is
necessary. If a county or an eligible municipality determines that implementation according
to its schedule is not complete, it must amend its land development regulations or establish
local policies and procedures, as necessary, to implement the housing incentive plan within
12 months after the effective date of this act, or if extenuating circumstances prevent
implementation within 12 months, pursuant to s. 420.9075(13), enter into an extension
agreement with the corporation.
(b) A county or an eligible municipality seeking approval to receive its share of the local
housing distribution must adopt an ordinance containing the following provisions:
1. Creation of a local housing assistance trust fund as described in s. 420.9075(6).
2. Adoption by resolution of a local housing assistance plan as defined in s. 420.9071(14) to
be implemented through a local housing partnership as defined in s. 420.9071(18).
3. Designation of the responsibility for the administration of the local housing assistance
plan. Such ordinance may also provide for the contracting of all or part of the administrative
or other functions of the program to a third person or entity.
4. Creation of the affordable housing advisory committee as provided in s. 420.9076.
The ordinance must not take effect until at least 30 days after the date of formal adoption. Ordinances
in effect prior to the effective date of amendments to this section shall be amended as needed to
conform to new provisions.
(3)(a) The governing board of the county or of an eligible municipality must submit to the
corporation one copy of its local housing assistance plan. The transmittal of the plan must
include a copy of the ordinance, the adopting resolution, the local housing assistance plan,
and such other information as the corporation requires by rule; however, information to be
included in the plan is intended to demonstrate consistency with the requirements of ss.
420.907-420.9079 and corporation rule without posing an undue burden on the local
government. Plans shall be reviewed by a committee composed of corporation staff as
established by corporation rule.
(b) Within 30 days after receiving a plan, the review committee shall review the plan and
either approve it or identify inconsistencies with the requirements of the program. The
corporation shall assist a local government in revising its plan if it initially proves to be
inconsistent with program requirements. A plan that is revised by the local government to
achieve consistency with program requirements shall be reviewed within 30 days after
submission. The deadlines for submitting original and revised plans shall be established by
corporation rule; however, the corporation shall not require submission of a new local
housing assistance plan to implement amendments to this act until the currently effective
plan expires.
(c) The Legislature intends that approval of plans be expedited to ensure that the
production of needed housing and the related creation of jobs occur as quickly as possible.
After being approved for funding, a local government may amend by resolution its local
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housing assistance plan if the plan as amended complies with program requirements;
however, a local government must submit its amended plan for review according to the
process established in this subsection in order to ensure continued consistency with the
requirements of the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.
(4) Moneys in the Local Government Housing Trust Fund shall be distributed by the
corporation to each approved county and eligible municipality within the county as provided
in s. 420.9073. Distributions shall be allocated to the participating county and to each eligible
municipality within the county according to an interlocal agreement between the county
governing authority and the governing body of the eligible municipality or, if there is no
interlocal agreement, according to population. The portion for each eligible municipality is
computed by multiplying the total moneys earmarked for a county by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the population of the eligible municipality and the denominator of
which is the total population of the county. The remaining revenues shall be distributed to
the governing body of the county.
(5)(a) Local governments are encouraged to make the most efficient use of their resources
by cooperating to provide affordable housing assistance. Local governments may enter into
an interlocal agreement for the purpose of establishing a joint local housing assistance plan
subject to the requirements of ss. 420.907-420.9079. The local housing distributions for such.
counties and eligible municipalities shall be directly disbursed on a monthly basis to each
county or eligible municipality to be administered in conformity with the interlocal agreement
providing for a joint local housing assistance plan.
(b) If a county or eligible municipality enters into an interlocal agreement with a
municipality that becomes eligible as a result of entering into that interlocal agreement, the
county or eligible municipality that has agreed to transfer the control of funds to a
municipality that was not originally eligible must ensure through its local housing assistance
plan and through the interlocal agreement that all program funds are used in a manner
consistent with ss. 420.907-420.9079. This must be accomplished by:
1. Providing that the use of the portion of funds transferred to the municipality meets all
requirements of ss. 420.907-420.9079, or
2. Providing that the use of the portion of funds transferred to the municipality, when taken
in combination with the use of the local housing distribution from which funds were
transferred, meets all requirements of ss. 420,907-420.9079.
(6) The moneys that otherwise would be distributed pursuant to s. 420.9073 to a local
government that does not meet the program's requirements for receipts of such distributions
shall remain in the Local Government Housing Trust Fund to be administered by the
corporation.
(7) A county or an eligible municipality must expend its portion of the local housing
distribution only to implement a local housing assistance plan or as provided in this
subsection. A county or an eligible municipality may not expend its portion of the local
housing distribution to provide rent subsidies; however, this does not prohibit the use of
funds for security and utility deposit assistance.
