Former Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo championed the Live Local Act to address the state's workforce housing shortage. The act provides incentives like tax credits and density bonuses, ...

When Florida lawmakers first approved the Live Local Act in 2023 in an effort to alleviate the affordable housing crisis, developers rushed to seize on its incentives and filed a slew of project ...

In 2023, the Florida Legislature approved Senate Bill 102, known as the Live Local Act, and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law. The next year, lawmakers revised the legislation. Further updates to ...

The Live Local Act was overwhelmingly passed by the Legislature in 2023, despite opposition from the state's local governments. It allows developers to get around certain local rules if their projects ...

For all its imperfections and challenges, the Live Local Act has shown results in Southwest Florida. It will produce affordable housing in the region — as intended. Just how much of it, however, is ...

Florida lawmakers recently strengthened the Live Local Act’s state control over municipalities, aiming to crack down on cities and counties that try to block applications filed under the workforce ...

The Deco Northwood project, an eight-story apartment complex, will offer 40% of its units at lower rental costs in exchange for zoning variances. While the Live Local Act faces hurdles due to specific ...

Hundreds of Fort Lauderdale residents tuned in to a special town hall meeting last month, outraged about a planned development of nine 30-story towers on the surface parking lots of the Galleria at ...