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For those whom love to cry "freedom" in Florida, how is your condo rights going for you?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-quietly-signs-controversial-condo-213646553.html
DeSantis quietly signs controversial condo bill. Owners are already threatening to sue

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday quietly signed a controversial condominium bill into law that unit owners are already threatening to sue over if lawmakers don’t fix certain provisions next legislative session.

The 154-page bill, HB 1021, is largely about creating more accountability for condominium homeowner associations and managers. But tacked on late in the process this year were other provisions from a different bill that gave developers more control over common areas in mixed-use buildings where, for instance, residential units share the premises with a hotel. The bill will become law on July 1.

Mixed-used condominium buildings are becoming increasingly popular as retirees look to settle down in buildings run like resorts by prominent hotel brands, like The Ritz-Carlton Bal Harbour and the Carillon on Miami Beach.

Combining these commercial and residential developments has created unusual legal disputes over who controls what on the property.

Attorneys on behalf of developers argue that it is essential in mixed-use buildings for the developer and hotel owners to control common spaces like the lobby, the pool, the restaurants and the elevators because they need to make sure those areas are up to their standards.

“Imagine you’re living in a condominium building and all you own is the air rights of your unit. You don’t own your front door. You have no rights to have ownership or control or maintenance of your lobbies, your elevators, your hallways, none of that. That’s all controlled by a developer, and they could control it forever,” Pardo said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”

For those whom love to cry "freedom" in Florida, how is your condo rights going for you?
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