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  <title>National Community Associations News</title>
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     <title>VA: Lake Holiday returns to court Judge’s ruling leaves both sides pleased</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of property owners, led by lead plaintiff Mildred B. Bemis of Oakton, is suing the Lake Holiday Country Club, its board of directors, and some individual property owners for what the plaintiffs believe are unfair assessments on properties.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:07:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.winchesterstar.com/showarticle_new.php?sID=6&foldername=20080719&file=lake_article.html]]></link>
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     <title>CA: Thy neighbor's mess</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Worried about property values, residents teaming up to keep abandoned yards tidy]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:45:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/BUSINESS04/807200337&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL]]></link>
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     <title>MD: Delinquent dues landing more homeowners in court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wednesdays have unofficially become ‘‘HOA day" at Montgomery County District Court, the day each week that homeowners associations are scheduled in number for proceedings aimed at collecting unpaid dues from their members.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:56:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/072308/wheanew201509_32364.shtml</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo owners may pay for restoration of beach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The cost of living on Singer Island for 2,023 condo owners could rise if the city council creates a special taxing district and makes them cover the expense of restoring its beach dune.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:45:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/north/epaper/2008/07/15/c2b_rivierabeach_0716.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Residents of the Villages plead: Bring back our buffalo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Give me a home where the buffalo roam. That's the message some residents of The Villages have for the giant retirement community's developer after a popular herd was banned from public view in May.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:40:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/apopka/orl-buffalo1508jul15,0,930487.story</link>
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     <title>NE: Flags will fly in Southwind</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The Homeowners Association became active because of the annexation of our subdivision into La Vista," Allan said. According to Allan, before that annexation, when the Homeowners Association stayed rather dormant, covenants were relatively not enforced since 1999 when the Southwind development was established.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:37:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.lavistasun.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=19867818&BRD=2712&PAG=461&dept_id=557007&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Peacocks peeve homeowner's association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But for others, the birds are a headache.  The board of the Forestwoods Homeowner's Association says the Peacocks have reportedly scratched cars, pecked holes in roofs, and even cut through screen doors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:34:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7039634&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>CA: Alamo residents fired up at roofing rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the midst of a horrific fire season in the state, some residents of an Alamo development are battling their homeowners association's demand for cedar shake roofs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:32:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9917642?source=most_emailed</link>
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     <title>CA: Insurance agent and investor charged with wire fraud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The indictment alleges Barkocy accepted insurance premiums from condominium association clients and represented to the clients that she would use the money to obtain or maintain insurance coverage on behalf of the clients.  After accepting the money from clients, the indictment alleges Barkocy did not forward all of the money to the insurance carriers as represented.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:16:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.srpressgazette.com/news/acting_4339___article.html/district_kirwin.html</link>
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     <title>FL: As Foreclosures Mount, Condo Associations Battle With Lenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Facing a spike in delinquencies and the need to pay the bills, the Bentley's condo association opted to take a hard line with lenders that took over units there -- many from investors who went into foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:04:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423176300</link>
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     <title>CT: Condo Holdout Packs It In</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Now he’s packing up, too, the last refugee from a 12-year disaster that began with a disastrous sale of city tax liens to a company affiliated with a Democratic Party powerbroker.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:36:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/07/come_visit_isaa.php</link>
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     <title>Japan: Govt moves to tackle condo repair arrears</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The number of cases in which condominium residents are failing to pay maintenance or repair costs is growing, prompting the government to set up a task force to tackle the issue,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:34:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080722TDY03302.htm</link>
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     <title>CA: HOA boards need residents to vote</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board, on the other hand, needs to be aware of the desires of the majority of homeowners as part of the evaluation. Management may see the issues and provide advice to the board, but only the board can make the decisions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:13:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/LIFESTYLES11/807190302/-1/lifestylesfront</link>
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     <title>IL: Can't we all just get along?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Life in an association is a microcosm of life in the world at large. People of deficient character touch us daily, in the corporate world, in the political realm, in the athletic world, in law enforcement. Why should things be different in the condo association world?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:11:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/1061800,mack18.article</link>
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     <title>AZ: Homeowners' group fines those who don't evict troublemakers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the battle against crime and drugs connected to rental homes in some Casa Grande subdivisions, homeowners associations have been stymied because of the problems with modifying their rules and regulations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:22:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19854847&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept_id=68561&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>CO: Longmont man says he stole for family</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man accused of stealing more than $40,000 from a Longmont homeowners association told detectives he took the money in part to provide for his family while his son battled a terminal illness, according to police.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:09:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=9952</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA Won't Allow Homes To Be Rented To Homosexuals, Unmarried Couples</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An East Orange County subdivision is facing a dilemma. Several residents say the Homeowner's Association at the Rybolt Reserve subdivision in Orange County is discriminating against renters]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:07:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16897375/detail.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Feds file discrimination suit against Munster condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a Munster condominium association alleging the group illegally denied housing to a couple because they were black and had children.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:02:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/07/16/news/lake_county/docd42fda7adfebdee6862574880006bc2b.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Damage to condo property alleged</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A representative of the Gulf Mariner Condominiums at 17580 Gulf Blvd. repeated charges made previously regarding Indian Shores Police Department cruisers riding over condo property to reach the beach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:01:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tbnweekly.com/pubs/beach_beacon/content_articles/071508_bhb-06.txt</link>
