Rents are soaring across Miami-Dade County, and a new proposal could have voters deciding whether to impose a temporary freeze on some housing costs.
New legislation introduced by a Miami-Dade commissioner is the first step to the county triggering an obscure Florida law that lets local governments ask voters to endorse emergency “rent control” measures that would determine how much some landlords could charge tenants for one year.
Florida law provides enough political, legal and practical hurdles to rent control that Miami-Dade tenants shouldn’t expect flat housing costs any time soon.
