Live Local Act development review procedures (BCC-100)
Summary
New Florida laws (HB 399 and SB 594) will require local housing plans to allow factory-built homes and remove the 20% cap on SHIP funds going to manufactured housing, reshaping how the county can spend housing dollars.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 9, 2026.
Impact analysis
Could change how the county allocates its SHIP housing funds starting in 2027.
Affordable housing developers and buyers of factory-built homes.
Local governments lose flexibility over SHIP fund allocation to manufactured homes.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Brevard County Board of County Commissioners — July 9, 2026
The Board made its earlier denial of the Merritt Bidco Merritt Island rezoning official with Resolution 26-056. A related appeal over the Live Local Act zoning interpretation is set for July 21, and residents are pressing the County on it.
Planning and Zoning Board / Local Planning Agency — June 15, 2026
The county is updating how it evaluates affordable-housing development proposals filed under Florida's Live Local Act when those projects bypass normal zoning. The planning board was to weigh in before the county commissioners set the final policy.
Brevard County Board of County Commissioners — May 19, 2026
New Florida laws (HB 399 and SB 594) will require local housing plans to allow factory-built homes and remove the 20% cap on SHIP funds going to manufactured housing, reshaping how the county can spend housing dollars.
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