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     <title>TX: Fight over land that could be Bush presidential library takes another turn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A long-running legal fight over who owns land that could house the future Bush presidential library, took a new twist Monday when a federal appeals court deciding to send key questions back to federal district court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:51:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-vodicka_15met.ART.State.Edition1.4dc7fd4.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Ocean Breeze Park homeowners seek contingency plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the Ocean Breeze Park homeowners working to finalize financing to buy the land beneath their homes, a group of activists Monday convinced the Town Council to initiate a moratorium on land-use changes on that 46 acres in case the deal collapses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:40:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/jul/15/on-the-web-town-of-ocean-breeze-park/</link>
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     <title>PA: Women find peace and quiet hard to find, no help from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They did see the resulting article online and Segal called to say things were not as rosy as Laurel Homeowners Association chairman David Spector indicated.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:37:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=98768</link>
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     <title>FL:  Shutters on idle homes stir feud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Isle of San Marino Homeowners Association has cited three couples in the age-restricted community in St. Lucie West, warning them to remove closed hurricane shutters or face daily $50 fines up to $1,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:28:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/tcoast/epaper/2008/07/12/m1a_slshutters_0713.html</link>
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     <title>MD: Court date set in embezzling case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A court date has been set for the Ocean Pines Association employee accused of stealing nearly $1,200 from the Compliance, Permits and Inspections office.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:25:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080712/NEWS01/807120324/1002</link>
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     <title>AR: Buyers Beware: Property Owners Associations Good and Bad</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The real estate boom in Northwest Arkansas spawned hundreds of property owners associations in Benton and Washington counties as residential developers tried to distinguish their product.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:30:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/07/12/business/071308poapromises.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: Banks, buyers loath to seal condo deals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Of 2,558 units that opened escrow this year in projects of 50 or more units, 77 percent are still in escrow. Of 3,095 units in this category that opened escrow in 2007, a third are still in escrow.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:26:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jul/12/banks-buyers-loath-seal-condo-deals/</link>
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     <title>CA: Stonegate Villas owners say new rules unneighborly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[No bikes. No playing on the grass or sidewalks. In fact, no outside recreation of any kind. And if you complain too much, you could be fined $50.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:24:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/12/stonegate-villas-owners-say-new-rules-i-feel-im/</link>
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     <title>CA: Weathering a Woodside Condo Storm</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Woodside condos had severe flooding 2 1/2 years ago. Dozens of homeowners were devastated and Lucy Whitson was one of them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:23:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs13.com/consumer/call.kurtis.condo.2.769804.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Group moves to ban some pickup trucks on streets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the truck contains a cross box to hold tools and a rack as well, and it was for that reason the Fairways Homeowners' Association met with him to discuss whether he should be able to park his truck in the Wood Ranch development in Simi Valley, where he lives and has had a truck for most of the past 20 years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:16:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/12/group-moves-to-ban-some-pickup-trucks-on-streets/</link>
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     <title>AZ: High-profile condos are falling apart, some say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A high-rise renovation project in central Phoenix that received high praise when it was converted from apartments to condominiums in 2005 appears headed for serious trouble.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:28:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2008/07/12/20080712biz-landmark0712.html</link>
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     <title>PR: HUD charges Puerto Rico HOA with discrimination against handicapped</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it charged a homeowner association in Puerto Rico with housing discrimination for refusing to permit a disabled man to have support railings in the front of his home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:40:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr08-102.cfm</link>
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     <title>FL: Davie residents: Imprison condo chief who stole $759,654</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners in a Davie condo community will urge a judge to "throw away the key" Aug. 1 when he sentences their former president for stealing $759,654 from their treasury.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:45:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/sfl-flbpresident0711sbjul11,0,707407.story?track=rss</link>
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     <title>NY: B.P.C. condo owners try to prevent steep increases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ground rents are part of the agreements between the authority and the developers who built Battery Park City. The buildings that rose during the 1980s are facing large rent increases in the next several years, which will get passed on to the residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:31:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_271/bpccondoowners.html</link>
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     <title>CO: Man embezzled thousands from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owner of a homeowners’ association management company turned himself in to police Thursday after they accused him of embezzling money from residents in Longmont’s Wolf Creek neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:24:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=9863</link>
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     <title>IL: No Right to Mezuzot at Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, 2-1, that the condominium association at Shoreline Towers in Chicago did not run afoul of the Fair Housing Act when managers removed the religious items pursuant to a rule barring the placement of signs, shoes, mats, and any other sort of object outside residents' doors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:19:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nysun.com/national/no-right-to-mezuzot-at-condos/81659/</link>
