Today Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced, beginning Monday, the state would move into a “full Phase One,” and short-term rentals can reopen if counties submit a plan for opening safely. DeSantis added, “If your plan says you’re going to accept guests from New York City, I’m probably not going to accept that.”
Throughout Florida’s shutdown, DeSantis has kept timeshares, resorts, hotels, motels, and inns open. He gave his reason for that today saying that he needed to have places to “put up” national guard if needed.
DeSantis’ message to counties: “For the vacation rentals, what we’re doing is telling counties, if you want short-term rentals—if you want them to be open—you submit your plan and you can show how they are going to be safe.”
Bars and movie theaters also remain closed, but like vacation rentals, amusement parks can submit plans to the state show they plan to reopen safely.
In addition, DeSantis further opened restaurants and retail, effective Monday to 50 percent.
What are the counties going to do? Are they going to come up with a plan? Action needs to be taken now to allow enough time for the plans to be approved and Short term rental open for business.
Just complaining about it is not going to get it done.
Does anybody have information about how the property owners are fighting back?
Again, how dare he take our constitutional rights. Searching for an attorney at this point. Tens of thousands of dollars already lost in March/April/May cancellations. If he thinks his reasoning of allowing hotels to operate because of national guard, etc… is justifying his continued ban, then why did he allow anyone to book a hotel??? Hotels weren’t allowed to remain open for National Guard only. He is touting himself like he is so much better than these “draconian governors,” when he is every bit as bad. His actions of picking and choosing who gets to survive and who gets to fail with orders that he has no constitutional right to demand are very much in line with the other draconian governors. He is picking and choosing to throw crumbs at the little man while he rewards those who he feels will fund his back pockets and campaigns. My private home with its private kitchens and private pools are safer than what he is allowing to stay open. Shame, shame, Mr. Governor! Your state of Florida is very dependent on the tourism that you are continuing to shoot in the foot.