Digest: This Act awards an applicant money from a landlord who breaks a promise to rent a home and does not return the deposit soon after. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). [Digest: This Act awards damages if a landlord revokes an offer of housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).] Requires residential landlords to pay a minimum amount of damages for breaching an agreement to later execute a rental agreement of a habitable dwelling unit in exchange for holding a deposit, unless the deposit is returned within five business days or repayment is excused based on an act of God.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 90.297
A-Engrossed: 90.297
Enrolled: 90.297