Skip to content
Broward County Meetings

County Commission - 2026-04-14

Approves $1 million for small-scale affordable housing (Item 46), unanimous

6h 5m54,429 words
30 mentionspublic hearingmotion to approveapprovedcommercialland usecomprehensive planresidentialBroward County, FL
View agenda
Just researching this meeting? Get free Broward County alerts

What happened

This Broward County Commission meeting contained limited land-use business; the most substantive housing action was approval of item 46, allocating $1 million for small (under-70-unit) affordable rental housing via an RFA, passed unanimously.

Meeting key facts
Jurisdiction
Broward County, FL
Governing body
Final authority
Date
April 14, 2026
Decisions
9 zoning decisions
Outcome
Approved, unanimous

Projects in this meeting (1)

Land use plan text

Approved 7-0

Meeting Summary

This Broward County Commission meeting contained limited land-use business; the most substantive housing action was approval of item 46, allocating $1 million for small (under-70-unit) affordable rental housing via an RFA, passed unanimously.

Get email alerts for new Broward County meetings

Key Decisions (9)

Approved

$1 million for small-scale affordable housing (Item 46)

Vote: unanimousConditions attached
Approved

Security guard paid federal holidays contract amendment (Item 63)

Vote: 8-1Conditions attached
Deferred

Cultural division sponsorship guidelines for commissioner-directed funds (Item 59)

Development Activity (4)

Omni Fort Lauderdale convention center hotel

Commercial

Small affordable rental housing program (under 70 units)

Residential

Homeownership project in Commissioner Davis's district

Residential

Urban League rental and homeownership project

Residential

Market Signals (5)

Housing Demand

Broward County is dead last in Florida for affordable homes…

Commercial Demand

The county-owned Omni convention hotel is tracking 8% over budget…

Infrastructure

The county faces a $1 billion need to address 1,800…

Who Spoke (19)

MayorCommissioner · 7Staff · 5AttorneyWitness · 2Public · 3

On the record: the mayor, 7 commissioners, 5 staff members, an attorney, 2 witnesses, and 3 members of the public.

Agenda scorecard

ZoneWire called 3 of 3 land-use forecasts on this agenda.

MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance adopting a Small-Scale amendment to the Broward County Land Use… plan amendment

District District 4Case 26-274
Approved 7-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 7-0

MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance amending the Broward County Comprehensive Plan to adopt Broward… rezone

District District 9Case 26-275
Approved 7-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 7-0

MOTION TO ENACT Ordinance adopting Broward County Land Use Plan text amendment PCT 26-1… plan amendment

Case 26-276
Approved 7-0ZoneWire called it
freeApproved 7-0

Chapel Trail subdivision

District District 1Case 26-042
No vote recorded

MOTION TO APPROVE plat note amendment to Great Florida Bank Center (066-MP-06) subdivision

District District 5Case 26-217
No vote recorded

MOTION TO APPROVE plat entitled ELRO (024-MP-25) subdivision

Case 26-226
No vote recorded

MOTION TO APPROVE plat note amendment to Coral Hills - Sample (047-MP-16) subdivision

District District 3Case 26-235
No vote recorded

MOTION TO APPROVE plat entitled Cove at Fort Lauderdale (009-MP-25) subdivision

District District 4Case 26-237
No vote recorded

More land-use items (2)

2 items with no recorded vote on this agenda
  • MOTION TO APPROVE plat entitled G & T Retreat (010-MP-25) subdivisionCase 26-238
    No vote recorded
  • MOTION TO DISCUSS status of the $2,000,000 sponsorship agreement for the FIFA World Cup……Case 26-384
    No vote recorded

Meeting Intelligence Preview

Ask this meeting anything

Ask who voted, what conditions passed, and what staff recommended for "County Commission - 2026-04-14", with every answer cited to the transcript. Included with Pro.

Learn about Meeting Q&A

Get every Broward County meeting with full decisions, votes, and zoning details, within hours of each session.

Just want to know when new Broward County meetings are posted? Get free email alerts below.

Follow Broward County

Get the agenda when a meeting is posted, plus decision and analysis alerts.

We'll email you an activation link — one click, no password, unsubscribe anytime.

or