Osceola County Commission Meeting Nov. 16: Hearing on Ordinance 2026-70, County Property and Affordable-Housing Leases
Osceola commissioners meet Monday, November 16 at 5:30 p.m. in Kissimmee to consider proposed Ordinance 2026-70 — new rules for leasing and selling county property, and for leasing county homes reserved for affordable housing. The online speaker deadline is 5 p.m. today.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT · OSCEOLA COUNTY
The Osceola County Board of County Commissioners meets Monday, November 16, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in Kissimmee, and the county’s published hearing notice puts one proposed ordinance on the table by number: Ordinance #2026-70, a rewrite of the rules for leasing, selling or conveying real property the county owns — including new procedures for leasing county-owned homes that are restricted to affordable housing. Nothing in it has been decided. The board will, in the notice’s words, “consider and act on” the proposal at the hearing, and the deadline to register to speak online is 5 p.m. today, Sunday, November 15.
What Ordinance 2026-70 proposes
The notice, published by Osceola County on osceola.org, describes the proposed ordinance in full: it would amend Chapter 14 of the Osceola County Code of Ordinances, which covers leasing, selling or conveying county-owned real property, and it would amend Chapter 14, Article VII to provide additional alternative standards and procedures for leases of county-owned residential units restricted to affordable housing uses. The draft also carries the standard conflicts, severability and effective-date clauses. That is the whole of what the county has published about the proposal’s content — the notice does not publish rent figures, property lists or lease terms, and this article does not invent any.
When, where, and how to be heard
The hearing is at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 16, 2026, in the Commission Chambers at 1 Courthouse Square, Suite 4100, Kissimmee, according to the county’s notice. The county’s meeting page for November 16 sets the participation rules: a Request to Speak form submitted online by 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 2026 covers all agenda items, and comments or documents for the record go through the same form by the same deadline. For consent and public hearing items, the form may instead be completed in person no later than 15 minutes before the meeting starts. Residents without computer access may leave a message on the county’s dedicated voicemail line at (407) 742-TALK (8255), giving their name, address and the meeting they are registering for.
The notice also carries the county’s standard appeal warning: anyone who may later appeal a board decision on a matter heard at the meeting will need a verbatim record of the proceedings. Accommodation requests go to the county’s ADA/Title VI Coordinator at (407) 742-1200 or [email protected], which the notice asks residents to contact at least four business days before a meeting.
Why a property-rules ordinance matters
Chapter 14 is the machinery, not the headline: it governs how the county disposes of and leases land and buildings it already owns, and the Article VII changes would add a separate, alternative track for one specific kind of asset — county-owned homes kept for affordable housing. Procedural ordinances like this one decide, in advance and in public, what standards staff must follow when a lease is signed later, which is why the hearing is the moment residents can still shape it. The board’s decision — approve, amend or reject — will be reported by this desk from the adopted minutes when the county posts them.
Kissimmee is the county seat; our Kissimmee hub covers the city the chambers sit in. For the county-line machinery next door, see how Poinciana runs across two counties, and our guide to Kissimmee vacation rentals vs. hotels for the housing stock this ordinance’s affordable-housing track sits alongside. All of this desk’s work is in the Local Government archive.
Sources & notes
Every fact in this article was checked today against:
- Osceola County — “Notice of Public Hearing for ORDINANCE #2026-70” (osceola.org) — the hearing date, time and place, the ordinance’s full published description, the speak/comment registration rules and the ADA contact.
- Osceola County — “BCC: Meeting,” November 16, 2026 meeting page (osceola.org) — the 5:30 p.m. start, Commission Chambers location, the November 15, 5 p.m. online registration deadlines, the in-person window for hearing items, and the (407) 742-TALK voicemail option.
Ordinance 2026-70 is a proposal. It is written here as proposed and upcoming throughout; no vote had taken place when this article was published.
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