Voters in Orange County, Florida, the county where Orlando is located, approved a rent control ordinance during the November 8 election. The full text of the ordinance can be found here, but the relevant part of it reads:
(a) No landlord shall demand, charge, or accept from a tenant a rent increase for a residential rental unit more than once in a 12month period.
(b) No landlord shall demand, charge, or accept from a tenant a rent increase that is in excess of the existing rent multiplied by the Consumer Price Index for any residential rental unit except as otherwise allowed under section 25-388 of this ordinance.
This ordinance’s limitations on rent increases shall apply regardless of change of occupancy in a residential rental unit except as otherwise allowed under section 25-388 of this ordinance.
For now, the law can’t go into effect because there is pending litigation. If the court allows this law to go forward, there are some real issues here.
6 Comments
Henry · November 12, 2022 at 3:32 pm
Add Orlando’s voters to the list of those who ignore both Economics 101 and history. Nothing good comes from rent control, even “temporary” rent control like NYC established in the 1940s and still going strong.
Big Ruckus D · November 12, 2022 at 3:43 pm
Here it comes. Another move by scum leftists to force everyone to suck the diseased dick of collectivism. Rent control won’t work (nothing they do ever works, except to screw things up even worse, which is what they really want), so soon enough they will resort to the outright expropriation of property.
I’d further observe that relying on pending litigation to keep us out of the fire is a shitty gamble based on the past performance of that angle.
That this vote could pan out in the same election that made Florida blood red is troubling, and indicative of much pain yet to come.
Divemedic · November 12, 2022 at 4:34 pm
4 counties in Florida went Blue: Broward (always a Dem haven. Thanks to NYC immigration), Alachua (Univ. of Florida), Gadsen (Florida State Univ), and Orange County.
Anonymous · November 13, 2022 at 7:43 am
isn’t tallahassee Leon county?
Divemedic · November 13, 2022 at 8:24 am
Yeah. Gadsden is part of the Tallahassee metro area. Population is less than 50k, with more than half of that being black. Other than Goldwater[1964], Wallace[1968], and Nixon[1972], that county has voted Democrat for 120 years.
Paulb · November 13, 2022 at 8:01 am
I subscribe to the theory that taxes and fees only effect the lowest possible cohort to which the costs may be passed. So welcome to the laundry hookup fee, rental fee on the washer, dryer and refrigerator, mandatory landscaping, irrigation and pressure washing charges, cable use fee, rental application fee, service charge fee, doubled security deposit… oh, and an absolutely forensic inspection for damage and wear and tear on exit. Say goodbye to your security deposit for sure.
I’m confident that fees can replace any loss in rental income. But I’m not surprised that the average low-information douchebag didn’t realize that rent control is retarded.
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