H1297 — Affordable Housing in Counties Designated as Areas of Critical State Concern

H1297 was filed on January 5, 2024, to modify affordable housing requirements and authorize certain counties to use tourism tax revenue for affordable housing.

The bill excludes land designated as an area of critical state concern from affordable housing provisions and award requirements in local housing assistance plans. It adds requirements to local comprehensive plans relating to hurricane evacuation studies and establishes requirements for conveying affordable housing homeownership units. The bill authorizes counties designated as areas of critical state concern to use tourist development tax revenue and tourist impact tax revenue for affordable housing purposes.

Counties designated as areas of critical state concern.

As of March 4, 2024, the bill was pending in the House with a third committee substitute filed on February 21, 2024. No effective date has been established.