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     <title>WA: Tree dispute a knotty problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A real-estate agent who has made a nice living out of selling condos on Alki - and owns two beach bungalows on the strip - is in a property dispute with her neighbors in the condo next door.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:16:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008043226_tree10m.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Property Mismanagement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners from Florida, to New York, to Michigan, to California tell the ABC Action News Investigators that Tampa residents Brett and Jenny Hawker took their money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/segments/investigators/story.aspx?content_id=2c4ba9c7-0467-4f8d-84cb-e2a4f198c365</link>
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     <title>CA: First government-funded habitat restoration on HOA property</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s not often that a Homeowners Association (HOA) works side by side with a Federal agency, but in the case of the Lake Ridge Estates Homeowners Association (LREHOA) in Fallbrook and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that is exactly what is happening.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:12:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thevillagenews.com/story.php?story_id=31393</link>
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     <title>HI: Clothesline bill hits snag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While solar water heaters will become mandatory on new homes built after 2010, hanging laundry on a line is still up to homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:15:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://starbulletin.com/2008/07/10/business/story02.html</link>
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     <title>CT: Barbecue on the condo deck? Forget about it, according to new city law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Don’t break out a barbecue grill on the deck if you live in a three-family home, apartment building or condominium in Bridgeport.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:55:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4733:barbecue-on-the-condo-deck-forget-about-it-according-to-new-city-law&catid=147:local-news&Itemid=567]]></link>
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     <title>NC: New Hanover County Man in a Battle With His Homeowner's Association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eddie Gilsinan is in a tight situation. he lives in Whitney Pines sub-dividion and works for Phillips Towing Service, a company that assists emergency crews in removing cars from crisis situations. When he's on-call, he brings his truck home. According to Whitney Pines homeowner's associtation guidelines, he can't park it there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:44:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wwaytv3.com/node/8956</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOA moves ahead on plan to slow cyclists</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a north Scottsdale subdivision will choose an engineering firm within weeks and ask it to design measures to safely reduce speeding by bicyclists and others on their steep private street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:39:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/09/20080709sr-hiddenhills0710-ON.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Freedom of religion, but not from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hector Febus believes he is being forced out of his Waterford Lakes home strictly based on the traditions of his Santeria religion]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:26:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eosun.com/article-497-freedom-of-religion-but-not-from-hoa.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Vanyos lawsuit, liens a hot topic in Carefree Foothills HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Chief among the topics at the meeting attended by 45 residents representing 25 lots was the recent judge’s decision, which resulted in $103,000 liens being placed on all 76 lots in the subdivision]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:24:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2008/2008-07/080709/FrontSBJump3.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Judge forces sale of HOA-management group</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Koger, whose company successfully managed hundreds of homeowners associations in the state and dozens in the Fredericksburg area for decades, remains embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings after millions of dollars went missing.   A judge ordered the sale of the company. It was auctioned last month. Koger also voluntarily signed a consent order that revokes his real estate license, required to operate such a business.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:19:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/072008/07102008/392658</link>
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     <title>CO: River Park Residents Claim Illness From Pesticide Use</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A resident of the River Park subdivision contacted the Marshal’s Department on June 17 to complain that an employee of a contracted landscaping company, who was spraying weeds in the subdivision’s common space, had spit tobacco juice at her feet when she confronted him about his use of chemical herbicides.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:41:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.telluridewatch.com/pages/full_story?page_label=news&id=108074-River-Park-Residents-Claim-Illness-From-Pesticide-Use&article-River-Park-Residents-Claim-Illness-From-Pesticide-Use%20=&widget=]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Stalled condo conversions leave owners in limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But then the market crashed and many units in the former apartment buildings remained unsold. The result: Conversions that were never completed because developers never turned associations over to the buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:32:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flbcondocol0709sbjul09,0,4021802.column</link>
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     <title>WI: Owners of McGrath condos rail against big repair costs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ the 13-unit building, just 13 years old, is flawed in both its design and construction, leaving them to scramble to prevent further damages. Mayville and his neighbors are looking at $100,000 just to keep the water out. That's not including the cost of repairing damage already done.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:30:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.madison.com/tct/news/CTstaging/295231</link>
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     <title>WA: New condo owners caught in legal dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of condominiums in an award-winning Belltown building are caught up in a legal dispute between the developer and the general contractor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:12:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369889_mosler08.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo associations no longer responsible for personal property under new law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On July 2, the Third District Court of Appeal overturned a Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Home declaration over who is responsible for insuring and maintaining association public areas, meaning anything outside one’s unit, such as lanai screen doors. However, in the same week, Gov. Charlie Crist signed House Bill 601 into law.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:07:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jul/08/condo-associations-no-longer-responsible-personal-/</link>
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     <title>NY: Elma Homeowners Seek Tax Breaks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This is the first installment of a two-part series dealing with the issue of granting property tax breaks to homeowners who live in condominium developments, which has led to contentious discussions recently in the Town of Elma]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:14:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastaurorany.com/articles/2008/07/08/news/doc486bd8afe11ae587544984.txt</link>
