FL: Contaminated condo site
gives up on sugar method
Sugar, it turns out, was not
such a sweet solution for
cleaning up ammonia
contamination under Biscayne
Landing, a major condominium
and retail project in North
Miami going up on the site
of a former dump....
CA: Many HOA's in danger
from wildfires
Residents of Lake Forest and
in Modjeska Canyon ran from
their homes as the fire
swept toward them and near a
neighborhood of newer homes
in Foothill Ranch....
Canada: Residents of condo
hit by plane don't know when
they can return
People forced out of their
Richmond condos, after the
building was hit by a plane
on Friday, don't know when
they will be allowed to
return. 105 units are still
off-limits....
FL: New Tampa residents
protest over services
Home shoppers who ventured
Sunday into the Live Oak
Preserve found a mixed
message: In the sales
centers, they were invited
to buy homes. On the street
corner, residents warned
them not to....
CA: Juvenile Mountain Lion
Found In HOA Backyard
It had been eating the dog
food left out in the yard,
Stanford said. The woman
went inside and called the
president of the homeowner's
association, who in turn
called police (add this to
the list of HOA Presient's
duties - ed. note)...
CA: San Mateo realtors say
smoking ban hurts condo
sales
Is Belmont's new
anti-smoking ordinance
scaring people away from the
city? That's the implication
behind a statement released
Friday by the San Mateo
County Association of
Realtors, which opposes the
city's ban on smoking in
multiunit buildings....
FL: Homeowners groups
enlisted in terror fight
Palm Beach County emergency
managers hope they have
found a new group of foot
soldiers in the war against
bioterrorism: country clubs
and condo board
presidents....
NY: City Overlooked Building
Flaws in Brooklyn Condo
Project But while
the understaffed Buildings
Department, outmatched by
aggressive developers, has
often been shown to fumble
inspection and enforcement,
rarely has the department so
repeatedly rebuffed
complaints about a project
that it now admits it should
never have...
MN: Foreclosures 'like a
cancer' for some communities
Of the 21 town homes, nine
are in foreclosure,
according to Rocco, the
association's 37-year-old
president. The group can't
fix Riverview's rotting
siding because it has just
$37 - plus $5,000 in debt it
can't pay and a ledger
filled with unpaid monthly
dues a...
FL: No mail delivery boggles
minds of residents at The
Cottages Edmunds
isn't alone. He, along with
the rest of the year-round
residents at The Cottages at
Naples Bay Resort, haven't
had the mail delivered to
their homes since they moved
in, said Yasmeen Wilson,
president of the condo
association....
When Your Home Is Not Your
Castle At first,
you might think a
homeowners' association is a
cute way for neighbors to
work together on holiday
decorations or to keep the
neighborhood park clean. But
in many cases, homeowners'
associations are serious
business, where disobeying
their rules can l...
FL: Sunny Isles Condo Still
In Shambles After Wilma
Residents in a Sunny Isles
Beach condo damaged by
Hurricane Wilma are still
dealing with problems two
years after the storm....
NJ: Condo group wants rules
eased
Representatives of the Essex
and Sussex oceanfront
condominium complex have
requested some relief from
the borough council of
decade-old restrictions on
how the complex operates....
NC: Homeowners association
boards deserve respect
I have served on the boards
of three homeowners
associations, and I've
talked with people who have
served on other boards. The
problems are much the same
in each: snarling residents
who don't get their way,
rules ignored, deadbeats who
don't pay their dues, pe...
IL: Suit Blames Condo
Management Firm For Tenant's
Rape A North Side
woman Wednesday accused her
condo's management company
of leaving a wall
unfinished, allowing a man
to sneak into her unit and
sexually assault her....
FL: Condo Owners Upset Over
Rate Hike In HOA Fees
Sluggish sales and high
foreclosure rates are
causing higher bills for
some condo owners....
AZ: HOA loses appeal,
foreclosure case is thrown
out A homeowners
association can't foreclose
on someone's house for not
paying assessments if it
can't prove the owner was
served with the lawsuit, the
state Court of Appeals has
ruled....
HI: Landscaping Mulch Turns
Out To Be Environmental
Hazard
Members of a Mililani-area
homeowners' association
found out they unknowingly
created an environmental
hazard when they thought
they were making harmless
mulch for landscaping....
FL: Condo board complaints
rise dramatically
Figures compiled by the
state Division of Florida
Land Sales, Condominiums &
Mobile Homes show condo
owners filed 2,682
complaints against their
boards as of June 30,
compared to 1,413 complaints
filed in the year ending
June 30, 2002....
NJ: Managing conflict in
condo communities
With a new Commissioner of
Community Affairs in place,
and in Joe Doria, having a
seasoned legislator of
considerable talent, perhaps
there will be a response to
the opportunity created by
the Supreme Court's decision
in the Twin Rivers case to
improve governa...
MA: Delinquencies at condos
can cost neighbors
"If one owner is unable to
pay, then the other owners
are left holding the bag, so
to speak," said attorney
Janet O. Aronson of the
Braintree law firm Marcus,
Errico, Emmer & Brooks,
which represents 2,700 condo
associations in
Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, an...
FL: Federal Jury Verdict for
$41.5 Million for Condos
Against Insurance Co.
The developer of Tidewater
Beach Condominiums on the
Gulf of Mexico in Panama
City Beach, Florida received
a unanimous jury verdict
Friday evening, Oct. 12,
against Defendant Axis
Surplus Insurance Company
for just over $41.5
million....
WA: Dealing with a combative
owner
Q: How can condo boards
protect themselves from an
association member who
harasses and insults board
members on a continuous
basis? In our case, the
individual has a long track
record of circulating
hateful letters about the
board to other owners,
attacking in...
FCC Eyes Ban on Condo Cable
Deals
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) is
considering banning
exclusive agreements between
cable companies and owners
of condominiums and
apartment buildings, saying
the practice closes off
competitive choice for
individual owners and
tenants....
GA: Measure passed to make
way for speed humps
For residents who live on
Windmere Drive in the Hidden
Creek subdivision, the cause
for alarm about how people
traversed the neighborhood's
main thoroughfare was a call
to action. Now the
subdivision will be the
first in unincorporated
Walton County to utiliz...
N.C. group pays tribute to
HOA off Lawyers Rd.
Residents of Emerald Lake
say that spirit of
familiarity and looking out
for one another is part of
what makes their
neighborhood great. The N.C.
chapter of the Community
Associations Institute
agreed, awarding Emerald
Lake the 2007 Homeowners
Association of t...
FL: Century Village
president sued over
recreation fees A
$10 million legal battle
over recreation fees at
Century Village got personal
this week when the company
that owns the social
amenities in the massive
retirement community off
Okeechobee Boulevard filed a
lawsuit against the
president of the
development...
AZ: HOA dispute evolves into
idea for business
The retired Army captain is
working on building "a
virtual HOA," a community
that allows residents to do
everything online: pay their
HOA dues, manage their
fines, learn about code
violations and, most
importantly, facilitate
conflict resolution, he
said....
MO: Daycare Parking Lot
Blocked A recent
vote by management at a
condominium complex will
make it more difficult to
access a daycare facility on
one of Columbia's busiest
roads....
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