The Live Local Act is a Florida law that overrides local zoning for qualifying housing projects: where a development sets aside enough affordable or workforce units, the state requires the city or county to allow it administratively, at densities and heights the local code would not otherwise permit. It has been amended every year since 2023.
- Qualifying is a set of conditions, not a posture. The affordability set-aside, the site and the use all have to fit before anything is overridden.
- It has been rewritten every session since it passed. Any analysis must name the version it was run under, and check whether it still applies.
- The affordability commitment is long-term and it is recorded. It travels with the property and it constrains a future sale.
- It changes what land is worth, which is why a seller may already be pricing it. Confirm the site actually qualifies before paying for the assumption.
The Act has changed every year since 2023. The bill history, and what the current version requires, is here: House Bill 1389 (2026), the current amendment
Related terms
All termsDensity
Density is how many dwelling units a zoning code allows on a piece of land, usually stated as units per acre.
DevelopmentZoning
Zoning is the local rule that says what may be built on a piece of land and how it may be used.
DevelopmentLand Residual Value
Land residual value is what a developer can rationally pay for a site: the value of the finished project, minus every cost to build it, minus the profit the risk demands.
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