The Florida Fair Housing Act of 1968 was designed to protect tenants from unfair treatment by landlords. The current Florida Statutes incorporate these principles and lay out the rights and responsibilities of both the landlord and the tenant. Read Do’s and Don’t’s: What Your Florida Landlord is Responsible For to learn about the landlord’s responsibilities.
Tenant’s responsibilities
The tenant’s responsibilities are defined in 2017 Florida Statutes paragraph 83.52: