A new bill will be introduced in the legislative session that begins next week in Tallahassee. This is intended to prevent instances of fraud in real estate associations and condominiums, as well as to criminalize those responsible, according to the announcement released today by the district attorney’s office.
What happened in the city of the Hammocks in Miami-Dade cannot happen again, the prosecution said when announcing a bill to protect owners of condominiums and associations.
“Today we are here to support the new legislation introduced in Tallahassee,” said prosecutor Katherine Fernández Rundell.
This is the new bill for residents of associations whose purpose is to offer more protections to owners of associations and condominiums, while preventing cases of fraud.
The representative Juan Carlos Porras is one of the sponsors of HB 919, which in summary offers protections to co-owners and associations; reduces voter fraud and recommends changes in laws to penalize voter fraud.
It’s “the greatest law that will provide more accountability and transparency to associations in our state,” Porras said.
The law will provide better access and greater transparency to the documents and accounts of associations and will protect against corruption.
“We have seen that when there is access to documents, owners can expose bad deeds before sums of money,” prosecutor Katherine Fernández Rundell said.
The measures are partly the result of the case which occurred in The Hammocks where the executives were arrested in November last year for participating in a fraud and extortion scheme for more than 2 million dollars.
Along with Attorney and Representative Porras, the Mayor of Miami-Dade also announced the county’s efforts on the matter.
“In the county, we have a new law that requires condos and HOAs to declare who they are, budget details, safety reports for transparency,” the county mayor said.
Commissioner Roberto González said “we will take a resolution to do something similar in the county so that it is valid and we can fight with justice”.
Under the bill, residents will be able to file a complaint with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) and the state Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) will have to investigate an alleged activity. criminal.