MIAMI SHORES, Fla. — Affordability is one of the biggest issues for Florida voters. In Tallahassee, lawmakers have taken a major step forward with plans to lower homeowners’ property taxes ― and the public will have the final vote.

The Florida House of Representatives is working on several different plans; two were ready for full floor votes as of Friday.

No matter what passes, all eight are already getting blowback.

The House is where the eight plans have been hatched so far, phasing out most of homeowners’ property taxes over time and quadrupling the homestead exemption to $200,000 per year.

“The House heard the constituents of Florida loud and clear: they want to reduce property taxes,” House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami-Dade, said.

During a committee hearing, local officials sounded the alarm over the idea of phasing out property taxes, saying it would affect their ability to provide services.

“I mean, there’s no way to make up this money,” Glades County Manager Paul Carlisle told lawmakers.

So far, the Senate side is watching and waiting.

“I look forward to providing voters the opportunity to pass meaningful property tax relief," Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, said.

A poll commissioned by the nonpartisan Florida Policy Institute finds that almost half of homeowners polled are opposed to the idea, especially in South Florida, once reminded that property taxes pay for their city and county services.

So far, none of the plans on the move in Tallahassee come with details on how or whether that funding will be replaced.

None of the plans would completely eliminate property taxes: all would protect property taxes that pay for schools.

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