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     <title>VA: Officials investigate fish kill on Suffolk lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dennis McBride is chairman of the lake and dam committee in the homeowner's association. He says residents around the private lake awoke Saturday to a blanket of dead fish.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:10:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_070808_officials_investigate_suff_fish.3533c6c1.html</link>
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     <title>ME: Twelve families in line for Ecovillage</title>
     <description><![CDATA["These are core to our mission, and aspects of this intentional neighborhood that may be nudging people in our direction," said McKim. "But this type of community (which, once built, is organized as a typical condominium association), has been springing up all over the country for the past 15 years]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:02:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=120783</link>
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     <title>CT: New Fairfield condo water tanks leaking</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Leaking water tanks are the latest in a list of complaints by residents of the Dunham Pond condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:59:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newstimes.com/ci_9815819</link>
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     <title>MD: Election raises concerns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[And it is raising concerns that an out-of-state company - not the average homeowner - will soon have control of a 4,700-member homeowners' association, its multibillion-dollar budget, taxes and a score of parks, ball fields and swimming pools in an upscale west county neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:18:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/07_07-05/TOP</link>
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     <title>FL: Cars' bar codes give clickers the gate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bar code labels that attach to car windows are popping up throughout South Florida like snowbirds in season. They give residents quick entry without the hassle of keeping track of yet another gadget, and homeowners associations can easily keep track of who's coming in.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:20:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/07/06/m1a_barcode_0707.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Maintaining dams will pay in saved lives, regulators say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In other moves addressing expensive dam repairs, a Lake George cottage owners association filed a lawsuit denying ownership of the Steuben County lake’s dam, and a homeowners association in Allen County claims its dam’s dimensions take it out of the state’s jurisdiction and stringent maintenance standards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:07:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/LOCAL10/807060398/1002/LOCAL</link>
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     <title>IL: Dog rules 'just plain cruel'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Then one day, the association in charge of making sure the complex's property values are protected decides to limit the number of "children" each homeowner can have. Failure to comply, the board says, will result in a daily fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:05:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.southtownstar.com/lifestyles/vickroy/1039566,070608vickroy.article</link>
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     <title>FL: New condo, association laws now effective</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners who flew their American flags on the Fourth of July won't have to wait until Veterans Day to fly them again. A new state law says they can fly their flags every day of the year — even if their association rules say they can't.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:54:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondomorelaws0706sbjul06,0,3693329.story</link>
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     <title>MD: Homeowners fight for right to dry laundry outside</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wei Wang also lives in Montgomery County and prefers to dry her laundry outside. She worries, too, about the consequences.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:53:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/a-1474744~Homeowners_fight_for_right_to_dry_laundry_outside.html</link>
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     <title>TX:  Alleged scams dotted foreclosure landscape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The pattern of inflated sales prices, absentee ownership and high foreclosure rates repeated itself at several other visible condo projects in pricey Houston neighborhoods:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:58:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5873676.html</link>
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     <title>MA:  Condo dispute could set back affordable housing efforts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sea Grass Circle doesn't look like the front line in a legal battle over affordable housing]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:56:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/NEWS/807060334</link>
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     <title>IL:  Keeping track of association money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community associations have long hired property managers to look after their bank accounts and their buildings. But some associations are separating the two tasks. They're turning to accountants to manage the money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:53:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-community-living_chomes_fri_jul04,0,706476.story</link>
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     <title>CA: Foreclosures hitting homeowners associations hard financially</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The sign and other improvements in the Temecula neighborhood are being delayed because revenue from the homeowners association's dues is lagging, according to Meadowview Community Association President Debra Thomas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:50:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_S_lostfees05.45b204a.html</link>
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     <title>RI:  ‘Nightmare’ condo fees after foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When McGarry took over as condo association treasurer in April, she quickly learned that the association had been in financial trouble even before the two owners defaulted. Although monthly fees had been raised from $195 to $225 in November, there was no money in reserve, and water, heat and electric service were about to be shut off.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:47:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.projo.com/business/content/BZ_condofees_07-06-08_S9AJHU5_v38.2f11d10.html</link>
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     <title>IA:  Who's to pay for sewer issues?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Somewhere, that system is clogged. Unfortunately, no one seems to know whom - if anyone - is legally responsible for fixing it.  Built in five stages by developers in the late 1950s and 1960s, Greenfield Plaza has since been governed by a mishmash of Warren County leadership and independent boards, sometimes with hazy amounts of authority and jurisdiction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:45:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.indianolarecordherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080704/INDIANOLA01/807020384/1137/INDIANOLA</link>
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     <title>VT: Clotheslines up for discussion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Before you hang your clothes outside to dry to save money, reduce emissions or for the fresh air smell, make sure your neighborhood allows it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:36:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080703/NEWS02/80702041</link>
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     <title>CO: Breaking the rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Her homeowners association, however, says the gate violates neighborhood standards and must go, even though Melissa said it's temporary and will disappear once she's confident her children won't fall off the porch]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:00:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/BUSINESS/807060308</link>
