Florida Legislature Cracks Down on Squatters: Landlords Rejoice as New Bill Allows Immediate Removal and Criminal Penalties
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - NY News Daily
... these concerns and gaining support from advocacy groups such as Florida Rising. The bill also includes provisions to penalize individuals ...

Florida Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Police to Remove Squatters, Easing Burden on Landlords
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - Clear Story News
... the legislation initially faced opposition from an advocacy group called Florida Rising, which expressed concerns about potential abuse by ...

Florida Legislature Passes Bill to Immediately Remove Squatters, Ending Nightmare for Homeowners
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - DC Weekly
... added to protect legal occupants. As a result, one such group, Florida Rising, has taken a neutral position on the bill. In addition to ...

Florida Legislature Passes Bill to Combat Squatters
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 - The Miami Chronicle
... be tolerated. While initially facing opposition from advocacy group Florida Rising, the legislation has since been amended to protect legal ...

State Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Anti-Squatting Bill to Permanently Close Infuriating Loophole | The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - Survive the News
... ,” said Cynthia Laurent, a “housing justice campaigner” with the group Florida Rising. “But what we know to be true is that a process that’s ...

Squatters Would Be Booted Immediately Under Bill Passed Unanimously In Florida
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - USSA News
... you with a lease,” she continued. An advocacy group, Florida Rising, initially opposed the legislation, fearing landlords could abuse the ...

Calls mount for DeSantis to veto bill that makes it harder to file ethics complaints
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - Northwest Florida Daily News
... letter signed by the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause of Florida, Florida Rising, the state’s NAACP, Florida Ethics Institute and others.

Questions grow over possibility of Biden-Trump debates
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - Profit Insider Hub
... ,” Wilson said. Moné Holder, the senior director of advocacy and programs for the progressive organization Florida Rising, said a risk ...

Squatters would get booted immediately under bill lawmakers in this state unanimously passed
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - WCSI-AM
... you with a lease,” she continued. An advocacy group, Florida Rising, initially opposed the legislation, fearing landlords could abuse the ...

Florida rising: Sunshine State metro areas lead country in population growth
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - Axios
... Florida rising: Sunshine State metro areas lead country in population growth ...

Activists protesting new Miami-Dade incinerator kicked out of climate conference. See video
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - Miami Herald
... the panelists left the stage to applause, Florida Rising Executive Director Andrea Cristina Mercado stood up and started loudly explaining ...

IRS Direct File Can Help
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - California18
File must be part of the solution. Andrea Cristina Mercado is the Executive Director of Florida Rising Read more articles Save my name, ...

Para los latinos, la temporada de impuestos es un reto: Direct File del IRS puede ayudar
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - Diario Las Américas
... que funcione para todos, Direct File debe ser parte de la solución. Andrea Cristina Mercado es la Directora Ejecutiva de Florida Rising ...

‘Trans Erasure Bill’ among the blocked anti-LGBTQ+ bills as Florida’s 2024 Legislative session concludes
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - Watermark
... rally” outside the Florida Capitol. HRC, Equality Florida, Florida Rising and Floridians Protecting Freedom put together dozens of trips to ...

Florida lawmakers unanimously pass bill to combat squatting; giving property owners ‘positive hope’
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - WJXT-TV
... as recover attorneys’ fees and damages. Critics, including from Florida Rising, which is a group advocating for historically marginalized ...

Symone Sanders-Townsend: Gaza Protests are Similar To Black Lives Matter in 2016
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - The Root
... a ceasefire. The Root also spoke with Moné Holder, Senior Director of Advocacy & Programs at Florida Rising, a group working to build Black ...

Child Labor bill passes Florida Legislature after chamber back-and-forth
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - WUWF-FM
... ,” But not all labor advocacy groups agreed with the changes. Florida Rising lobbyist Jackson Oberlink says while he is glad changes were ...

NCAA Basketball Bracket Analysis: Alabama Secure as 4-Seed, Gonzaga and Florida Rising Fast
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - BVM Sports
NCAA Basketball Bracket Analysis: Alabama Secure as 4-Seed, Gonzaga and Florida Rising Fast ...

5 things that sum up this year’s session
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - POLITICO
... , in Miami. | Marta Lavandier/AP FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Florida Rising is endorsing Democratic Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava ...

As crisis in Haiti worsens, families in South Florida fear for loved ones, future of country
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - Miami Herald
... @elnuevoherald.com Among organizations at the media conference were Florida Rising, the NAACP, the Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center, ...

FPL rates get beefed-up approval
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - The Business Journals
Increased Rates and a coalition of three other organizations, Florida Rising, the Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida and the ...

Doral residents say rebuilding trash incinerator is a health risk
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - CBS News
... ," she said. In response, they joined nonprofit organizations like Florida Rising. Families like these spoke to elected officials Thursday ...

Why are Insurance premiums in Florida rising faster than anywhere in the country?
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - InsuranceNewsNet
Why are Insurance premiums in Florida rising faster than anywhere in the country? There's several reasons Florida's insurance markets have ...

Kendall school teacher challenges Miami-Dade Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - Political Cortadito
... at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a strategist for both Florida Rising and Progress for Florida. He changed his voter’s ...

Concerns remain over Florida bill that would harshen penalties for squatters
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - WUWF-FM
... have unintended consequences for renters in Florida Cynthia Laurent, Florida Rising housing justice campaigner, said she is worried that ...