Rentals

Across Florida, landlord-tenant disputes are being exacerbated by disastrous storms like Hurricane Helene. Experts say state law tends to favor the landlords.

In recent years, cities and counties, in Orange, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, have passed tenant “bill of rights” that go beyond a state law known as the Florida Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

The Florida statute governing rent control originated from an initial court battle between the city of Miami Beach and real-estate tycoons in the 1970s.

Half of the former Marriott hotel rooms are available to rent as studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Another 88 units are expected to become available by the end of the year.

The program aims to offer affordable housing for those who are eligible, especially as rent prices are skyrocketing.

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Airbnb properties are prohibited from hosting parties or accommodating groups larger than 16 people until further notice. The company said the new policy is "in the best interest of public health."

The total value of the Tampa Bay area's housing stock soared 10.3 percent in 2016, nearly twice as much than the nation as a whole, according to a new…