(8) Funds distributed under this program may not be pledged to pay the debt service on
any bonds.
(9) The corporation shall adopt rules necessary to implement ss. 420.907-420.9079.
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1(10) Notwithstanding ss. 420.9071(26) and 420.9075(5) and subsection (7), for the 2015-
2016 fiscal year:
(a) The term "rent subsidies" means ongoing monthly rental assistance.
(b) Up to 25 percent of the funds made available in each county and each eligible
municipality from the local housing distribution may be used for rental assistance and rent
subsidies as provided in paragraph (c).
(c) A county or an eligible municipality may expend its portion of the local housing
distribution to provide the following types of rental assistance and rent subsidies:
1. Security and utility deposit assistance.
2. Eviction prevention subsidies not to exceed 6 months' rent.
3. Rent subsidies for very -low-income households with at least one adult who is a person
with special needs as defined in s. 420.0004 or a person who is homeless as defined in s.
420.621 when the person initially qualified for a rent subsidy, The period of rental subsidy
may not exceed 12 months for any eligible household or person.
(d) This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
History.—s. 32, ch. 92-317; s. 13, ch. 93-181; s. 35, ch. 97-167; s. 81, ch. 2000-153; s. 22,
ch. 2006-69; s. 19, ch. 2008-104; s. 27, ch, 2009-96; s. 14, ch. 2011-3; s. 13, ch. 2011-15;
s. 67, ch. 2015-222.
1Note.—Section 67, ch. 2015-222, added subsection (10) "[i]n order to implement Specific
Appropriation 2241 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act."
420.9073 Local housing distributions.—
(1) Distributions calculated in this section shall be disbursed on a quarterly or more
frequent basis by the corporation pursuant to s. 420.9072, subject to availability of funds.
Each county's share of the funds to be distributed from the portion of the funds in the Local
Government Housing Trust Fund received pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(c) shall be calculated by
the corporation for each fiscal year as follows:
(a) Each county other than a county that has implemented chapter 83-220, Laws of Florida,
as amended by chapters 84-270, 86-152, and 89-252, Laws of Florida, shall receive the
guaranteed amount for each fiscal year,
(b) Each county other than a county that has implemented chapter 83-220, Laws of Florida,
as amended by chapters 84-270, 86-152, and 89-252, Laws of Florida, may receive an
additional share calculated as follows:
1. Multiply each county's percentage of the total state population excluding the population
of any county that has implemented chapter 83-220, Laws of Florida, as amended by
chapters 84-270, 86-152, and 89-252, Laws of Florida, by the total funds to be distributed.
2. If the result in subparagraph 1. is less than the guaranteed amount as determined in
subsection (3), that county's additional share shall be zero.
3. For each county in which the result in subparagraph 1. is greater than the guaranteed
amount as determined in subsection (3), the amount calculated in subparagraph 1. shall be
reduced by the guaranteed amount. The result for each such county shall be expressed as a
percentage of the amounts so determined for all counties. Each such county shall receive an
additional share equal to such percentage multiplied by the total funds received by the Local
Government Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(c) reduced by the guaranteed
amount paid to all counties.
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(2) Distributions calculated in this section shall be disbursed on a quarterly or more
frequent basis by the corporation pursuant to s. 420.9072, subject to availability of funds.
Each county's share of the funds to be distributed from the portion of the funds in the Local
Government Housing Trust Fund received pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(d) shall be calculated by
the corporation for each fiscal year as follows:
(a) Each county shall receive the guaranteed amount for each fiscal year.
(b) Each county may receive an additional share calculated as follows:
1. Multiply each county's percentage of the total state population, by the total funds to be
distributed.
2. If the result in subparagraph 1. is less than the guaranteed amount as determined in
subsection (3), that county's additional share shall be zero.
3. For each county in which the result in subparagraph 1. is greater than the guaranteed
amount, the amount calculated in subparagraph 1. shall be reduced by the guaranteed
amount. The result for each such county shall be expressed as a percentage of the amounts
so determined for all counties. Each such county shall receive an additional share equal to
this percentage multiplied by the total funds received by the Local Government Housing Trust
Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(d) as reduced by the guaranteed amount paid to all counties.
(3) Calculation of guaranteed amounts:
(a) The guaranteed amount under subsection (1) shall be calculated for each state fiscal
year by multiplying $350,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of funds
distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(c) and the
denominator of which is the total amount of funds distributed to the Local Government
Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15.
