Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1389: Affordable Housing
Status: Chaptered, June 29, 2026
Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential uses as allowable uses for specified property; providing requirements for certain proposed developments; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the height of certain proposed developments through other dimensional means and from requiring certain setbacks or stepbacks; requiring counties and municipalities to allow certain applicants to submit revised applications, written requests, and notices of intent to account for changes made by the act; .; authorizing a local government to provide a density bonus incentive to landowners who make certain real property donations to assist in the provision of affordable housing for military families; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to evaluate the efficacy of using mezzanine finance and the potential of tiny homes for specified purposes, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to affordable housing; amending ss. 125.01055 and 166.04151, F.S.; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential uses as allowable uses for specified property; providing requirements for certain proposed developments; specifying that certain proposed developments shall not exclude an assemblage of certain parcels; providing for the expiration of certain provisions…
From the engrossed text, March 16, 2026:
An act relating to affordable housing; amending ss. 125.01055 and 166.04151, F.S.; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential uses as allowable uses for specified property; providing requirements for certain proposed developments; specifying that certain proposed developments shall not exclude an assemblage of certain parcels; providing for the expiration of certain provisions; prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the height of certain proposed developments through other dimensional means and from requiring certain setbacks or stepbacks; revising the definitions of the terms "commercial use" and "industrial use"; revising applicability; providing retroactive applicability; authorizing applicants for certain proposed developments to notify the county or municipality, as applicable, by a specified date of intent to proceed under certain provisions; requiring counties and municipalities to allow certain applicants to submit revised applications, written requests, and notices of intent to account for changes made by the act; amending s. 196.1978, F.S.; creating a definition for "multifamily project"; revising a specified finding CS/CS/HB 1389, Engrossed 1 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1389 -03-e1 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES that a taxing authority must make in order to elect not to exempt certain property from certain ad valorem taxation; authorizing certain property owners in a multifamily project to apply for and continue to receive an exemption; amending s. …
Sponsors
- Redondo, Mike (R, HD-118) · primary sponsor
- Webster Barnaby (R, HD-027)
- Barnaby, Webster (R, HD-029)
- Buchanan, James (R, SD-022)
- Nix, Danny (R, HD-075)
Latest actions
- : Chapter No. 2026-179; Companion bill(s) passed, see SB 962 (Ch. 2026-163)
- : Approved by Governor
- : Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- : Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- : In Messages
- : CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 892
- : Concurred in House amendment(s) to Senate amendment(s) (680391) -SJ 892
- : In returning messages
- : CS passed as amended; YEAS 98, NAYS 4
- : Concurred in Senate amendment 668106 as amended
Votes
- Senate: H 1389 c2 (March 13, 2026): 35 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: H 1389 c2 (March 12, 2026): 98 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Senate: H 1389 c2 (March 6, 2026): 34 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: H 1389 c2 (March 4, 2026): 76 yea, 29 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (February 24, 2026): 18 yea, 5 nay, passed
- House: Commerce Committee (February 24, 2026): 18 yea, 5 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H1389?
- H1389 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Affordable Housing.
- What does H1389 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to affordable housing; amending ss. 125.01055 and 166.04151, F.S.; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily and mixed-use residential uses as allowable uses for specified property; providing requirements for certain proposed developments; specifying that certain proposed developments shall not exclude an assemblage of certain parcels; providing for the expiration of certain provisions…
- What is the status of H1389?
- Chaptered as of June 29, 2026. Latest action: Chapter No. 2026-179; Companion bill(s) passed, see SB 962 (Ch. 2026-163) (June 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1389?
- Redondo, Mike (R, HD-118), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1389?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1389
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