By james art 
The new safety legislation of buildings, ensuring that aging Florida apartments have money to undertake the necessary repairs, can cause “the next wave of homeless people” in the country, warned the representative of Florida Mike Caruso State House.
Republican legislator Caruso, an ally of Florida Governor Ron Ron Ron, calls on Talahassi legislators to change the controversial new law, SB 4D, which caused the unfolding crisis of condominium in South Florida.
Why does it matter
After the tragic collapse of the Champlain South tower in Surfside in 2021, which killed 98 people, Florida legislators adopted a bill requires apartments of 30 years or more to pass regular inspections and forcing housing owners’ associations to put aside money aside Complete funding of all necessary repairs or maintenance.
The law came into force at the end of last year. At the beginning of this decisive period, the markets in South Florida saw a sudden jump in the number of Kondo owners trying to sell their properties, as many fear they cannot achieve the higher costs required by new legislation. According to experts and critical legislators, the elderly owners will probably be most affected by the new law.
What to know
Department has earned the legislators earlier to amend this legislation and to offer relief to Kondo’s owners in Florida, but no changes have been made so far.
Last month, Florida House Chairman Daniel Perez, a Republican of Miami, said SB 4D could not be discussed or changed during the legislative special session summoned by the manager to adopt measures facilitating the implementation of President Donald Trump’s agenda S
Caruso, who supported the legislation discussing changes to the law during the special legislative session, told The Miami Herald Last month, to which the elderly residents living in Florida’s aging apartments will soon be ruled out as they will no longer be able to afford the monthly increases required by the new legislation.
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“Our next wave of homeless will be our adult income, which could no longer afford the triple reserves or the quadruple fees in which their apartments lived, in which they lived frequently 20, 30, 40 years old, appreciate them at that moment” S He said thehe HeraldS
“It’s sad and we won’t turn to him here in Florida’s house,” the legislator said. “I’m shocked by that.” The 87th Caruzo Quarter, which consists of parts of Palm Beach County, includes tens of thousands of apartments.
Ninety percent of 1.6 million apartments in Florida have been older than 30 years, according to the Associated Press. According to the Florida coalition to terminate homelessness, more than 31,000 homeless people are currently living in Sunshine; More than 8,000 of them – equal to 27 percent of the total – are over 55 years old.
What do people say
Florida House spokesman Daniel Perez said in a speech last month: “The Surfside collapse tragedy is a painful reminder of what happens when we do not receive the law.”
Florida Governor Ron Ron Ron told Florida’s policy last month: “Now we see some of the problems that I think were unwanted, who popped up, and we are responsible to act to make sure that people can stay in their apartments. You have to run for an artificial term.”
What happens after
Although the changes to the law are yet to be discussed and are far from being sure, Sunshine’s budget from 2025 to 2026 includes more than $ 600 million for programs to reduce the risk of home and apartment-something that could help fight the fight to the owners of apartments in South Florida.
Funding will be directed at the home of My Safe Florida, a pilot program offering grants up to $ 175,000 to the Condo Association for Softing Projects. The program has a list of waiting for 45,000 property owners, according to the insurance business, and the new funding will allow it to add 10,000 new slots.