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Property Taxes are taxes levied against the owner of property located within a particular jurisdiction. Property taxes are often used to refer to taxes on real property. Property taxation schemes vary depending on the country or jurisdiction. However, a popular system involves a government assessment of the value of a property and a rate based on a proportion of the assessed value. A property may be subject to taxation by multiple taxing entities. less -

Politics of housing: The Florida Live Local Act

Hogan Lovells on 4/14/2025

Florida’s legislature enacted the Live Local Act (as amended, the “Act”) to encourage the construction of affordable housing across Florida, providing opportunities for residents to live within the communities in which they...more

Understanding the Real Estate and Tax Implications of Florida's Buyer Ban Law

White and Williams LLP on 6/16/2023

Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed a new law that would prohibit people who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents and whose "domicile" is in China from purchasing certain real property in the state....more

Florida's Live Local Act

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 5/8/2023

The Live Local Act (SB 102) (the “Act”) amends multiple provisions of the Florida Statutes with the overarching purpose of spurring additional development of affordable housing in the State. Importantly, for qualifying...more

New Florida Law to Turbocharge Affordable Housing Development

Bilzin Sumberg on 4/3/2023

Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 102 (“Live Local Act” or the “Act”) on March 28, 2023. The majority of the Live Local Act will go into effect on July 1, 2023, with certain provisions pertaining to tax...more

Dissolving Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District: The Impacts of SB 4-C

Lowndes on 5/4/2022

The Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) is a special purpose district created by a special act of the Florida Legislature in May 1967. It gives The Walt Disney Company governmental control over the land in and around Walt...more

Public Education Under Attack in Florida

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley on 8/4/2017

Imagine a world in which public education did not exist. A world in which children did not have schools to attend. A world in which the future generation could not obtain a diploma. It is hard to imagine such a world, as the...more

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