ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A proposal from Orange County District Five Commissioner Emily Bonilla to freeze rent prices did not pass a vote Tuesday and won’t move forward to a public hearing.Bonilla was asking the other members of the board to approve a special public hearing to take place on June 30, in order to get a rental increase freeze on the November ballot.If the proposal makes it to the ballot, Bonilla said it would go in effect for a year.
She said the freeze would only allow for landlords of rentals consisting of three units to increase rent equal to a property tax increase.“Everyone is struggling right now and I keep hearing stories of people who have lost their jobs.