Wednesday, November 4, 2009
WE DID IT!
position they could not take the resale restriction into consideration without this statutory change.
So here it is:
193.018
Land owned by a community land trust used to provide affordable housing; assessment; structural improvements,condominium parcels, and cooperative parcels.—
(1) As used in this section, the term “community land trust” means a nonprofit entity that is qualified as charitable under s.501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has as one of its purposes the acquisition of land to be held in perpetuity for the primary purpose of providing affordable homeownership.
(2) A community land trust may convey structural improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels, that are located on specific parcels of land that are identified by a legal description contained in and subject to a ground lease having a term of at least 99 years, for the purpose of providing affordable housing to natural persons or families who meet the extremely-low-income, very-low-income, lowincome,or moderate income limits specified in s.420.0004, or the income limits for workforce housing, as defined in s. 420.5095(3). A community land trust shallretain a preemptive option to purchase any structural improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels on the land at a price determined by a formula
specified in the ground lease which is designed to ensure that the structural improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels remain affordable.
(3) In arriving at just valuation under s. 193.011, a structural improvement, condominium parcel, or cooperative parcel providing affordable housing on land owned by a community land trust, and the land owned by a community land trust that is subject to a 99-year or longer ground lease, shall be assessed using the following criteria:
(a) The amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller for the land is limited to an amount commensurate with the terms of the ground lease that restricts the use of the land to the provision of affordable housing in perpetuity.
(b) The amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller for resale- restricted improvements,
condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels is limited to the amount determined by the formula in the ground lease.
(c) If the ground lease and all amendments and supplements thereto, or a memorandum documenting how such lease and amendments or supplements restrict the price at which the improvements, condominium parcels, or cooperative parcels may be sold, is recorded in the official public records of the county in which the leased land is located, the recorded lease and any amendments and supplements, or the recorded memorandum, shall be deemed a land use regulation during the term of the lease as amended or supplemented.
First and foremost, we have Representative Keith Fitzgerald to thank for this new statute. He has
championed this effort for the past three years and successfully carried the CLT bill (HB 267) through
every committee in the House. Ultimately, the bill was amended to Representative Aubuchon’s omnibus housing bill (HB 161) and passed in the Senate as part of Senator Bennett’s amendment to SB 360.
CLTs- remember to record your 99 year CLT ground lease or memorandum of the ground lease in the public records!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Property Tax Relief Proposed for Community Land Trusts
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Rep. Aubuchon Files Housing Bill
www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2009/House/bills/billtext/pdf/h016100.pdf
Monday, January 5, 2009
Florida Community Land Trust Institute Advocacy for Property Tax Relief
The reason this legislation is needed is because certain county property appraisers indicated they would not consider the resale restricted value when assessing the land trust home. This would mean, for example, that a community land trust home with a restricted resale price of $150,000 might be assessed at $450,000- the amount the house could be sold for if it were not a resale restricted home. The
Section 1. 193.018, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
193.018 Land owned by a community land trust to provide affordable housing; assessment; structural improvements, condominium parcels, and cooperative parcels.--
(1) As used in this section, the term "community land trust" means a nonprofit entity that is qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has as one of its purposes the acquisition of land to be held in perpetuity for the primary purpose of providing affordable homeownership.
(2) A community land trust may convey structural improvements located on specific parcels of land to provide affordable housing, which are identified by a legal description contained in and subject to a ground lease having a term of at least 99 years, to natural persons or families who meet the extremely-low, very-low, low, or moderate income limits specified in s.
(3) In arriving at just valuation under s.
(a) The amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller for the land is limited to an amount commensurate with the terms of the ground lease, which includes the restriction of the use of the land to providing affordable housing in perpetuity.
(b) The amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller for the resale restricted improvements, condominium parcel or cooperative parcel is limited to the amount determined by the formula in the ground lease.
(c) If the ground lease and all amendments and supplements thereto, or a memorandum documenting how such lease and amendments or supplements restrict the price at which the improvements, condominium parcel or cooperative parcel may be sold, is recorded in the official public records of the county in which the leased land is located, the recorded lease and any amendments and supplements, or the recorded memorandum, shall be deemed a land use regulation during the term of the lease as amended or supplemented.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Property Tax Relief for Community Land Trusts Bills Filed in Florida House and Senate
The Florida Community Land Trust Institute has been working with Senator Bennett and Representative Fitzgerald to obtain ad valorem (real property) tax direction and tax relief for community land trust properties. This legislation was originally adopted in June, 2007, but due to a legislative staff error, never became effective. SB 796 and HB 431 are identical bills which we expect to pass in the 2008 session, and become effective July 1, 2008. Should you have any questions, please contact Jaimie Ross at jaimieross@aol.com
Monday, November 12, 2007
Community Land Trusts on rise
Key findings of the survey, now available in this working paper , include:
• CLTs largely serve very low (less than 50% area median income), low (50-80% area median income) and some moderate (80-120% area median income) income households.
• While most (95 percent) of the responding organizations have units for homeownership, 45 percent reported that they also have rental units in their housing portfolio. The majority of organizations (80 percent) have less than 100 units including those owned and rented.
• Of the 6,495 homeownership and rental units reported, only 3 percent of ownership units and 7 percent of rental units were vacant.
• The majority (67 percent) of residential buildings are single family attached or detached houses.
• New construction is by far the most common housing development activity, although responding organizations also reported acquiring and rehabilitating existing homes.
Almost all of the respondents reported a 99-year ground lease, although some ground lease durations are for as few as 20. Nearly 60% of responding organizations reported that they had resales.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Property Tax Relief for
Property Tax Relief for
In HB 1, passed
193.017 Assessment of structural improvements on land owned by a community land trust and used to provide affordable housing.--
(1) As used in this section, the term "community land trust" means a nonprofit entity that is qualified as charitable under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and has as one of its purposes the acquisition of land to be held in perpetuity for the primary purpose of providing affordable homeownership.
(2) A community land trust may convey structural improvements located on specific parcels of such land which are identified by a legal description contained in and subject to a ground lease having a term of at least 99 years to natural persons or families who meet the extremely-low, very-low, low, and moderate income limits, as specified in s. 420.0004, or the income limits for workforce housing, as defined in s. 420.5095(3). A community land trust shall retain a preemptive option to purchase any structural improvements on the land at a price determined by a formula specified in the ground lease which is designed to ensure that the structural improvements remain affordable.
(3) In arriving at just valuation under s. 193.011, a structural improvement that provides affordable housing on land owned by a community land trust and subject to a 99-year or longer ground lease shall be assessed using the following criteria:
(a) The amount a willing purchaser would pay a willing seller shall be limited to the amount determined by the formula in the ground lease.
(b) If the ground lease and all amendments and supplements thereto, or a memorandum documenting how such lease and amendments or supplements restrict the price at which the improvements may be sold, is recorded in the official public records of the county in which the leased land is located, the recorded lease and any amendments and supplements, or the recorded memorandum, shall be deemed a land use regulation during the term of the lease as amended or supplemented.