While most conventional loans aren’t assumable, loans backed by the FHA and VA are—if certain conditions are met.

The Brighter Days Community Initiative was launched last year to help homeless youth in Central Florida find permanent ...

Local Act is intended to address the state's growing housing-affordability crisis by encouraging development with significant land-use, zoning and tax ...

In 2023, the Florida Legislature approved Senate Bill 102, known as the Live Local Act, and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law. The next year, lawmakers revised the legislation.

Florida's Live Local Act aims to create more affordable housing, but faces criticism for loopholes and preemption of local control. Many counties and cities have opted out of a key tax-break ...

Florida's Live Local Act aims to create more affordable housing, but faces criticism for loopholes and preemption of local control. Many counties and cities have opted out of a key tax-break ...

In all, Glazer said his organization's tracking has found that the Live Local Act's land-use mandate has spurred plans for more than 31,000 new housing units in Florida — although, with the long ...