Miami-Dade Tenant Bill of Rights

Nov 11, 2023

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Miami Tenant Bill of Rights Campaign

After knocking on thousands of doors throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic to build with our neighbors facing evictions, abuse, and displacement, Miami Workers Center members decided to launch a campaign to win a Tenant Bill of Rights, written by and for the people who are closest to the problem.

Over a year of struggle later, led by Miami renters and members of the Miami Workers Center who are on the frontlines of displacement, we finally passed a Tenant Bill of Rights in Miami in May 2022. Our legislation aims to address the housing issues we as tenants face, especially related to affordability, access, health, and landlord accountability.

UPDATE: The Miami-Dade Tenants’ Bill of Rights is no longer in effect due to the passage of HB 1417: Residential Tenancies when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed it into law on June 29, 2023. This new state law creates Florida Statute 83.425, which preempts (invalidates) county/municipal ordinances that regulate residential tenancies and the landlord-tenant relationship, among other things. Consequently, Miami-Dade County ordinances, like the Tenants’ Bill of Rights, which expanded tenants’ rights beyond what state law permitted, will be replaced by Florida Statute Chapter 83. HB 1417 went into effect on July 1, 2023.

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