(b) The guaranteed amount under subsection (2) shall be calculated for each state fiscal
year by multiplying $350,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of funds
distributed to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(4)(d) and the
denominator of which is the total amount of funds distributed to the Local Government
Housing Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15.
(4) Funds distributed pursuant to this section may not be pledged to pay debt service on
any bonds.
(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1)-(4), the corporation may withhold up to $5 million of
the total amount distributed each fiscal year from the Local Government Housing Trust Fund
to provide additional funding to counties and eligible municipalities where a state of
emergency has been declared by the Governor pursuant to chapter 252. Any portion of the
withheld funds not distributed by the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed as provided in
subsections (1) and (2).
(6) Notwithstanding subsections (1)-(4), the corporation may withhold up to $5 million from
the total amount distributed each fiscal year from the Local Government Housing Trust Fund
to provide funding to counties and eligible municipalities to purchase properties subject to a
State Housing Initiative Partnership Program lien and on which foreclosure proceedings have
been initiated by any mortgagee. Each county and eligible municipality that receives funds
under this subsection shall repay such funds to the corporation not later than the expenditure
deadline for the fiscal year in which the funds were awarded. Amounts not repaid shall be
withheld from the subsequent year's distribution. Any portion of such funds not distributed
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under this subsection by the end of the fiscal year shall be distributed as provided in
subsections (1) and (2).
(7) A county receiving local housing distributions under this section or an eligible
municipality that receives local housing distributions under an interlocal agreement shall
expend those funds in accordance with the provisions of ss, 420.907-420.9079, rules of the
corporation, and the county's local housing assistance plan.
History.—s. 32, ch. 92-317; s. 36, ch. 97-167; s. 15, ch. 98-56; s. 49, ch. 99-247; ss. 82,
83, ch. 2000-153; s. 28, ch. 2009-96; s. 14, ch. 2011-15; s. 78, ch. 2015-229.
420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships.—
(1)(a) Each county or eligible municipality participating in the State Housing Initiatives
Partnership Program shall develop and implement a local housing assistance plan created to
make affordable residential units available to persons of very low income, low income, or
moderate income and to persons who have special housing needs, including, but not limited
to, homeless people, the elderly, migrant farmworkers, and persons with disabilities.
Counties or eligible municipalities may include strategies to assist persons and households
having annual incomes of not more than 140 percent of area median income. The plans are
intended to increase the availability of affordable residential units by combining local
resources and cost -saving measures into a local housing partnership and using private and
public funds to reduce the cost of housing.
(b) Local housing assistance plans may allocate funds to:
1. Implement local housing assistance strategies for the provision of affordable housing.
2. Supplement funds available to the corporation to provide enhanced funding of state
housing programs within the county or the eligible municipality.
3. Provide the local matching share of federal affordable housing grants or programs,
4. Fund emergency repairs, including, but not limited to, repairs performed by existing
service providers under weatherization assistance programs under ss. 409.509-409.5093.
5. Further the housing element of the local government comprehensive plan adopted
pursuant to s. 163.3184, specific to affordable housing.
(2)(a) Each county and each eligible municipality participating in the State Housing
Initiatives Partnership Program shall encourage the involvement of appropriate public sector
and private sector entities as partners in order to combine resources to reduce housing costs
for the targeted population. This partnership process should involve:
1. Lending institutions.
2. Housing builders and developers.
3. Nonprofit and other community -based housing and service organizations.
4. Providers of professional services relating to affordable housing.
5. Advocates for low-income persons, including, but not limited to, homeless people, the
elderly, and migrant farmworkers.
6. Real estate professionals.
7. Other persons or entities who can assist in providing housing or related support services.
(b) The specific participants in partnership activities may vary according to the community's
resources and the nature of the local housing assistance plan.
(3)(a) Each local housing assistance plan shall include a definition of essential service
personnel for the county or eligible municipality, including, but not limited to, teachers and
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educators, other school district, community college, and university employees, police and fire.
personnel, health care personnel, skilled building trades personnel, and other job categories.
(b) Each county and each eligible municipality is encouraged to develop a strategy within its
local housing assistance plan that emphasizes the recruitment and retention of essential
service personnel. The local government is encouraged to involve public and private sector
employers. Compliance with the eligibility criteria established under this strategy shall be
verified by the county or eligible municipality,
(c) Each county and each eligible municipality is encouraged to develop a strategy within its
local housing assistance plan that addresses the needs of persons who are deprived of
affordable housing due to the closure of a mobile home park or the conversion of affordable
rental units to condominiums.
(d) Each county and each eligible municipality shall describe initiatives in the local housing
assistance plan to encourage or require innovative design, green building principles, storm -
resistant construction, or other elements that reduce long-term costs relating to
maintenance, utilities, or insurance.
