condo associations

A Florida Senate committee backed a proposal that would make changes to Florida's condominium-safety laws.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday, which would require statewide recertification for condominiums over three stories high, every thirty years.

Florida would require statewide recertification of condominiums over three stories tall under a bill sent Wednesday to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis by lawmakers, their legislation a response to the Surfside building collapse that killed 98 people.

The state legislature has added condo building reform to this week’s special session on property insurance. Lawmakers faced pressure to overhaul current laws after a deadly building collapse in South Florida last year, but the two chambers failed to reach a compromise during the regular legislative session.

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Even before legislative proposals to reform condo safety post-Surfside died on the doorstep of the Florida House last month, a reaction was brewing in the marketplace.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says it is up to legislative leaders to call a special session on property-insurance and condominium issues.

Cultural issues dominated Florida's 2022 legislative session. Speech in schools, corporate training programs, and other cultural issues received plenty of attention. What about critical issues in South Florida? Reforms to condo associations and home insurance went nowhere. Meanwhile, the region is seeing a crush of migrants this year and street drug deaths.

The Florida Legislature’s failure to pass a bill mandating regular condominium inspections leaves in place a lax regimen experts say is full of glaring loopholes that endanger residents of aging buildings.

“Our investigation has uncovered additional entities, who along with the original defendants, we believe share responsibility for the Surfside collapse,” two of the plaintiffs’ attorneys said in a statement.

Condo and homeowners associations are required to file financial statements and structural reports and make them available to the general public.

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