Florida Statute 421.10 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE

Chapter 421
PUBLIC HOUSING

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F.S. 421.10

421.10 Rentals and tenant selection.—

(1) In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:

(a) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low income.

(b) It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms, but no greater number, which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding.

(c) It shall accept any person as a tenant in any housing project according to the appropriate guidelines as established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or other federal agencies.

(d) The Department of Children and Families, pursuant to 45 C.F.R. s. 233.20(a)(3)(vii)(c), may not consider as income for recipients of temporary cash assistance any assistance received by recipients from other agencies or organizations such as public housing authorities.

(2) Nothing contained in this section or s. 421.09 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this section or s. 421.09.

(3) This section shall not apply to housing facilities financed by loans made for the purpose of providing such facilities for domestic farm labor pursuant to s. 514 of the Federal Housing Act of 1949.

History.—s. 10, ch. 17981, 1937; s. 1, ch. 19510, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 7100(3-j); s. 7, ch. 22858, 1945; s. 1, ch. 65-223; s. 3, ch. 78-165; s. 104, ch. 96-175; s. 203, ch. 99-8; s. 84, ch. 2000-153; s. 101, ch. 2000-165; s. 241, ch. 2014-19.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 421.10

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 421.10

Total Results: 6

Ago

Court: Florida Attorney General Reports | Date Filed: 1978-08-15

Snippet: `rents' and `charges.' See ss. 421.08(4), 421.09(2), 421.10(1)(c), F. S. While Ch. 421 does not purport to

Grubstein v. Urban Renewal Agency of City of Tampa

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1959-11-18

Citation: 115 So. 2d 745

Snippet: tenant selection imposed by the Housing Law. § 421.10, Fla. Stat., F.S.A. During the time that title

State ex rel. Weeks v. Dampier

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1907-01-15

Citation: 53 Fla. 508

Snippet: forfeiture fund of said county for the sum of $13,421.10,” or show cause for not doing so. The respondents

Pittman v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1906-01-15

Citation: 51 Fla. 94

Snippet: jury.” Also see Smith v. State, 29 Fla. 408, text 421, 10 South. Rep. 894; Roberson v. State, 40 Fla. 509

Wooldridge v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1905-01-15

Citation: 49 Fla. 137

Snippet: South. Rep. 713; Smith v. State, 29 Fla. 408, text 421, 10 South. Rep. 894. As to warrants 196, 104 and 94

Langford v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1894-01-15

Citation: 33 Fla. 233

Snippet: Ct. App., 340; Smith vs. State, 29 Fla., 408, 421, 10 South. Rep., 894, 897; Bottomley vs. U. S., 1 Story