(e) Each county and each eligible municipality is encouraged to develop a strategy within its
local housing assistance plan which provides program funds for the preservation of assisted
housing.
(4) Each local housing assistance plan is governed by the following criteria and
administrative procedures:
(a) Each county, eligible municipality, or entity formed through interlocal agreement to
participate in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program must develop a qualification
system and selection criteria for applications for awards by eligible sponsors, adopt criteria
for the selection of eligible persons, and adopt a maximum award schedule or system of
amounts consistent with the intent and budget of its local housing assistance plan, with ss.
420.907-420.9079, and with corporation rule.
(b) The county or eligible municipality or its administrative representative shall advertise
the notice of funding availability in a newspaper of general circulation and periodicals serving
ethnic and diverse neighborhoods, at least 30 days before the beginning of the application
period. If no funding is available due to a waiting list, no notice of funding availability is
required.
(c) In accordance with the provisions of ss. 760.20-760.37, it is unlawful to discriminate on
the basis of race, creed, religion, color, age, sex, marital status, familial status, national
origin, or handicap in the award application process for eligible housing.
(d) As a condition of receipt of an award, the eligible sponsor or eligible person must
contractually commit to comply with the affordable housing criteria provided under ss.
420.907-420.9079 applicable to the affordable housing objective of the award. The plan
criteria adopted by the county or eligible municipality must prescribe the contractual
obligations required to ensure compliance with award conditions.
(e) The staff or entity that has administrative authority for implementing a local housing
assistance plan assisting rental developments shall annually monitor and determine tenant
eligibility or, to the extent another governmental entity provides the same monitoring and
determination, a municipality, county, or local housing financing authority may rely on such
monitoring and determination of tenant eligibility. However, any loan or grant in the original
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amount of $3,000 or less shall not be subject to these annual monitoring and determination
of tenant eligibility requirements.
(5) The following criteria apply to awards made to eligible sponsors or eligible persons for
the purpose of providing eligible housing:
(a) At least 65 percent of the funds made available in each county and eligible municipality
from the local housing distribution must be reserved for home ownership for eligible persons.
(b) At least 75 percent of the funds made available in each county and eligible municipality
from the local housing distribution must be reserved for construction, rehabilitation, or
emergency repair of affordable, eligible housing.
(c) Not more than 20 percent of the funds made available in each county and eligible
municipality from the local housing distribution may be used for manufactured housing.
(d) The sales price or value of new or existing eligible housing may not exceed 90 percent
of the average area purchase price in the statistical area in which the eligible housing is
located. Such average area purchase price may be that calculated for any 12-month period
beginning not earlier than the fourth calendar year prior to the year in which the award
occurs or as otherwise established by the United States Department of the Treasury.
(e)1. All units constructed, rehabilitated, or otherwise assisted with the funds provided from
the local housing assistance trust fund must be occupied by very -low-income persons, low-
income persons, and moderate -income persons except as otherwise provided in this section.
2. At least 30 percent of the funds deposited into the local housing assistance trust fund
must be reserved for awards to very -low-income persons or eligible sponsors who will serve
very -low-income persons and at least an additional 30 percent of the funds deposited into
the local housing assistance trust fund must be reserved for awards to low-income persons
or eligible sponsors who will serve low-income persons. This subparagraph does not apply to
a county or an eligible municipality that includes, or has included within the previous 5 years,
an area of critical state concern designated or ratified by the Legislature for which the
Legislature has declared its intent to provide affordable housing. The exemption created by
this act expires on July 1, 2013, and shall apply retroactively.
(f) Loans shall be provided for periods not exceeding 30 years, except for deferred payment
loans or loans that extend beyond 30 years which continue to serve eligible persons.
(g) Loans or grants for eligible rental housing constructed, rehabilitated, or otherwise
assisted from the local housing assistance trust fund must be subject to recapture
requirements as provided by the county or eligible municipality in its local housing assistance
plan unless reserved for eligible persons for 15 years or the term of the assistance,
whichever period is longer. Eligible sponsors that offer rental housing for sale before 15 years
or that have remaining mortgages funded under this program must give a first right of
refusal to eligible nonprofit organizations for purchase at the current market value for
continued occupancy by eligible persons.
(h) Loans or grants for eligible owner -occupied housing constructed, rehabilitated, or
otherwise assisted from proceeds provided from the local housing assistance trust fund shall
be subject to recapture requirements as provided by the county or eligible municipality in its
local housing assistance plan.
