SWEETWATER, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to try and fix the higher cost of owning a condo.

And he prefers one play over another.

The governor was in Sweetwater, near Miami, on Thursday and talked about plans to fix some of the consequences of past bills.

The legislature passed new safety laws after the deadly Surfside condo collapse in 2021, hoping it would keep a disaster like that from happening again.

But the cost of owning a condo has gone up big time because of those laws. They require a lot more money on hand for safety reasons.

The governor prefers the Senate's current fix to that over a House bill.

"Reform of condo governance, transparency, and then the residents are able to make the decisions that they think are in the best interest of themselves," DeSantis said. "Obviously, if you're a property owner, you don't want to see your property go down the tube. But you also want to do it in a way that's going to be sustainable and economically feasible."

Senate Bill 368 would create a private program called "Condominium and Homeowners Association Economic Crime, Fraud and Corruption Investigation." It would require the Department of Legal Affairs to monitor condo associations and whether they are following rules and laws.

It focuses on being tough on condo associations and HOAs, but it hasn't gotten too fair in this session.

A different version in the House is deemed too soft by the governor.