Critics: Law on homelessness falling far short on funding
Local governments will have to meet mandates
Former reality-TV star Frederik Eklund from the “Million Dollar Listing” series has burgeoning West Palm Beach on his “vision board” for projects he’d like to represent and already has an office of his powerhouse Eklund Gomes team in Jupiter.
Eklund, whose life was chronicled by
Local governments could be required to pony up big money to meet the demands of legislation Gov. Ron DeSantis signed barring homeless people from either camping or sleeping on public property.
The legislation, which takes effect on Oct. 1, requires local governments to designate a public space for camping or sleeping if shelter spaces are full.
Local governments must also provide security, behavioral health services and bathrooms with running water, but Tallahassee is not sending additional money, so local governments can fulfill that the Emmy-nominated Bravo TV franchise for 11 years, first in New York and then Los Angeles, moved to Miami in the summer of 2023 after new construction in Golden State metro areas began to stagnate, he said.
Known for his signature high-kick and exuberant cry of “weeeeee,” the 6foot, 5-inch native of Sweden put his Beverly Hills home on the market in December.
“What I particularly do is new development and new buildings, and there is a lot of that here in South Florida,” said Eklund, who co-founded Douglas Elliman’s
Eklund Gomes Team with John Gomes, which opened a Miami office about five years ago. “In LA, there just wasn’t a lot of new construction.”
The Eklund Gomes Jupiter office at the Jupiter Yacht Club launched shortly before the pandemic. A planned splashy entrance to the Palm Beach County real estate market was overshadowed by COVID-19, but marketing was renewed last year with Eklund throwing out the first pitch at a spring training game between the New York Yankees and