Posted on 10/28/2022 8:29:41 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
An Orange County circuit judge erred in allowing voters to weigh in on a proposed rent control ordinance, an appeal court has ruled, siding with realtors and landlords over renter advocacy groups who argued soaring housing prices constituted an emergency.
A sharply divided Orange County Commission voted 4-3 in August to let voters decide if rent increases should be capped. If approved by voters, the proposed ordinance would have imposed a one-year cap of rent hikes for potentially 104,000 apartments in Orange County at 9.8%.
After the Florida Apartment Association and Florida Realtors sued to block the measure, it narrowly survived a review by Circuit Judge Jeff Ashton, who said he thought the ordinance was “contrary to established law” but decided that residents should be allowed to vote on it, anyway.
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So does this mean no matter what the vote, nothing changes on the books ?
yep, it just makes things worse, and in fairness, if you are going to cap the rents you need to cap or even reduce property taxes to make up for what you took away in value from the investor.
That’s right. Those homes wil be taken off the rent market and sold at a premium. All the new tpyorkers are moving there with wads of cash.
Judges voting on feelings and ignoring law need to be removed. This is an epidemic at this point.
I voted no on all the propositions. I did not notice this one.
Most likely, the votes for and against the measure will not even be counted.
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