In a split 4-3 vote, Orange County commissioners voted to put a rent stabilization ordinance on the November ballot that would limit annual rent increases on multi-family dwellings to not more than 5%.

During an Aug. 9 board meeting, the commissioners signed off on putting the rent stabilization ordinance before county voters. The measure would apply to dwellings with four or more units, with the yearly rent cap set at either 5% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.

As rents have shot up around Florida, rent control ordinances have also been discussed in Pinellas County and other locations in the state this year. In Orange County, it has also been an issue of debate between the Second District commission candidates, incumbent Christine Moore and challenger Sandra Fatmi-Hall, with Moore opposed and Fatmi-Hall supporting the idea.