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Old 05-29-2025, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by tophcfa View Post
Good information, but one key question. What constitutes a Florida residency? Does owning a home and paying more property taxes because you don’t have a homestead exemption qualify, or do you have to be a full timer that is registered to vote and file federal income taxes in Florida. Does a Villages ID prove residency?
There's a difference between "residency" and "ownership." In order to have residency in a place, you have to reside in the place. If someone else owns the property, but you're the resident, and the owner doesn't live in the place, then the tenant has the residency, and the owner does not.

A resident, by definition, is someone who actually lives there. Residents don't have to be owners.