WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats from Florida are calling for the Florida Legislature to tackle new regulations for condominiums in its upcoming special session after state lawmakers failed to pass reforms in the wake of last year’s tragic collapse in Surfside that killed 98 people.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., whose district includes Surfside, led a letter Monday to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that urged him to add condominium reform to the upcoming legislative session next week focused on redistricting.
“Following the collapse, a task force organized by the Florida Bar recommended that lawmakers overhaul the state’s condominium laws. At least two condominiums have been evacuated because they were deemed unsafe for residents since the Champlain Towers South collapse,” Wasserman Schultz’s letter states.