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     <title>MI: Condo owners finding a cash crunch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As more condo owners who need to move are stuck with properties they can't sell and foreclosure rates rise, many homeowner associations are hurting for the cash needed to maintain monthly services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:59:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/BUSINESS06/807060478/1019/BUSINESS06</link>
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     <title>CA: Summertime, and the HOAs don't have it easy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We're in the desert and it is summertime. That means it is hot, and the heat brings on other issues. In the homeowners association there are a host of issues to be concerned about.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:57:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080705/LIFESTYLES11/807040337/-1/newsfront</link>
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     <title>NM: Uphill Battle for Man Suing HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A majority of the Paradise Ridge homeowners Monday night voiced their discontent with Roger Kuhn, who last month won a lawsuit that requires the HOA to pay for repairs on an eroding slope behind Kuhn's and 11 other residents' homes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abqjournal.com/west/02121537w1hoa07-02-08.htm</link>
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     <title>NH: Rainstorm leaves city condos in shambles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Heavy rain and wind caught roofers by surprise at a condominium complex Tuesday afternoon, and the result was water damage, some of it severe, to 11 of the building's 24 units]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080703/NEWS01/712965641</link>
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     <title>VA: Supervisors seek to collect assessments on lots at Star Fort</title>
     <description><![CDATA["That occurred for a while but there was no consistent effort to collect the assessments for the benefit of Star Fort and, subsequently the corporate existence of ... the Star Fort property owners association was terminated by the Virginia State Corporation Commission," Mitchell said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:43:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nvdaily.com/news/325232092740357.bsp</link>
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     <title>CA: Condo owners appeal $2.15M fine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners at Ocean Harbor House on Monterey Beach have filed an appeal of an appellate court ruling with the state Supreme Court. The ruling required them to pay more than $2.15 million in legal fees to the California Coastal Commission as compensation for a seawall bordering the property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:33:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_9773572</link>
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     <title>PA: Condo sues veteran over her flags</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Robinson Township woman who has served in the Air Force and Pennsylvania Air National Guard for a combined 25 years has been sued for placing small American flags outside her condo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:10:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2008/07/02/news/doc486c3136c9d44027765168.txt</link>
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     <title>VA: Valley feud: Neighbors sue neighbors under RICO</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Road maintenance is one of those basic chores of a homeowners association that would seem to draw residents together for the community good. It hasn’t quite worked out that way in Dogwood Valley]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/02/valley-feud-neighbors-sue-neighbors-under-rico/</link>
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     <title>GA: Asian cultures spice up John's Creek neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Blackstone subdivision was built by Pulte Homes between 2002 and 2005 and has about 286 homes.  Its residents are 41 percent Indian and 40 percent Chinese and Korean, according to former homeowner association president Rajul Patel. Patel, originally from Bombay, was one of the first to buy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:42:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2008/07/02/asian_subdivision.html</link>
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     <title>TX: Water runs dry at Bandera River Ranch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some homeowners in the 30-year-old subdivision reportedly went up to eight days without adequate water two weeks ago. White said that a primary well had malfunctioned and because there were no drought restrictions in effect, the 500-gallon storage tank could not sustain the usage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:37:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.banderabulletin.com/articles/2008/07/01/news/568.txt</link>
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     <title>CA: Smyth's Solar Energy Bill Signed By Governor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Governor Schwarzenegger has signed a bill authored by Assemblyman Cameron Smyth that prohibits Home Owners Associations (HOAs) and Common Interest Developments (CIDs) from barring homeowners from installing solar energy and solar water heating systems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:36:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownstation.com/local-news/smyth-california-assembly-2008-07-02-01-16-2.html</link>
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     <title>MD: Accessibility complaint goes before judge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two Upper Marlboro residents with disabilities filed discrimination complaints against their condominium’s board of directors and management company, saying they were denied keys to their building’s side doors, which added a daily hardship to their lives]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:26:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/070308/uppenew174553_32358.shtml</link>
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     <title>FL: Crist praised for veto of flawed bill on homeowner associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of a bill to overhaul homeowner associations was hailed on Tuesday by those who wanted even greater accountability from boards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:31:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondolaw0702sbjul02,0,1991749.story</link>
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     <title>KS: Olathe Residents Upset Over Unfinished Homes (w/video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in an Olathe neighborhood said they are fed up with their developer and they want city leaders to do something about some unfinished homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:29:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kmbc.com/news/16765207/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Condo groups left holding the trash bag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many owners of condominiums and town homes in Fayetteville will be paying higher monthly fees after Fayetteville scrapped its subsidies for garbage collection]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:50:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=298115</link>
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     <title>CA: Bay Farm Island residents set disaster planning meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The idea started out as a contingency plan for the Community of Harbor Bay Homeowners' Association in case of a major disaster, but Robles-Wong believes it could have larger implications.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:47:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/contactus/ci_9744908?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>VA: Law could help condo residents resolve disputes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When disagreements between condominium owners and associations arise, there is little residents can do aside from litigation. But a new law that takes effect July 1 could change that.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:26:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-29-0062.html</link>
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     <title>Troubled housing market is causing woes for homeowners associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here’s another consequence of the troubled housing market: Some homeowners associations are running low on money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:23:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/683526.html</link>
