Florida Realtors Ballot Initiative Raises Ire Of State Leaders
Home For Sale Real Estate Sign in Front of Beautiful New House. Florida Realtors have launched a major political campaign to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot next year. It’s designed to prevent future legislatures from raiding a state housing trust fund for other expenses. The effort is already highly controversial with the state’s political leaders. The Realtors have quickly raised 13 million dollars in support of a 2022 ballot proposal to protect housing dollars from future sweeps or "raids" by the Florida Legislature. But the likely next Senate president is furious...