Florida Lawmaker Calls HOAs a 'Failed Experiment,' Advances Bill to Let Homeowners Dissolve Them

A Florida House committee unanimously advanced State Rep. Juan Carlos Porras's bill (HB 657), which would let homeowners vote to dissolve their own HOA and would create special courts dedicated to HOA disputes. Porras called HOAs a 'failed experiment.'

The bill went on to pass the full Florida House 108-2 later in March before dying in the Senate. At least eight separate outlets covered its progress over the month, with headlines framing it around growing homeowner backlash — a sign of just how much appetite there is for structural change, even when the legislation itself doesn't survive.