The Live Local Act is incentivizing some developers to add affordable housing units with below-market rents to buildings that are already under construction or completed, instead of doing so at the ...

Amendments to Florida's Live Local Act that provides land use, zoning and tax benefits to developers and investors took effect July 1, 2025. The 2025 Live Local Act introduces several significant ...

Developers relying on Florida’s Live Local Act are lighting up Fort Lauderdale with requests to build. So far, eight projects are in the pipeline, with more likely on the way under a ...

Even its critics think Florida’s Live Local Act is working. In fact, they think it’s working too well. Local politicians are concerned that the new state law encouraging development of rent-restricted ...

The Live Local Act, which overhauled rules over zoning and development across Florida, was drafted to address the Sunshine State’s affordable housing crisis. But as the law approaches its second ...

A “coming soon” sign posted at the construction site of an affordable housing development in Hollywood, a market brimming with new projects, prompted an unexpected response. More than 21,000 people ...

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 ...