FL S1120

Revises rental agreement termination provisions to protect subsidized rent payments from low-income tenants, requiring landlords to wait 45 days after discovering noncompliance before instituting legal action.

Defines "essential commercial goods and services" (groceries, clothing, child care, financial services, job training, laundry) and designates them as public uses that housing authorities may provide collocated with residential projects.

Prohibits housing authorities from using eminent domain to acquire property for commercial goods and services projects, and requires revenues from such commercial projects be used exclusively to upgrade housing conditions or preserve affordable housing.

Expands housing authorities' powers to create business entities for developing and operating commercial projects providing essential goods and services to low-income residents, with public and private funding up to 150 percent of area median income.

Exempts real property of housing authorities used to provide essential commercial goods and services from ad valorem taxes and special assessments, while clarifying that vendors providing these services remain subject to taxation.