Posted: October 18, 2014 by Associated Press An east Georgia woman is charged with stealing more than $267,000 from her neighborhood association. Authorities say 46-year-old Laurie Wainwright Vanover is charged with multiple counts of theft in Columbia County. She says she’s innocent … Continue reading
Written on October 17, 2014 by Beth Grimm in IDR IDR stands for internal dispute resolution. It’s supposed to help HOAs resolve disputes that arise between boards and owners by providing a default process that calls for a face-to-face meeting … Continue reading
October 14, 2014 by Raymond D. Burke Under Section 11-110 of the Maryland Condominium Act, in the event of a foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust on a condominium unit, a portion of the condominium’s lien for unpaid assessments … Continue reading
Posted: Oct 13, 2014 8:56 AM EDT Updated: Oct 13, 2014 10:00 AM EDT By Michelle Mortensen, Investigative Reporte 8 on Your Side receives dozens of calls each week about HOA battles. You can fight your HOA and win, … Continue reading
10/8/2014 by Jared Berg, John Mill, Chris Mosley The impact of construction defect lawsuits on condominium development in Colorado has been a hot topic recently. Colorado law treats residential construction differently than non-residential construction. This increases the risk of construction … Continue reading
October 6, 2014 6:40 PM By KYLE BARNETT A condo association is being sued by a man who claims he was severely injured when he fell into a dumpster after the condominium’s property manager allegedly told him he would be … Continue reading
Written by Richard Thompson on Tuesday, 07 October 2014 1:14 pm Homeowner associations hire managers for two basic reasons: to carry out board policies and to manage the homeowner association’s business affairs. Sometimes, however, the manager’s role is misunderstood which … Continue reading
By: Westside Today Staff Posted October 4, 2014 AB 2561, by Assembly Member Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), ensures that landlords and homeowners associations (HOA) may not unreasonably prohibit a tenant’s ability to grow food in his or her backyard. The bill … Continue reading
BY STEVE JONES Posted: October 3, 2014 At last there is someplace where homeowners can go for answers in disputes with their homeowners associations. The Coastal Carolinas Association of Realtors, which is based in Myrtle Beach, has put a form … Continue reading
A Virginia Beach jury found a condominium association liable for failing to permit unit owners an opportunity to inspect and copy association records. Not only must the condo board allow inspection and copying, they must pay for an audit of … Continue reading
Date: August 2014 Written By: Allison Preston Arizona law requires homeowners associations to hold at least one membership meeting per year. A.R.S. §33-1248(B). This meeting is commonly referred to as the annual meeting. Oftentimes, an association holds multiple meetings throughout … Continue reading
Posted October 1, 2014 Where a residential condominium expenditure results in an assessment increase that exceeds 15% of the amount contained in the adopted budget, the expenditure must be approved in an amendment to the budget, except in cases where … Continue reading
10 | 1 | 2014 Posted By Lindsay S. Smith In 2012, the Colorado legislature changed the laws governing community association records, including requirements that Board members’ e-mail addresses be retained as official records. At first, many of our clients … Continue reading
Adrian D. Garcia, The Coloradoan3:52 p.m. MDT October 1, 2014 On Wednesday, Sept. 24, a Windsor police officer responded to a call about a woman being harassed because she was a member of a homeowners association. Kay Tiff, 69, told … Continue reading
By Erica Bennett Posted: September 29, 2014 The last few years have been a revolving cycle for 72 year-old Larry Murphree. “Same flag, same flowerpot, same everything,’ he explained. We last sat down with Murphree in the summer — when … Continue reading
Date: July 2014 Written By: Christina Morgan HOAs and community managers receive requests for records and information almost daily. In this day where an HOA’s management team has limited resources, especially time, records and information requests need to be treated … Continue reading
Posted: September 26, 2014 By Rob M. Davies Before you buy into a homeowners association, you should know what you are getting yourself into. A new homeowner moves into a neighborhood governed by a private association, receives an invitation to … Continue reading
Date: June 2014 Written By: Brindee Probst Idaho law requires homeowners associations that are incorporated as non-profit corporations to hold at least one membership meeting per year. I.C. §30-3-46(1). This meeting is commonly referred to as the annual meeting. Oftentimes, … Continue reading
POSTED ON: SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 , BY LAURA MANNING-HUDSON An arbitration decision rendered earlier this year by the State of Florida Division of Condominiums involving a dispute over alterations approved by a condominium board without a prior meeting and vote … Continue reading
Date: June 2014 Written By: Tyler LaMarr A common question of HOA directors and managers is “How often should the Association be amending its governing documents?” A common answer provided by HOA lawyers is “It depends.” This brief article outlines … Continue reading
Date: April 2014 Written By: Christina Morgan Gun violence at HOA meetings is rare, but receives much media attention. No one will forget the tragic murders of two women and the wounding of three others in Arizona when a man … Continue reading
Written By: Greg Coxey There are many topics to consider when discussing community association governing documents. This includes the differences between the Declaration (CC&Rs), the Bylaws, the Plat, the Articles of Incorporation, and association rules, regulations, and resolutions; how the … Continue reading
Action 13 News By Kean Bauman. CREATED Sep 25, 2014 A Contact 13 HOA Hall of Shame brought swift action by the state as a towing company was slapped with nearly 200 violations. “I never dealt with an HOA in … Continue reading
It is the responsibility of the Board to enforce the Master Deed and Bylaws. MCL 559.190 allows for the Condominium Bylaws to be amended based upon a vote of 2/3 of the Co-Owners. In certain circumstances identified in MCL 559.190a, … Continue reading
Date: April 2014 Written By: Carson Bagley Gun violence at HOA meetings is rare, but receives much media attention. No one will forget the tragic murders of two women and the wounding of three others in Arizona when a man … Continue reading
