Florida · Senate Bill 1726 · 2026 Regular Session

Housing

SB 1726 Sponsored by Carlos Guillermo Smith Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 16, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Housing; Citing this act as the “Real Affordable Housing Relief Act”; deleting provisions prohibiting municipalities, counties, or other entities of local government from adopting or maintaining certain laws relating to rent control; authorizing counties and municipalities to create community land bank programs for a certain purpose; providing requirements for the sale of certain property to land banks; providing…

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Housing; Citing this act as the “Real Affordable Housing Relief Act”; deleting provisions prohibiting municipalities, counties, or other entities of local government from adopting or maintaining certain laws relating to rent control; authorizing counties and municipalities to create community land bank programs for a certain purpose; providing requirements for the sale of certain property to land banks; providing conditions for the subsequent resale of property acquired by land banks; requiring the Department of Financial Services to adopt a home resiliency grading scale for a specified purpose; creating the Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program for a certain purpose, etc.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Rules · Senate Community Affairs
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeDied in Community Affairs · Senate Community Affairs

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.