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     <title>DC: A Garden Haven With a Storied Past</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Situated on 32 carefully landscaped acres just off Wisconsin Avenue NW in busy Tenleytown, the McLean Gardens condominium complex is lovely all year, but certain seasons highlight its best qualities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:20:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062701656.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Scottsdale condo site rife with foreclosures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since early 2007, lenders have foreclosed on 33 of the 84 units in downtown's Third Avenue Lofts,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:16:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/119539</link>
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     <title>FL: Cory Lake Isles residents sue over homeowner fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Twenty Cory Lake Isles residents filed a lawsuit in Hills­borough Circuit Court on Friday accusing developer Gene Thomason of using homeowner association fees to pay for items such as a motor for a relative's boat, a well on his property and brick pavers at a shopping center outside the development]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:06:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/article648605.ece</link>
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     <title>ME: Board upholds CEO decision on Dunelawn tree cutting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Zoning Board Thursday upheld Code Enforcement Officer Paul Lempicki’s claim that the Dunelawn Condominium Association and Bartlett Tree Experts illegally cut trees in the Resource Protection District.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:02:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/NEWS/80627030/-1/NEWS14</link>
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     <title>IA: Bowles loses condo battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The builder on a much-litigated condominium development in Davenport won a breach-of-contract battle in Scott County District Court this week against the property’s outspoken owner and her company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:39:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2008/06/27/news/local/doc48659a67b3c0e017657170.txt</link>
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     <title>AR: Bella Vista Getting Help from Geese Peace</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bella Vista may not be getting rid of 100 geese after all...if a non-profit steps up to the plate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:54:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8560269</link>
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     <title>ID: Saddlebrook residents will continue lawsuit to stop installation of modular</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A majority of Saddlebrook subdivision residents in Star voted late Thursday to pitch in about $100 each to continue a lawsuit to stop the installation of more modular homes in their community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:34:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/426744.html</link>
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     <title>CO: New HOA law allows clothes lines in neighborhoods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Beginning in August, homeowners living in covenant controlled communities will able to install energy saving devises such as evaporative coolers, wind-electric generators and clothes lines, as long as those devises meet home owner association aesthetic guidelines]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:29:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=94579&catid=346]]></link>
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     <title>NV: HOAs have recourse in lien times</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations trying to force owners of foreclosed homes to comply with neighborhood rules have at least one safeguard: liens.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:23:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/27/hoas-have-recourse-lien-times/</link>
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     <title>FL: Man Charged With Making Fireworks In Unit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bartlow's fireworks were found Wednesday when the condo association conducted a routine pest control sweep.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:06:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16725567/detail.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo elections not for the faint of heart</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last week I found myself at the Castleford Hearthstone Condo Association's annual meeting, held at the Hoffman Estates police station. It was condo board election night. I dropped by after receiving complaints from a condo owner that the condo board was up to no good]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:42:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=211907&src=109]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Miramar homeowner associations join forces</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighborhood leaders in Miramar are banding together to become a more powerful lobbying force in the city and to voice common concerns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:36:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/583450.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Cedar Grove Plantation group fights developer's plans</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At issue is a long-standing feud between Cedar Grove developer Steve Vaughn and the Cedar Grove Homeowners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:33:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/26/cedar_grove_plantation_group_fights_deve45621/</link>
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     <title>MI: Longer subdivision construction time frames force shift in expenses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residential construction slowdowns that extend subdivision build-outs are forcing developers to absorb expenses typically turned over to homeowner associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:18:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/oakland/index.ssf/2008/06/longer_subdivision_constructio.html</link>
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     <title>VA: No Decision in Neighborhood Court Battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The court battle between a neighborhood association and some homeowners has dissolved into a legal mess. There's no decision yet in the Dogwood Valley Subdivision case.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:13:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8555253&nav=menu496_2_3]]></link>
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     <title>MD: Cameron Grove condo officials charged with housing discrimination</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The leadership of a condominium in Cameron Grove and its management company have been charged with housing discrimination following complaints by two disabled owners]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:05:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/062608/uppenew164941_32357.shtml</link>
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     <title>IN: Tax refund OK'd for Lakes of the Four Seasons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This gated community can expect a hefty tax refund from Lake County officials.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:35:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/06/25/updates/breaking_news/doc48628a7e523fe829064409.txt</link>
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     <title>MN: Minnesota City Kicks Out Google Street View</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The private city of North Oaks, Minnesota -- home to more than 4,500 people -- has demanded that Google remove all images of their community from the company's Street View feature.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:33:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/256574</link>
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     <title>Green Condos Coming to a City Near You</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Do you long to live in an attractive green home with the latest and greatest in green building technologies, but know you can’t afford to build one? Then you and I have something in common]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:11:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/06/25/low-impact-living-green-condos-coming-to-a-city-near-you/</link>
