USMC Veteran • Emmy-Winning Producer • Author
Two weeks ago I wrote about a $13,109 impact fee and the discount Citrus County offers but almost nobody can claim. This is the other half of that story, and it is the more hopeful half. The financing for factory-built homes has…
You can buy a new 920 square foot, three bedroom, two bath manufactured home in Citrus County today, titled as real property, for about $169,900 all in. In this market that is a genuinely good number, and it is one of the last…
Last week I wrote about two bills that created the same section of the Florida Statutes, and about what the law actually requires when a county reviews a factory-built home. That piece was about permission: whether a county can…
This morning the Chronicle ran my column on House Bills 399 and 803 and the changes they made to Florida law governing off-site constructed residential dwellings. A longer version has been on my site since Tuesday. Since then I…
Land Use
Local discussion of Florida's 2026 land use changes has settled on House Bill 803. That is understandable, since HB 803 touches building permits and permits are what people deal with. But it leaves out most of the story. The bill…