Many condo bills are similar

Many condo bills are similar – Miami-Dade

More than five dozen have been filed during the legislative session, as Florida grapples with its real estate crisis. But boil down the language of lawmakers’ proposals to help cash-strapped condo dwellers, and there are only a handful of ideas:

Make it easier for investors to buy multiple units in empty buildings. Delay costly state-mandated upgrades. Discover ways to punish owners who don’t pay skyrocketing association dues.

“We’re all rowing in the same boat,” said Sen. Eleanor Sobel, a Democrat from Hollywood, “hoping that one of us will finally reach land.’