Many residential buildings in Florida could lose state insurance protection under the new invoice. Here is the reason

Tallahassee, Fla. – – A legislator in Florida has submitted a legislative template that coordinated condominiums about the access to state property insurance of citizens if they do not comply with the new security laws for buildings.

The background story:

On June 24, 2021, a 12-story condominium building collapsed in the Miami suburb of Surfside and killed 98 people.

Since then, legislators have taken steps to prevent future tragedies, including the obligation of most condominium buildings that have completed more than three floors by the end of 2024, as well as the final of reserves to ensure the structural integrity of their buildings in the buildings Future.

However, the state has determined that more than half of these buildings have not presented any evidence from which it has shown that these steps have been carried out.

Now the republican state representative Vicki Lopez from Miami is proposing consequences, including the tricks that have not complained about the reporting of the citizens.

What you say:

“We are not in the business to arrange people who did not do the right thing right from the start. It is also the rest,” said Lopez during a recent summit for the Miami Association of Realors.

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The other side:

Many condominium associations and residents were upset last year when the state's legislators refused to further extend the inspection period, and said they are asked to raise too much money. Some owners even said that they were hit with five or six -digit ratings.

However, Lopez and other supporters of their calculation say that these residents have options, e.g.

What's next:

The draft law HB 913 is taken into account during the annual legislative period, which begins next Tuesday, March 4.

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