2012: What Does the Future Hold?


Chip Tatum, Government Affairs Director
Florida Apartment Association
Email: chip@fl-apartments.org
Mobile: 321-277-8401

The results are pouring in for our 5-minute legislative survey released last week.  This is your opportunity to directly influence FAA’s Legislative Agenda for the 2012 Legislative Session.  If you have not yet completed the survey please take a few minutes to complete it now by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FAA2012EC.

 

The deadline to complete the survey is July 8th, 2012.  Thank you for your input and time!

 

2011 Session Recap

 

This year’s Florida Legislative Session wasn’t without challenges, but all in all the apartment industry fared well.  While our sponsored bill, Writ of Possession/Expedited Evictions, did not pass, it did encourage many sheriffs departments to review their writ handling procedures.  In Miami-Dade County we’ve received reports that Writ postings have sped up by more than a week.

 

Better yet, we successfully added language to a bill strengthening our Fire Alarm Retrofit exemption law that was passed last year.  For more information and a recap from our contract lobbyist please click here.