FL H0169

Property owners renting dwelling units subject to filed pending foreclosure actions must provide tenants with written notice before entering into a lease, stating that foreclosure proceedings have begun and may affect the lease and tenant's ability to remain through the lease term.

Required notice must be in at least 12 point type, on a separate page, and signed and dated by the tenant.

Tenants forced to move out before the lease conclusion due to foreclosure proceedings through no fault of their own may bring a civil cause of action for lease fraud against the property owner.

Tenants prevailing in such actions may recover actual damages from early lease termination, plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

Property managers and property management firms are not liable under this provision unless they are the actual owners of the real property.

Effective date: July 1, 2013.