(i) The total amount of monthly mortgage payments or the amount of monthly rent charged
by the eligible sponsor or her or his designee must be made affordable.
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(j) The maximum sales price or value per unit and the maximum award per unit for eligible
housing benefiting from awards made pursuant to this section must be established in the
local housing assistance plan.
(k) The benefit of assistance provided through the State Housing Initiatives Partnership
Program must accrue to eligible persons occupying eligible housing. This provision shall not
be construed to prohibit use of the local housing distribution funds for a mixed income rental
development.
(I) Funds from the local housing distribution not used to meet the criteria established in
paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or not used for the administration of a local housing
assistance plan must be used for housing production and finance activities, including, but not
limited to, financing preconstruction activities or the purchase of existing units, providing
rental housing, and providing home ownership training to prospective home buyers and
owners of homes assisted through the local housing assistance plan.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b), program income as defined in
s. 420.9071(24) may also be used to fund activities described in this paragraph,
2. When preconstruction due -diligence activities conducted as part of a preservation
strategy show that preservation of the units is not feasible and will not result in the
production of an eligible unit, such costs shall be deemed a program expense rather than an
administrative expense if such program expenses do not exceed 3 percent of the annual local
housing distribution.
3. If both an award under the local housing assistance plan and federal low-income housing
tax credits are used to assist a project and there is a conflict between the criteria prescribed
in this subsection and the requirements of s. 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, the county or eligible municipality may resolve the conflict by giving precedence to
the requirements of s. 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in lieu of
following the criteria prescribed in this subsection with the exception of paragraphs (a) and
(e) of this subsection.
4. Each county and each eligible municipality may award funds as a grant for construction,
rehabilitation, or repair as part of disaster recovery or emergency repairs or to remedy
accessibility or health and safety deficiencies. Any other grants must be approved as part of
the local housing assistance plan.
(6) Each county or eligible municipality receiving local housing distribution moneys shall
establish and maintain a local housing assistance trust fund. All moneys of a county or an
eligible municipality received from its share of the local housing distribution, program
income, recaptured funds, and other funds received or budgeted to implement the local
housing assistance plan shall be deposited into the trust fund; however, local housing
distribution moneys used to match federal HOME program moneys may be repaid to the
HOME program fund if required by federal law or regulations. Expenditures other than for the
administration and implementation of the local housing assistance plan may not be made.
from the fund.
(7) The moneys deposited in the local housing assistance trust fund shall be used to
administer and implement the local housing assistance plan. The cost of administering the
plan may not exceed 5 percent of the local housing distribution moneys and program income
deposited into the trust fund. A county or an eligible municipality may not exceed the 5-
percent limitation on administrative costs, unless its governing body finds, by resolution, that
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5 percent of the local housing distribution plus 5 percent of program income is insufficient to
adequately pay the necessary costs of administering the local housing assistance plan. The
cost of administering the program may not exceed 10 percent of the local housing
distribution plus 5 percent of program income deposited into the trust fund, except that small
counties, as defined in s. 120.52(19), and eligible municipalities receiving a local housing
distribution of up to $350,000 may use up to 10 percent of program income for
administrative costs.
(8) Pursuant to s. 420.531, the corporation shall provide training and technical assistance
to local governments regarding the creation of partnerships, the design of local housing
assistance strategies, the implementation of local housing incentive strategies, and the
provision of support services.
(9) The corporation shall monitor the activities of local governments to determine
compliance with program requirements and shall collect data on the operation and
achievements of housing partnerships.
(10) Each county or eligible municipality shall submit to the corporation by September 15 of
each year a report of its affordable housing programs and accomplishments through June 30
immediately preceding submittal of the report. The report shall be certified as accurate and
complete by the local government's chief elected official or his or her designee. Transmittal
of the annual report by a county's or eligible municipality's chief elected official, or his or her
designee, certifies that the local housing incentive strategies, or, if applicable, the local
housing incentive plan, have been implemented or are in the process of being implemented
pursuant to the adopted schedule for implementation. The report must include, but is not
limited to:
(a) The number of households served by income category, age, family size, and race, and
data regarding any special needs populations such as farmworkers, homeless persons,
persons with disabilities, and the elderly. Counties shall report this information separately for
households served in the unincorporated area and each municipality within the county.
(b) The number of units and the average cost of producing units under each local housing
assistance strategy.
(c) The average area purchase price of single-family units and the amount of rent charged
for a rental unit based on unit size.
(d) By income category, the number of mortgages made, the average mortgage amount,
and the rate of default.
(e) A description of the status of implementation of each local housing incentive strategy, or
if applicable, the local housing incentive plan as set forth in the local government's adopted
schedule for implementation.
