New Florida HOA Bill

Unfortunately, most HOA residents don't understand that many of the new laws passed each year in Florida do not apply in most existing HOAs. Unless your HOA has “as amended from time to time" language in their declaration, rules that affect contracts do not apply. The Florida legislature could make statutes apply to all HOAs, but they have chosen not to for most new laws. Without explicitly incorporating amendments, only procedural rules passed by the legislature apply. Lawyers argue about what is and isn’t procedural, so sometimes the only way to make new procedural rules apply is going to court to get a ruling.

Attorney Eric Glazer maintains the Florida legislature could pass an amendment to Florida Statute 617.0102 that would apply statutes as amended to all condominiums, co-ops and HOAs built since 1991. The majority of Florida residents live in associations. The Florida Legislature must consider during the next legislative session if they want all condominiums,  HOAs and co-ops to be required to follow the new laws that they pass and are so vital for the health, welfare and safety of all of our residents. https://condocrazeandhoas.com/was-all-of-this-for-nothing/

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Not to mention RVs and boats. And they fixed the wording from last year so now it says "from adjacent properties AND common areas". In my community, every home either has a neighbor, a lake (common area) or preserve (common area) behind their house. We don't allow tall fences, so unless they can plant six foot hedges immediately we don't have to allow it.