Vote No On Amendment 3

LGBTQ Floridians know as well as anyone that Florida is already too expensive. Amendment 3 is poised to make it harder for our communities to keep up.

Rising housing costs, insurance, groceries, and everyday expenses are already stretching Florida families thin. Amendment 3 may sound like tax relief — but what happens to the services and investments we rely on when local governments lose the money to pay for them?

Amendment 3 would dramatically increase the homestead property tax exemption, costing local governments an estimated $12 billion in annual revenue loss.

That means cities and counties could face difficult choices about what to cut, reduce, or stop funding — after paying for essential services like police, fire, and emergency response.

What’s at stake?

Local property-tax dollars help fund parks, youth programs, public health, homelessness prevention, neighborhood services, and partnerships with nonprofits serving vulnerable Floridians.

They also support services that directly affect LGBTQ Floridians and communities of color — including HIV care, LGBTQ youth and family services, and programs in historically underserved neighborhoods.

These aren’t extras. They are investments that help keep people healthy, housed, supported, and connected to their communities.

How Amendment 3 Could Affect Renters

When local governments lose significant revenue under Amendment 3, they are likely to raise taxes or fees on rental properties to make up for it, which means Amendment 3’s costs could be passed on to renters through higher housing costs.

That’s not making Florida more affordable.

We need solutions that help all Floridians — not a constitutional amendment that gives homeowners a larger tax break while putting local services and renters at risk.

• LGBTQ Floridians are more likely to rent than own a home, particularly LGBTQ people of color and lower-income LGBTQ households, and could pay more if local governments raise taxes and fees on rental properties to replace lost revenue.
• Renters get little or no direct tax benefit because the proposed property-tax savings primarily benefit homeowners.
• Lost local revenue could mean cuts to services renters rely on, including housing, transportation, libraries, emergency services, and other community programs.
• The benefits are uneven. Certain homeowners receive the tax break, while many renters could face higher costs without receiving the same direct benefit.

Vote NO on Amendment 3.

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