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Florida Attorney General Reports
Decided August 15, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
John A. Grant, Jr. General Counsel Tampa Housing Authority Tampa
QUESTIONS:
1. Does a municipal housing authority have the authority to require security deposits of any nature from its tenants?
2. If a municipal housing authority is empowered to exact security deposits from its tenants, is it excepted or exempted from the operation of s. 83.49, F. S., by the terms of subsection (4) thereof?
SUMMARY:
Municipal housing authorities are without express or necessarily implied statutory authority to fix or regulate the amount of or to exact and collect security deposits from their tenants.
A municipal…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Thayer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
- Dobbs v. Sea Isle HotelSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
- Alsop v. PierceSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
- M. E. Blatt Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Interlachen Lakes Estates, Inc. v. SnyderSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
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