Florida Statutes
Part I - Housing Authorities (Ss. 421.001-421.52)
421.34 - Additional definitions.


(1) “Farmers of low income,” as used in this law, shall mean persons or families who at the time of their admission to occupancy in a dwelling of a housing authority:
(a) Live under unsafe or insanitary housing conditions;
(b) Derive their principal income from operating or working upon a farm; and
(c) Had an aggregate average annual net income for the 3 years preceding their admission that was less than the amount determined by the housing authority to be necessary, within its area of operation, to enable them, without financial assistance, to obtain decent, safe, and sanitary housing without overcrowding;
provided, however, that this definition shall not apply to persons using facilities the construction of which was financed with proceeds of loans made pursuant to s. 514 of the Federal Housing Act of 1949.

(2) “Governing body,” as used in this law with regard to a county, shall mean the county commissioners or other legislative body of the county.
(3) “Clerk,” as used in this law with regard to a county or county authority, shall mean the clerk and accountant of the board of county commissioners or the officer having duties customarily imposed on such clerk.
History.—s. 1, ch. 20220, 1941; s. 5, ch. 65-223.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXX - Social Welfare

Chapter 421 - Public Housing

Part I - Housing Authorities (Ss. 421.001-421.52)

421.001 - State role in housing and urban development.

421.01 - Short title.

421.02 - Finding and declaration of necessity.

421.03 - Definitions.

421.04 - Creation of housing authorities.

421.05 - Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners; hiring of employees.

421.06 - Commissioners or employees prohibited from acquiring interests in housing projects and required to disclose interests in specified properties; exception.

421.07 - Removal of commissioners.

421.08 - Powers of authority.

421.09 - Operation not for profit.

421.091 - Financial accounting and investments; fiscal year.

421.10 - Rentals and tenant selection.

421.101 - False representations to obtain lower rent in housing accommodations; penalty.

421.11 - Cooperation of authorities.

421.12 - Eminent domain.

421.13 - Planning, zoning and building laws.

421.14 - Debentures.

421.15 - Form and sale of debentures.

421.16 - Provisions of debentures and trust indentures.

421.17 - Validation of debentures and proceedings.

421.18 - Remedies of an obligee of authority.

421.19 - Additional remedies conferrable by authority.

421.21 - Aid from Federal Government; tax exemptions.

421.22 - Reports.

421.23 - Liabilities of authority.

421.24 - Organization and establishment.

421.25 - Contracts and undertakings.

421.26 - Notes and bonds.

421.261 - Continuance of municipal housing authorities when municipality abolished; counties in excess of 400,000.

421.27 - Housing authorities in counties.

421.28 - Creation of regional housing authority.

421.29 - Area of operation of regional housing authority.

421.30 - Commissioners of regional authorities.

421.31 - Powers of regional housing authority; definitions.

421.32 - Rural housing projects.

421.321 - Execution of mortgages.

421.33 - Housing applications by farmers.

421.34 - Additional definitions.

421.35 - Supplemental nature of sections.

421.36 - Short title.

421.46 - Organization and establishment of housing authorities validated.

421.47 - Contracts and undertakings of housing authorities validated.

421.48 - Notes and bonds of housing authorities validated.

421.49 - Area of operation of housing authorities for defense housing.

421.50 - Decreasing area of operation of regional authority.

421.51 - Authority for county excluded from regional authority.

421.52 - Authorities; creation, obligations, etc., validated.