(f) A concise description of the support services that are available to the residents of
affordable housing provided by local programs.
(g) The sales price or value of housing produced and an accounting of what percentage was
financed by the local housing distribution, other public moneys, and private resources.
(h) Such other data or affordable housing accomplishments considered significant by the
reporting county or eligible municipality or by the corporation.
(11) The report shall be made available by the county or eligible municipality for public
inspection and comment prior to certifying the report and transmitting it to the corporation.
The county or eligible municipality shall provide notice of the availability of the proposed
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report and solicit public comment. The notice must state the public place where a copy of the
proposed report can be obtained by interested persons. Members of the public may submit
written comments on the report to the county or eligible municipality and the corporation.
Written public comments shall identify the author by name, address, and interest affected.
The county or eligible municipality shall attach a copy of all such written comments and its
responses to the annual report submitted to the corporation.
(12) The corporation shall review the report of each county or eligible municipality and any
written comments from the public and include any comments concerning the effectiveness of
local programs in the report required by s. 420.511.
(13)(a) If, as a result of the review of the annual report or public comment and written
response from the county or eligible municipality, or at any other time, the corporation
determines that a county or eligible municipality may have established a pattern of violation
of the criteria for a local housing assistance plan established under ss. 420.907-420.9079 or
that an eligible sponsor or eligible person has violated the applicable award conditions, the
corporation shall report such pattern of violation of criteria or violation of award conditions to
its compliance monitoring agent and the Executive Office of the Governor. The corporation's
compliance monitoring agent must determine within 60 days whether the county or eligible
municipality has violated program criteria and shall issue a written report thereon. If a
violation has occurred, the distribution of program funds to the county or eligible municipality
must be suspended until the violation is corrected.
(b) If, as a result of its review of the annual report, the corporation determines that a
county or eligible municipality has failed to implement a local housing incentive strategy, or,
if applicable, a local housing incentive plan, it shall send a notice of termination of the local
government's share of the Local housing distribution by certified mail to the affected county
or eligible municipality.
1. The notice must specify a date of termination of the funding if the affected county or
eligible municipality does not implement the plan or strategy and provide for a local
response. A county or eligible municipality shall respond to the corporation within 30 days
after receipt of the notice of termination.
2. The corporation shall consider the local response that extenuating circumstances
precluded implementation and grant an extension to the timeframe for implementation. Such
an extension shall be made in the form of an extension agreement that provides a timeframe
for implementation. The chief elected official of a county or eligible municipality or his or her
designee shall have the authority to enter into the agreement on behalf of the local
government.
3. If the county or the eligible municipality has not implemented the incentive strategy or
entered into an extension agreement by the termination date specified in the notice, the local
housing distribution share terminates, and any uncommitted local housing distribution funds
held by the affected county or eligible municipality in its local housing assistance trust fund
shall be transferred to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund to the credit of the
corporation to administer.
4.a. If the affected local government fails to meet the timeframes specified in the
agreement, the corporation shall terminate funds. The corporation shall send a notice of
termination of the local government's share of the local housing distribution by certified mail
to the affected local government. The notice shall specify the termination date, and any
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uncommitted funds held by the affected local government shall be transferred to the Local
Government Housing Trust Fund to the credit of the corporation to administer.
b. If the corporation terminates funds to a county, but an eligible municipality receiving a
local housing distribution pursuant to an interlocal agreement maintains compliance with
program requirements, the corporation shall thereafter distribute directly to the participating
eligible municipality its share calculated in the manner provided in s. 420.9072.
c. Any county or eligible municipality whose local distribution share has been terminated
may subsequently elect to receive directly its local distribution share by adopting the
ordinance, resolution, and local housing assistance plan in the manner and according to the
procedures provided in ss. 420.907-420.9079.
(14) If the corporation determines that a county or eligible municipality has expended
program funds for an ineligible activity, the corporation shall require such funds to be repaid
to the local housing assistance trust fund. Such repayment may not be made with funds from
the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.
History.—s, 32, ch. 92-317; s. 14, ch. 93-181; s. 5, ch. 95-153; s. 9, ch. 95-396; s. 81, ch.
97-103; s. 37, ch. 97-167; s. 15, ch. 2000-353; s. 14, ch. 2001-98; s. 7, ch. 2002-160; s.
24, ch. 2004-243; s. 23, ch. 2006-69; s. 20, ch. 2008-104; s. 29, ch. 2009-96; s. 15, ch.
2011-15.
