January 23, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster

We’ve reported off and on in this space that Florida is seeing a bit of a revolution (or evolution?) around the HOA industry. With nearly 60% of all homes in the sunshine state being located in an HOA, any changes made by their state legislature are bound to have a profound effect on homeowners and board leaders alike.

Last year, several legislators were floating the idea of making it easier to disband an HOA, and with their legislature now in session, the discussions and proposals are turning “real.” From the website Florida Politics:

A House proposal that would substantially change how Florida handles legal matters involving homeowners’ associations has cleared its first committee stop, where it received both support and scrutiny.

Miami State Representative Juan Porras is the bill’s sponsor, and refers to his bill as “a culmination of frustration and feedback” from HOA homeowners and residents. There are several components to his proposed legislation, and the one that has generated the most stomach acid involves the disbanding provisions:

[It] would provide processes for the dissolution of HOAs. Porras stressed it wouldn’t be one-size-fits-all, and there would be several necessary steps — petition gathering, an election and final approval by a judge — before an organization could be terminated.

When this first came to light last year and we blogged about it, we opined that the threshold to disband an HOA was mighty low, with just 20% of residents being able to petition the state to get the dissolution process started. The article does include some of the pushback:

Democratic Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, a former Parkland Mayor, said that while she appreciates Porras’ efforts to tackle the issue — about which she gets calls “all the time” — a provision in the bill allowing an HOA dissolution process to begin with petition approval of just 20% of homeowners could be abused.

Jonathan Gonzalez, a Coral Springs resident, was one of the few residents quoted who is against the bill.

He pointed to the Kaufman language portion, which, if approved, would “hand over a blank check to (the) Legislature” to write future laws undermining homeowner rights. The dissolution portion, meanwhile, could leave properties without management and upkeep, leading to devaluation and a “fire sale environment” for opportunistic real estate investors.

Kaufman language, as I understand it from Florida law,  assures that the governing documents will automatically update as the laws and regulations governing the association change.

You can read a summary article of where things stand today HERE.