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Tenants’ Rights Brochures

Florida Landlord-Tenant law changed on July 1, 2023: 

• Miami-Dade County’s Tenants’ Bill of Rights is no longer in effect.

• Landlords must give 30 days’ notice to terminate if you do not have a lease.

• Landlords may charge a fee instead of a security deposit and sell tenants an insurance product to protect the landlord.

Parts of these brochures may not be accurate until updated.  We will update them shortly.

• How Does an Eviction Affect My Credit, or My Ability to Rent

• How to Answer Your Eviction Case (Miami-Dade)

• How to Answer Your Eviction Case (Monroe)

• How to Sue in Small Claims CourtMobile Homes

• My Landlord Won't Make Repairs

• Rights of Occupants Living in a Motel

• Hotel/Roominghouse Residence

• Rights of Tenants With a Written Lease

• Rights of Tenants Without a Written Lease

• Section 8 Change of Dwelling

• Section 8 Housing HQS

• Security Deposits

• What to Do If You Are Sued For Unpaid Rent

• What to Do If Your Landlord Locks You Out or Shuts Off Your Utilities

• What to Do When the Association Wants Your Rent

• What to Do When Your Landlord is in Foreclosure

• Writs of Possession

• Unsafe Structure Ordinance

• Email Delivery of Notices Between Landlords & Tenants - New Landlord-Tenant Law Effective July 1, 2025