Fort Lauderdale’s no fan of latest Live Local bills. What would the impact be?
Florida lawmakers, in their zeal to boost affordable housing to accommodate the state’s surging population, have come up with a one-size-fits-all approach that will have dire consequences for crowded urban areas like Fort Lauderdale, critics say.
The fallout from the Live Local Act could get even worse if two new bills currently under consideration become law, Fort Lauderdale observers claim.
One bill would make it possible for a Live Local developer to build workforce housing on property owned by the county, municipalities and school districts. Another designed to escalate the construction of starter homes across the state could transform single-family neighborhoods into hodgepodge communities with a mix of townhomes, duplexes and zero-lot-line housing.