By Nicole Estaphan, FOX 5 Digital Reporter — Posted September 4, 2014 Several Homeowner Association board members say their bank accounts are empty and they were all being serviced by the same management company, Pride Services Group. Dunwoody police investigators … Continue reading
By Kim Miller — Posted September 5, 2015 The Palm Beach Post Florida Gov. Rick Scott has asked the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Ken Lawson to come up with recommendations on changing a 2007 law that … Continue reading
By Joseph Adams on September 2nd, 2014Posted in Assessment Collection, Owner Payment Responsibility, Reader Q&A Question: Our condominium association is undertaking a very large repair project involving the structure of our building. It is a several million dollar job, and would involve a huge special assessment. … Continue reading
Written by Bob Hunt on Tuesday, 02 September 2014 12:16 pm When a condominium is sold, who should pay the cost of providing the buyer with various HOA (Homeowner Association) documents, the buyer or the seller? The purchase and sale of a … Continue reading
By Brendan Buschi | Sep 03, 2014 The events which resulted in our move to Sussex County last year originated from our desire to be free of involvement in a homeowners association. The challenge of finding property, building a home, … Continue reading
by: Diana Olick | Stephanie Dhue — CNBC Posted: Thursday, 28 Aug 2014 Florida condominium owners in danger of losing their homes are making a final desperate plea, hoping that Gov. Rick Scott will intervene. These owners are not in foreclosure, nor are … Continue reading
By: North Carolina HOA Law Blog Posted 8/28/2014 The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently rendered an opinion reiterating that all amendments to the restrictive covenants (“CCRs”) governing a planned community must be reasonable. As background, the existing law is … Continue reading
Posted by AtHomeNet Blogs on Friday, August 29, 2014 HOA laws are generated at the state level. Some states require licensing and others do not. Connecticut is one state that requires certification as well as licensure to prove you have what it … Continue reading
by: Howard Dakoff CHICAGO TRIBUNE Posted: August 30, 2014 There have been quite a few Illinois legislative, judicial and executive developments affecting condominium associations recently. Part one is below, and next week’s column will cover additional developments. Electronic communications to be … Continue reading
By: Pamela Dittmer McKuen — CHICAGO TRIBUNE Posted: August 30, 2014 The Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act is undergoing its first major revision. This law as of Oct. 1, 2012, requires anyone who performs paid management services to Illinois community … Continue reading
Posted August 26, 2014 We often hear from owners and their counsel who claim that Illinois associations cannot evict an owner for failing to pay condominium or common interest community assessments. This is simply incorrect, and it has been well-settled … Continue reading
By Mary Ellen Podmolik,Tribune reporter — Posted August 19, 2014 Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday killed a bill that would have limited the amount of money due to a condominium association when a foreclosed unit is sold. The governor, who had to … Continue reading
By Steve Vaughan — The Virginia Gazette — 5:51 p.m. EDT, August 19, 2014 A simmering dispute over future development at Kingsmill has resulted in postponement of a scheduled election for the community’s board of directors while a court clarifies disputes over election … Continue reading
by Margaret Banks — Posted August 18, 2014 Vestal Property Management paid five water bills for Heritage House in 2012, which seems to contradict the owner’s claim that he managed the condos in name only.Canceled checks released by the city … Continue reading
By Jason Stoogenke — Posted: August 20, 2014 Many of you contact Action 9, upset with your homeowners association. But, sometimes, homeowners associations are the victims. Lakisha Allen is a parent, a full-time IT specialist, and HOA president. “A lot of work,” she … Continue reading
The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination against individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin. The Fair Housing Act applies to community associations in that it prohibits discrimination in the provisions of services or facilities … Continue reading
Division on Civil Rights Director Craig T. Sashihara announced today that the Division has posted a new Disability Accommodation Fact Sheet on its Web site that explains disability accommodation rights for the owners and occupants of condominiums, cooperatives and other … Continue reading
If you don’t pay the fees and special assessments imposed by your homeowners’ association, in most cases, a lien will usually automatically attach to your property. In certain states, homeowners’ association liens are given “super lien” status. Read on to … Continue reading
By Richard Anguiano Business editor Published: Saturday, August 2, 2014 at 7:27 p.m. State officials are looking into the alleged misdeeds of an Ocala property management company after members of several local homeowners groups sent them complaints. The Office of General … Continue reading
by Shelah Lynn, Katherine Noonan, Roger Winston Ballard Spahr LLP August 1, 2014 A recent Nevada Supreme Court decision suggests that community association common areas may be subject to property tax based upon the value of common area improvements, even if the underlying land … Continue reading
The title of this post seems intuitively obvious. The plaintiff in any court action must always prove its case. However, it may not be as obvious as it seems. In Boyle v. Hernando Beach South Property Owners Assoc., Inc., the … Continue reading
by Donna DiMaggio Berger, Esq. posted Octoboer 13, 2013 Recently, several buyers in the Valencia Golf and Country Club in Naples, Florida were shocked to learn that their developer, D.R. Horton, had retained the rights to extract minerals, oils and other … Continue reading
Beginning January 1, 2014, an estimated 9.4 million homeowners will be affected by updates to the Davis-Stirling Act. In preparation for the deadline, the California Association of Community Managers (CACM) has provided a clear explanation of the changes and developed … Continue reading
By Valerie Farris Omen — October 1, 2013 A recent Division II Court of Appeals case has set out a two-prong test for determining whether a house rule is reasonable. The case, Kawawaki v. Academy Square Condominium Association, concerned a … Continue reading
by Kirk Jenkins – Posted – October 1, 2013 When the Appellate Court’s decision came down, the Chicago Tribune called it a “ground-breaking decision that “has stunned the condominium community nationwide.” So will the Illinois Supreme Court overturn the Second … Continue reading