Orlando, FL Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

10, part of the Property Maintenance Code adopting the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code with local amendments, prohibits any person from occupying as owner or letting to another for occupancy 'any dwelling or dwelling unit designed or intended to be used for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking, or eating' unless it meets minimum equipment standards. Every dwelling unit must contain a kitchen sink, lavatory, tub or shower, and water closet, all in good working condition and connected to an approved water and sewer system, with hot and cold running water supplied to the sink, lavatory, and tub or shower.

The bathroom must afford privacy, with a minimum floor space of 30 square feet and no dimension smaller than 4 feet. The kitchen must include shelving or cabinets for food storage, a freestanding or permanently installed cook stove (portable electric cooking equipment does not satisfy this requirement, and flame-based portable cooking equipment is banned outright), and mechanical refrigeration for perishable food, though an owner and tenant may agree in writing that the tenant supplies the stove or refrigerator, which is an affirmative defense to a violation.

Every dwelling unit must also have an approved, listed smoke detector meeting UL 268. 2, requires dwellings to be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining 68°F (20°C) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and toilet rooms year-round, with cooking appliances and unvented portable space heaters barred from serving as the primary heat source. 11 require openable window area equal to at least 45% of the room's minimum required window size in every habitable room, unless mechanically ventilated conditioned air substitutes for it in non-sleeping rooms.