Orange County adopts Tenant’s Bill of Rights to enhance protections for local renters

The ordinance adopted Tuesday is similar to local laws already approved in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, and other Florida municipalities — in no small part due to the organizing efforts of local tenants facing housing issues, as well as groups like Florida Rising, tenant unions, and locally, organizations such as Central Florida Jobs for Justice, Hablamos Español and the union Unite Here.