420.9076 Adoption of affordable housing incentive strategies; committees.—
(1) Each county or eligible municipality participating in the State Housing Initiatives
Partnership Program, including a municipality receiving program funds through the county, or
an eligible municipality must, within 12 months after the original adoption of the Local
housing assistance plan, amend the plan to include local housing incentive strategies as
defined in s. 420.9071(16).
(2) The governing board of a county or municipality shall appoint the members of the
affordable housing advisory committee by resolution. Pursuant to the terms of any interlocal
agreement, a county and municipality may create and jointly appoint an advisory committee
to prepare a joint plan. The ordinance adopted pursuant to s. 420.9072 which creates the
advisory committee or the resolution appointing the advisory committee members must
provide for 11 committee members and their terms. The committee must include:
(a) One citizen who is actively engaged in the residential home building industry in
connection with affordable housing.
(b) One citizen who is actively engaged in the banking or mortgage banking industry in
connection with affordable housing.
(c) One citizen who is a representative of those areas of labor actively engaged in home
building in connection with affordable housing.
(d) One citizen who is actively engaged as an advocate for low-income persons in
connection with affordable housing.
(e) One citizen who is actively engaged as a for -profit provider of affordable housing.
(f) One citizen who is actively engaged as a not -for -profit provider of affordable housing.
(g) One citizen who is actively engaged as a real estate professional in connection with
affordable housing.
(h) One citizen who actively serves on the local planning agency pursuant to s. 163.3174. If
the local planning agency is comprised of the governing board of the county or municipality,
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the governing board may appoint a designee who is knowledgeable in the local planning
process,
O One citizen who resides within the jurisdiction of the local governing body making the
appointments.
(j) One citizen who represents employers within the jurisdiction.
(k) One citizen who represents essential services personnel, as defined in the local housing
assistance plan.
If a county or eligible municipality whether due to its small size, the presence of a conflict of interest by
prospective appointees, or other reasonable factor, is unable to appoint a citizen actively engaged in
these activities in connection with affordable housing, a citizen engaged in the activity without regard
to affordable housing may be appointed. Local governments that receive the minimum allocation under
the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program may elect to appoint an affordable housing advisory
committee with fewer than 11 representatives if they are unable to find representatives who meet the
criteria of paragraphs (a)-(k).
(3) All meetings of the advisory committee are public meetings, and all committee records
are public records. Staff, administrative, and facility support to the advisory committee shall
be provided by the appointing county or eligible municipality,
(4) Triennially, the advisory committee shall review the established policies and procedures,
ordinances, land development regulations, and adopted local government comprehensive
plan of the appointing local government and shall recommend specific actions or initiatives to
encourage or facilitate affordable housing while protecting the ability of the property to
appreciate in value. The recommendations may include the modification or repeal of existing
policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions; the creation of exceptions
applicable to affordable housing; or the adoption of new policies, procedures, regulations,
ordinances, or plan provisions, including recommendations to amend the local government
comprehensive plan and corresponding regulations, ordinances, and other policies. At a
minimum, each advisory committee shall submit a report to the local governing body that
includes recommendations on, and triennially thereafter evaluates the implementation of,
affordable housing incentives in the following areas:
(a) The processing of approvals of development orders or permits, as defined in s.
163.3164, for affordable housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than other
projects.
(b) The modification of impact -fee requirements, including reduction or waiver of fees and
alternative methods of fee payment for affordable housing.
(c) The allowance of flexibility in densities for affordable housing.
(d) The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for very -low-income persons, low-
income persons, and moderate -income persons.
(e) The allowance of affordable accessory residential units in residential zoning districts.
(f) The reduction of parking and setback requirements for affordable housing.
(g) The allowance of flexible lot configurations, including zero -lot -line configurations for
affordable housing.
(h) The modification of street requirements for affordable housing.
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(i) The establishment of a process by which a local government considers, before adoption,
policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions that increase the cost of
housing.
(j) The preparation of a printed inventory of locally owned public lands suitable for
affordable housing.
(k) The support of development near transportation hubs and major employment centers
and mixed -use developments.
The advisory committee recommendations may also include other affordable housing incentives
identified by the advisory committee. Local governments that receive the minimum allocation under the
State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program shall perform the initial review but may elect to not
perform the triennial review.
(5) The approval by the advisory committee of its local housing incentive strategies
recommendations and its review of local government implementation of previously
recommended strategies must be made by affirmative vote of a majority of the membership
of the advisory committee taken at a public hearing. Notice of the time, date, and place of
the public hearing of the advisory committee to adopt its evaluation and final local housing
incentive strategies recommendations must be published in a newspaper of general paid
circulation in the county. The notice must contain a short and concise summary of the
evaluation and local housing incentives strategies recommendations to be considered by the
advisory committee. The notice must state the public place where a copy of the evaluation
and tentative advisory committee recommendations can be obtained by interested persons.
