CO: No computer? No luck in
finding info about HOA
It's a growing trend in
Springsarea neighborhoods.
More HOAs turn to the
Internet to post covenants,
bylaws and other legal
documents for easy owner
access....
FL: Condo-buyers' suits in
Florida continue to rise
A growing number of buyers,
who eagerly locked in prices
during the Florida condo
boom's height only to see
the market collapse before
their units were built, are
suing to recoup their
deposits and get out of
their purchase contracts...
FL: County may cover Bird
Lakes' costs
Looking to the future,
county and state officials
promise to pay for Team
Metro's mistakes, absolving
Bird Lakes residents of any
responsibility. The bill
will cost county taxpayers
up to $250,000....
FL: West Boca Raton condo
association sues resident
over loud TV Now
the spat has landed in Palm
Beach County Circuit Court,
and the La Paz Condominium
Association is asking a
judge to order Bishins to
turn down her set or face
the consequences -
everything from fines to
even a day in jail...
CA: Residents angry at
students' behavior
In a clash that was bound to
happen in a city with a
growing university, owners
of luxury condos are
complaining about students
partying and acting
wildly....
NY: Condo Community
Residents Victims Of Hate
Crime In Freeport,
Long Island, the owners of a
condo in a gated community
are disturbed after their
front door was defaced with
anti-Semitic and anti-gay
graffiti on the verge of the
observance of Yom Kippur....
FL: Web dispute rages in
Sarasota
Zaki is at odds with the
homeowners association in
his 254-home community
called The Hamptons, which
wants to prevent him from
sponsoring a Web site he
calls HamptonsNBC...
FL: Former condo president
in Hollywood accused of
stealing insurance premiums
Authorities have charged the
former president of a
beachside condominium with
grand theft for using condo
funds to pay health
insurance premiums for
herself and her husband....
OH: Condo owners file suit
A group of former Millstone
Condominiums owners have
united to file a court
complaint, saying their
mortgage lenders failed to
make sure adequate flooding
insurance was in place
during the flooding of July
27 and 28, 2006....
MO: AG alleges condo
developments at Lake of the
Ozarks discriminate
The design and construction
of eight condominium
developments at the Lake of
the Ozarks violate the
Missouri Human Rights Act by
discriminating against the
disabled,...
SC: Homeowner says 'no' to
taking down American flag
(also video)
Driving through the
Bethelfields neighborhood in
York, you can see it's a
very patriotic community as
American flags are flying
outside many homes. But
there's one flag that the
homeowners association has a
problem with....
MI: Mr. Hockey faces off
with spying neighbors
Howe, who has been the
subject of a residential
association dispute for more
than a year, this week won a
temporary restraining order
barring the neighbor from
spying on his home with a
surveillance camera....
GA: Manager gets 3 years
probation for fraud
Ray, 37, of Blackshear,
plundered the bank accounts
of the Laurel Grove
Homeowners Association and
Belle Point Homeowners
Association to finance
Internet shopping sprees for
clothes and other personal
items, an FBI investigation
showed....
VA: Henrico's Lost Lake Is
Disappearing, Lawsuit
Alleges
Members of the Lost Lake
Association in Henrico
County are worried that
their neighborhood pond is
living up to its name a
little too well....
CO: New math: regal homes +
sheep = low taxes
But Gray Head is suing to
overturn San Miguel County's
ruling. An attorney for the
development says the sheep
grazing is a legitimate
agricultural use, and he
says the homeowners have
state law and reams of court
cases on their side....
FL: Women fight back against
their HOA
A group of women who are
disabled may risk getting
kicked out of their house by
their homeowner's
association. Now they're
fighting back....
MA: Randolph condo owners
knock idea of requiring
lifeguards at pools
Residents and managers of
the town's condo complexes
are strongly opposed to a
proposal that would require
lifeguards at their
pools....
AZ: New laws to limit
homeowner association powers
Perhaps the most sweeping of
the changes affecting HOA's
is they can't keep kids from
playing in the street. A law
adopted the Legislature this
spring says associations
cannot have rules banning
children who live in the
community from being in the
street. Th...
MN: A senior condo puzzler:
Safety vs. privacy
Balancing the rights of the
individual and the community
is a legal minefield....
FL: Governor wants to ax
office of condo ombudsman
Gov. Charlie Crist has
proposed eliminating the
popular Condo Ombudsman's
Office, a budget cut that is
drawing strong opposition
from condo dwellers,
consumer advocates and state
leaders in Crist's own
Republican Party....
FL: West Lake Worth
residents want subdivision
gated after crime wave
In the last week the
Sherbrooke Estates
subdivision has been hit
with six car break-ins, an
armed home invasion and a
burglary....
MA: Long legal battle over
chair lift may force couple
to move It
cost the Stavises about
$2,000 to install the lift
in July 2002. Then in
October of the same year,
St. Pierre told the couple
in a letter that he had made
a mistake, that the lift
violated the building code
and would have to be removed
as soon as possible....
NM: Water cutoff forces
condo dwellers to bottle up
Burgos said residents of the
30-unit cluster on top of
Camelot Mountain first were
victimized by the property
manager for allowing the
bill to go unpaid and now
are being victimized by the
Ruidoso Water Department....
AZ: Sign prompts anger in
Esperanza Estates
the sign constitutes another
chapter in an ongoing saga
in the subdivision between
those providing food and
water to illegals and
residents who are opposed to
such actions, fearful about
the consequences, and angry
that illegals are an ongoing
presence in thei...
NY: Highlands parents vent
frustration over ongoing bus
stop predicament
...the town and town
attorney haven't been clear
in providing the HOA an
unequivocal road map for the
legal process, instead
submitting its requirements
in piecemeal fashion,
leaving the HOA racking up
attorney fees as they run
back and forth between their
law...
FL: County Won't Turn Water
On At Condo
County commissioners voted
unanimously Wednesday to
refuse resuming water
service at Tropicana Resort
until the owners pay the
$47,000 utility bill....
AZ: SCHOA wins lawsuit,
incurs $12,000 in legal fees
The Sun City Home Owners
Association won a lawsuit
over what one board member
called "silly violations,"
but in the process the
organization ran up a hefty
legal bill affirming that
the covenant, codes and
restrictions of the
community are its
jurisdiction....
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Behavioral
scientists differ on whether it is the first
three minutes, the first three months, or the
first three years that are most important in the
development of a child. But they agree that
what happens or doesn’t happen during the
formative years, however defined, plays a huge
role in determining a child’s future well-being
and success. A common interest ownership
community also goes through a formative period
comparable to a child’s early years. And for a
newly minted homeowner association, it is the
transition from developer to owner control that
plays the pivotal role, shaping the community’s
future development and largely determining its
chances for success. What happens before,
during and after the transition will determine
whether a fledgling association gets off on the
right foot on the path to self-governance or
stumbles out of the starting gate and then
struggles, perhaps for years, to find its
footing and regain its balance. The transition,
in short, can make a new community or break it.
The time for owners to begin thinking about the
transition and preparing for it is long before
it occurs.
Whenever
an insurance claim is filed, the issue of the
deductible always raises its ugly head. The
issue get more complicated when the claim
involves a unit owner who is responsible for all
or part of the claim. Since it's only a matter
of time before the next claim will occur, be
prepared by adopting a resolution that will give
guidance on how the deductible question will be
handled.