Consideration Landlords and Tenants of Residential Items in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties
It’s no secret that with the inflow of recent residents who moved to South Florida in the course of the pandemic, landlords have drastically elevated rents – in some situations near 50 % from the prior 12 months. This has created what Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Cava deemed an “Housing Affordability Disaster.” Even earlier than the mayor declared the disaster, one of many steps that Miami-Dade County took was to move an ordinance that requires landlords to present residential tenants a minimum of 60 days’ prior written discover when growing the hire on a lease renewal by greater than 5 % from the prior 12 months. The ordinance additionally requires 60 days’ prior written discover from the owner and the tenant, respectively, when terminating a month-to-month residential rental settlement. This ordinance went into impact on March 25, 2022.
Not too long ago, Broward County additionally handed the same ordinance that went into impact on Could 1, 2022. It additionally requires a minimum of 60 days’ prior written discover for hire will increase of 5 % or larger and for termination of each quarterly and month-to-month tenancies. This ordinance applies to each the owner and the tenant.
For the Miami-Dade County ordinance click on right here: MEMORANDUM (miamidade.gov)
For the Broward County ordinance click on right here: Ordinance No. 2022-21 | Code of Ordinances | Broward County, FL | Municode Library
Elana Friedman Polashuk is an actual property lawyer at Becker & Poliakoff and the director of operations at Becker Title. She is well-versed on all authorized and sensible points of business and residential transactions.