What landlord-tenant rules does Fort Lauderdale add on top of Florida law?

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State preemption of local tenant rules: Florida reserves the regulation of residential tenancies and the landlord-tenant relationship to the state. Its 2023 law supersedes local rules on matters covered by the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, including tenant screening, security deposits, rental fees, lease terms, disclosures and notice requirements. Cities also may not adopt any measure that has the effect of imposing controls on rents. For nearly every landlord-tenant question, state law (see the Florida page) applies.; Habitability/code enforcement & complaint line: Report code enforcement problems to the City through FixIt FTL: online through the map on the City's FixIt page, with the free FixIt FTL app, or by calling (954) 828-8000. The request is routed to the right City department, and you get status updates if you give an email address. Code enforcement is handled by the City's Community Enhancement and Compliance division.; Local rental assistance and housing help: The City's housing resources list sends renters to the Broward County Family Success Center for rental assistance (954-357-5001), the Broward County Office of Equal Opportunity for housing discrimination complaints (954-357-7800), Legal Aid Service of Broward County for legal help (954-765-8950), and the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale for Section 8 (954-556-4100).; Eviction mediation: The Broward County Clerk's County Civil page lists a court administrative order referring residential eviction cases to mediation (AO-2021-6-CO).

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State preemption of local tenant rules	Florida reserves the regulation of residential tenancies and the landlord-tenant relationship to the state. Its 2023 law supersedes local rules on matters covered by the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, including tenant screening, security deposits, rental fees, lease terms, disclosures and notice requirements. Cities also may not adopt any measure that has the effect of imposing controls on rents. For nearly every landlord-tenant question, state law (see the Florida page) applies. Rent-control statute: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199/0166/Sections/0166.043.html Source: Fla. Stat. Sec. 83.425 (ch. 2023-314); Fla. Stat. Sec. 166.043(2)
Habitability/code enforcement & complaint line	Report code enforcement problems to the City through FixIt FTL: online through the map on the City's FixIt page, with the free FixIt FTL app, or by calling (954) 828-8000. The request is routed to the right City department, and you get status updates if you give an email address. Code enforcement is handled by the City's Community Enhancement and Compliance division. Source: Official source
Local rental assistance and housing help	The City's housing resources list sends renters to the Broward County Family Success Center for rental assistance (954-357-5001), the Broward County Office of Equal Opportunity for housing discrimination complaints (954-357-7800), Legal Aid Service of Broward County for legal help (954-765-8950), and the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale for Section 8 (954-556-4100). Source: Official source
Eviction mediation	The Broward County Clerk's County Civil page lists a court administrative order referring residential eviction cases to mediation (AO-2021-6-CO). The order itself was not read, so who is referred and when is not described. Source: Administrative Order AO-2021-6-CO (as listed by the Broward County Clerk)