Fla. Stat. 421.11
Cooperation of authorities


(1)

Any two or more housing authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations and giving security therefor; planning; undertaking; owning; constructing; operating; or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of any one or more of said authorities. For such purpose, an authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority or authorities, so joining or cooperating with it, to act on its behalf with respect to any or all such powers. Any authorities joining or cooperating with one another may by resolutions appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full power to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any or all of their powers, as prescribed by resolutions of such authorities.

(2)

Any county housing authority may enter into an interlocal agreement with one or more local governing bodies pursuant to the provisions of s. 163.01, the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969, with respect to projects or programs located within the county or an adjacent county, and any city housing authority may enter into such agreement with respect to projects or programs located within the county, provided that no power granted an authority under s. 421.08 may be reserved to or exercised by a local governing body under such agreement.

Source: Section 421.11 — Cooperation of authorities, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0421.­11 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

421.01
Short title
421.001
State role in housing and urban development
421.02
Finding and declaration of necessity
421.03
Definitions
421.04
Creation of housing authorities
421.05
Appointment, qualifications, and tenure of commissioners
421.06
Commissioners or employees prohibited from acquiring interests in housing projects and required to disclose interests in specified properties
421.07
Removal of commissioners
421.08
Powers of authority
421.09
Operation not for profit
421.10
Rentals and tenant selection
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
421.22
Reports
421.23
Liabilities of authority
421.24
Organization and establishment
421.25
Contracts and undertakings
421.26
Notes and bonds
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
421.32
Rural housing projects
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
421.091
Financial accounting and investments
421.101
False representations to obtain lower rent in housing accommodations
421.261
Continuance of municipal housing authorities when municipality abolished
421.321
Execution of mortgages

Current through Fall 2025

§ 421.11. Cooperation of authorities's source at flsenate​.gov