The final report, evaluation, and recommendations shall be submitted to the corporation.
(6) Within 90 days after the date of receipt of the evaluation and local housing incentive
strategies recommendations from the advisory committee, the governing body of the
appointing local government shall adopt an amendment to its local housing assistance plan to
incorporate the local housing incentive strategies it will implement within its jurisdiction. The
amendment must include, at a minimum, the local housing incentive strategies required
under s. 420.9071(16). The local government must consider the strategies specified in
paragraphs (4)(a)-(k) as recommended by the advisory committee.
(7) The governing board of the county or the eligible municipality shall notify the
corporation by certified mail of its adoption of an amendment of its local housing assistance
plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies. The notice must include a copy of the
approved amended plan.
(a) If the corporation fails to receive timely the approved amended local housing assistance
plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies, a notice of termination of its share of
the local housing distribution shall be sent by certified mail by the corporation to the affected
county or eligible municipality. The notice of termination must specify a date of termination
of the funding if the affected county or eligible municipality has not adopted an amended
local housing assistance plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies. If the county
or the eligible municipality has not adopted an amended local housing assistance plan to
incorporate local housing incentive strategies by the termination date specified in the notice
of termination, the local distribution share terminates; and any uncommitted local
distribution funds held by the affected county or eligible municipality in its local housing
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assistance trust fund shall be transferred to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund to the
credit of the corporation to administer the local government housing program.
(b) If a county fails to timely adopt an amended local housing assistance plan to incorporate
local housing incentive strategies but an eligible municipality receiving a local housing
distribution pursuant to an interlocal agreement within the county does timely adopt an
amended local housing assistance plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies, the
corporation, after receipt of a notice of termination, shall thereafter distribute directly to the
participating eligible municipality its share calculated in the manner provided in s. 420.9072.
(c) Any county or eligible municipality whose local distribution share has been terminated
may subsequently elect to receive directly its local distribution share by adopting an
amended local housing assistance plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies in the
manner and according to the procedure provided in this section and by adopting an
ordinance in the manner required in s. 420.9072.
(8) The advisory committee may perform other duties at the request of the local
government, including:
(a) The provision of mentoring services to affordable housing partners including developers,
banking institutions, employers, and others to identify available incentives, assist with
applications for funding requests, and develop partnerships between various parties.
(b) The creation of best practices for the development of affordable housing in the
community.
(9) The advisory committee shall be cooperatively staffed by the local government
department or division having authority to administer local planning or housing programs to
ensure an integrated approach to the work of the advisory committee.
History.—s. 32, ch. 92-317; s. 15, ch. 93-181; s. 38, ch. 97-167; s. 24, ch. 2006-69; s. 19,
ch. 2007-198; s. 117, ch. 2008-4; s. 30, ch. 2009-96; s. 16, ch. 2011-15; s. 67, ch. 2011-
139.
420.9079 Local Government Housing Trust Fund.—
(1) There is created in the State Treasury the Local Government Housing Trust Fund, which
shall be administered by the corporation on behalf of the department according to the
provisions of ss. 420.907-420.9076 and this section. There shall be deposited into the fund a
portion of the documentary stamp tax revenues as provided in s. 201.15, moneys received
from any other source for the purposes of ss. 420.907-420.9076 and this section, and all
proceeds derived from the investment of such moneys. Moneys in the fund that are not
currently needed for the purposes of the programs administered pursuant to ss. 420.907
420.9076 and this section shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and may be invested as
provided by law. The interest received on any such investment shall be credited to the fund.
(2) The corporation shall administer the fund exclusively for the purpose of implementing
the programs described in ss. 420.907-420.9076 and this section. With the exception of
monitoring the activities of counties and eligible municipalities to determine local compliance
with program requirements, the corporation shall not receive appropriations from the fund
for administrative or personnel costs. For the purpose of implementing the compliance
monitoring provisions of s. 420.9075(9), the corporation may request a maximum of one
quarter of 1 percent of the annual appropriation per state fiscal year. When such funding is
appropriated, the corporation shall deduct the amount appropriated prior to calculating the
local housing distribution pursuant to ss. 420.9072 and 420.9073.
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History.—s. 32, ch. 92-317; s. 40, ch. 97-167; s. 16, ch. 98-56; s. 25, ch. 2006-69; s. 11,
ch. 2009-2; s. 32, ch. 2009-96; s. 18, ch. 2011-15; s. 87, ch. 2015-229.
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