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     <title>RI: Bills on foreclosures await governor's approval</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Banks that repossess foreclosed properties in Rhode Island will have to pay the properties' tax and utility bills in a more timely fashion and post bonds for the properties' upkeep if legislation approved by the General Assembly over the weekend is signed into law by Governor Carcieri.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:38:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/06/25/3516834.htm</link>
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     <title>IA: Idyllwild residents push harder for buyouts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Idyllwild is made up of townhomes, and resident Jessica McAllister suggested the homeowner's association send a letter to the City Council expressing the neighborhood's interest in buyouts to help get the process rolling.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:59:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080625/NEWS/793256947/1006/news</link>
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     <title>FL: Condos upping fees to cope with downturn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The souring economy has condo and homeowner associations facing the same problem as many owners: less money.Throughout South Florida, boards are grappling with how to keep up property values as fewer owners pay their assessments]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:55:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flbcondocol0625sbjun25,0,2842151.column</link>
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     <title>AR: Backlash May Come With Geese Culling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Bella Vista Property Owners Association killed 11 vultures last year without residents' protest, but the association expects some backlash when it follows through with a plan to kill Canada geese that are fouling its lakes and golf courses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:55:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/06/23/news/062408bzgeese.txt</link>
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     <title>SC: Family trying to "live green" runs into red tape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But becoming environmentally friendly has not come without obstacles. Several of the Puzerewski's "green" ideas were in violation the property owners association and had to be removed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:50:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=8548429</link>
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     <title>RI: City says all decks at condo complex appear to be unsafe</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A deck collapse at the Greenbrier Condominiums that badly injured several women on Saturday led to the city’s discovery that all of the decks at the 20-year-old complex appeared to be unsafe.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:30:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.projo.com/ri/warwick/content/deck_collapse_06-24-08_04AKAGR_v33.3ccb577.html</link>
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     <title>MN: Condo resident can't find relief with garbage problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Donkena's beef with the association running the southeast Rochester condominium development, The Willows, has reached the city council's ears.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:27:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=348852]]></link>
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     <title>TX: Escaping an HOA isn't easy (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Yet even in this remote enclave, Lee still managed to land in a fight with his homeowners' association, which started protesting when he started building a barn on his property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:23:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/wfaa080623_wz_hoas.322128ff.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Fumes sicken several at Lauderdale condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fumes from a condo renovation project in Fort Lauderdale made several residents of the Tennis Club II ill over the weekend, sending one woman to the hospital.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:35:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/580078.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Neighbors Scorn Those Who Don't Clean Up After Pets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One complaint often brought up by residents in planned communities is the unwillingness of some homeowners to clean up after their pets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:17:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062003486.html</link>
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     <title>RI: Inspectors look for cause of deck collapse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A third-floor deck detached from the side of a building at the Greenbrier Condominiums on Saturday and fell on five women on a deck below.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:06:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.turnto10.com/northeast/jar/news.apx.-content-articles-JAR-2008-06-23-0026.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Deputies Can't Stop Animal Sacrifices Inside Waterford Lakes Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because it's considered a religious act, sheriff deputies say they can't do anything about the issue. Now the homeowner's association is trying to find a way to resolve it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:39:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16688136/detail.html</link>
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     <title>IA: Iowa City condo group mulls future</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Close to $2 million and more than a year - that's what Idyllwild Condo resident Kurt Kimmerling said he thinks it will take to repair the flood damage to this housing development off Foster Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:24:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080622/NEWS/532930984/1006/news</link>
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     <title>PA: Philly condo owners see red over skyscraper signs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A corporation's plan to put its name up in red lights on a landmark downtown skyscraper is generating howls of protest from luxury condo owners who have only recently begun moving into the building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:22:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jSctEE4aUP-CgxpOXxrUdFDGqdvQD91F9GG01</link>
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     <title>CA: Resident Learn to Use Fire Hoses (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire hydrants in the Oakland Hills are ready to go and be used, but only if you know how to properly use them. On Saturday, we met members of the Rockridge Terrace Homeowners Association who just learned how to do it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:52:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6220308]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Parties shirk responsibility for weed-filled, mosquito infested pond</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. My home is in a neighborhood belonging to a country club. About eight of us have back yards that abut a pond. This pond is partially owned by the homeowner' association, which they lease to the golf course since one of the golf holes also backs up to the pond.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:50:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bnd.com/business/story/376603.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOA fees go unpaid</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Despite its crisp appearance, including lavish water fountains and well-kept greens, the Villages at Rancho El Dorado Homeowners Association in Maricopa struggles to pay its bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:45:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0622fees0622.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Utility, Estates Settle Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly a decade after they filed suit, the developer and residents of Saddlewood Estates have reached a settlement with Tampa Bay Water over repeated flooding in the community off Old Pasco Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:40:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/21/pa-utility-estates-settle-lawsuit/</link>
