ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County District Five Commissioner Emily Bonilla said she will ask 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.The proposal comes as Orange County said Monday it's CARES Act application portal once again reached capacity after a little more than an hour.Bonilla said that if the board votes to speed up the process of adding a rent increase freeze to the November ballot by the deadline, 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.