do it

ok? do it. the only snow birds I know that still have property down there are all maga wannabes. everyone else sold their properties. so stick them with the bill. piss off the LAST Canadian allies you have left.

Are they really this dumb? Like how do they see this working?

"Snow Birds" should have flew the coup as soon as Homeland Security started shooting protestors.

I'm having a hard time finding my empathy on this one.

For years, Canadian owned property in FL has had a surtax. Primarily due to property tax increases being capped at 3% for "real Floridians" that skyrocket to "normal rate"+ high annual increases, when a Canadian buys the home.

Good, fuck snowbirds.

I don't have sympathy for the guy having a second home complaining he has to pay more tax. There is an easy solution

Wonder if there is going to be a spree of arson for the insurance so some of the remaining snowbirds get out.

Property values are about to plummet.

Hahaha, this is especially a great idea to entice the rich folks from New York who were telling everyone that Mayor Mamdani was going make them flee to Florida. /s

If you're Canadian and you still have property in Florida by that point, that's on you.

If you look at who is pushing for and against it, then it becomes more interesting. It's like this, the people arguing that it will cut funds aren't lying, it's just it will directly affect them. Some of these officials that press against the amendment that are in office make $250k to $400k+ and that doesn't include all the other perks they get so they will do anything to keep their pay. The budget expenses have went up roughly 50% in the last six years. Yet there's always a shortage. Florida is as corrupt as it gets. There's also a lot of misinformation.

The dangus of a governor is great at pissing everyone off.

Listen, nobody loves paying property taxes, but you know what's worse? Your house burning down and nobody is there to put it out. There's a reason everyone pays taxes.

What the fuck are Canadians doing still going to Floridia?

Get out of Florida, they hate Canadians there.

"We're gonna fill the potholes and make Canada pay for it!" - hmm, sounds familiar..

The problem for Floridian homeowners isn't the property taxes, it's the insurance. The property taxes are there for a reason - to fund schools, fire, police, etc, and everybody is cool with that, although some are so greedy, they'll STILL vote to abolish property taxes, even if it means there's nobody to vacuum up the tweakers and crackheads breaking into your taxless home.

The homeowners insurance problem is keeping people from buying houses, even if they could afford it. There is already a lot of excess inventory on the market in Florida, and there's expected to be a LOT more over the next year, so prices aren't going to be the problem, the thing that going to keep people from buying is the inability to find reasonably priced insurance.

David Jolly, Democratic candidate for governor has a plan, but the MAGA did their own study, in which they characterize his plan as a tax, and now they're running ads, claiming that a "recent study' (without calling their own) called it a tax, and so now they have the rationalization to claim that Jolly wants to raise your taxes. No he doesn't, he wants to figure out a solution to the serious homeowners insurance problem in Florida, something the MAGAs stubbornly refuse to even acknowledge, no less try to fix it. They just want to shit on the only plan that anyone is proposing.

This is sort of a funny article. They want to focus on making it some kind of attack on Canada but the principle itself--shifting the tax base from ordinary homeowners to absentee or seasonal property owners makes some sense. Although if I were a Floridian I would have some concern whether there is enough revenue to make up the shortfall.

"It's not that we don't like it. We're just uncomfortable now. We'll always love the U.S. They'll always be our neighbours. They will always be friends. That's a choice we can make. But we can also choose not to fall down the rabbit hole of what's going on over there right now," she said in an interview.

"I don't like rabbit holes."

What an incredibly kind, Canadian response. Makes me feel even worse for how the US government and American people are treating Canadians

Floridian here....

This plan is just wrong. If lawmakers wanted to help normal folks, they would do the homestead exemption for Primary Residences only and tie that plan with an increase in taxes for all homes that are not a primary residence.... Thus would help normal folks and place the burden on those with multiple homes and companies that own large number of homes used as rentals.

Higher taxes on those would encourage the sale of homes back to normal folks who need good housing.

The problem for Floridian homeowners isn't the property taxes, it's the insurance. The property taxes are there for a reason - to fund schools, fire, police, etc, and everybody is cool with that, although some are so greedy, they'll STILL vote to abolish property taxes, even if it means there's nobody to vacuum up the tweakers and crackheads breaking into your taxless home.

The homeowners insurance problem is keeping people from buying houses, even if they could afford it. There is already a lot of excess inventory on the market in Florida, and there's expected to be a LOT more over the next year, so prices aren't going to be the problem, the thing that going to keep people from buying is the inability to find reasonably priced insurance.

David Jolly, Democratic candidate for governor has a plan, but the MAGA did their own study, in which they characterize his plan as a tax, and now they're running ads, claiming that a "recent study' (without calling their own) called it a tax, and so now they have the rationalization to claim that Jolly wants to raise your taxes. No he doesn't, he wants to figure out a solution to the serious homeowners insurance problem in Florida, something the MAGAs stubbornly refuse to even acknowledge, no less try to fix it. They just want to shit on the only plan that anyone is proposing.

Cancer can be cured but.....

This is kinda like the New York City second house tax bill in outcome.

IIRC Canada actually does have some similar taxes targeting foreign homeownership, though the reasons driving it are a lot more substantial than in Florida: you had people out of China who had purchased a bunch of Chinese real estate noticing the bubble and shifting out, buying up property in Canada or the US instead.

I'd guess that it probably impacts Americans, as I believe it targets all foreigners.

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https://www.taxesforexpats.com/country-guides/canada/non-resident-property-tax-canada.html

Sounds like it.

What about all the USians that own second homes in FL? Won’t they pay also?

Why Canadian Snow Birds haven’t sold their vacation homes in the US yet is a mystery, hopefully this passes and there is another exodus.