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     <title>VA: When Condo Wars Heat Up, Common Sense Can Evaporate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Let me tell you a story about a game of hardball played over a hot, summery weekend. It happened not at Nationals Park but in a well-kept condominium complex in Reston just a few weeks ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:34:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/21/AR2008062100091.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Be proactive when you want change in community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community associations are governed by a board of directors. The board is made up of people who own within the community. They volunteer their time to guide, protect, maintain and enhance the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:28:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080621/LIFESTYLES11/806210301/-1/lifestylesfront</link>
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     <title>CO: HOAs, officials team up on issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For Lone Tree officials, communicating with the city's 15 homeowners associations is a vital piece of the puzzle to make residents happy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:26:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.lonetreevoice.com/site/tab1.cfm?BRD=2713&dept_id=559183&newsid=19790644&PAG=461&rfi=9]]></link>
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     <title>CA: Leisure World residents win legal battle to see books</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Seal Beach Leisure World celebrate appellate court's decision to make board reveal finances.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:23:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/residents-court-rain-2073343-golden-world</link>
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     <title>TX: HOA Threatens Foreclosure On Couple Stationed Overseas</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A San Antonio couple, serving in the military overseas, almost loses their home. Not because they failed to make their mortgage payments, but because they were behind on their homeowners association fees. This military couple was fighting a losing battle, so they asked News 4 Trouble Shooter Jaie Avila for help]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:29:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woai.com/content/troubleshooters/story.aspx?content_id=57a008ef-4dcf-480f-9856-93cd480b85ff</link>
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     <title>FL: Key Biscayne condo's occupancy rule remains despite lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A woman who sued her Key Biscayne condominium association settled last year, but she says the case is still unresolved]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/574094.html</link>
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     <title>AR: Lawsuits, Liens Seek More Than $6 Million From Grandview Heights Developers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A property owner who sold land for the development of the Grandview Heights at Beaver Lake condominium project claims she has not been paid $2 million she is owed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:32:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/06/18/news/061908rzcondosuit.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo bust draws scams and squatters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property managers at condos are coping with new schemes -- some criminal, others plain irritating -- arising from foreclosures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:07:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/575458.html</link>
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     <title>MD: The Inalienable Right to Dry</title>
     <description><![CDATA["I would like to see the State of Maryland pass a law that forbids HOAs from preventing people from hanging laundry outside as soon as possible,” Wang said. “It is long overdue. It's time that the state recognized something that should be a matter of common sense."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:01:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/art_life/display_features.htm?StoryID=76497</link>
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     <title>MA: Resident blames condo for health issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Parise, who is handicapped and battling diabetes, asthma, bronchial issues and vision and hearing loss, said her biggest health problem is her breathing - which she claims has been worsened to such a degree by the building’s poor circulation that she "legitimately feels they [the condo association] are trying to kill her, through their negligence,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:45:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wickedlocal.com/stoneham/news/x19918807/Resident-blames-condo-for-health-issues</link>
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     <title>FL: Trump Tower Tampa developers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Harried by creditors and lashed by lawsuits, the developers of Trump Tower Tampa have sought the haven of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:43:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/article631783.ece</link>
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     <title>GA: Feds indict seven in metro Atlanta mortgage fraud ring</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Atlanta federal prosecutors have indicted seven metro Atlanta residents in alleged straw-buyer mortgage fraud scam, centered around an East Lake condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:40:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/06/16/daily60.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo Company Plans Clothing-Optional Pool</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Swimmers will have the option of wearing nothing at all at the Arbors at Branch Creek, a complex of 390 homes that landed on the idea to help move units in a down market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:42:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/18/me-condo-company-plans-clothing-optional-pool/?news-metro</link>
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     <title>NY: State bill could end tax breaks for condos, coops</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After years of pleas from frustrated local officials about New York State's rules for taxing condominiums, state lawmakers in the waning days of the current session hope to give them the power to at least put the brakes on building any more homes with tax breaks like these. That legislation is ready for final passage, but it has powerful opponents -- developers and condo owners -- and its fate is unclear.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:20:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/06/18/3504270.htm</link>
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     <title>OH: Gristmill Condominiums closer to buyouts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Painesville is moving closer to being able to offer buyouts to property owners of the former Gristmill Condominiums in Painesville.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:11:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19778904&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6]]></link>
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     <title>ME: Civil Suit Claims Rules Are Excessive (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Fox Run Residential Community Residential Association says new rules outlined by the Park Owners are excessive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:09:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=89206&catid=2]]></link>
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     <title>MN: Mortgage scam snagged scores</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than half of River Ridge's 45 units were auctioned off in sheriff's sales between last October and March, Dakota County foreclosure records show. Nearly all the foreclosed units were owned by investor-buyers arranged through Blackstone, according to people who bought there and a list of dozens of investor-buyers that one buyer created. The directory at River Ridge's front door shows about 19 units are occupied, some of them rentals.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:57:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://origin.twincities.com/ci_9585410</link>
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     <title>FL: Margate man to battle condo over right to run toy motorboat in lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[John M. Madden will give up playing with his noisy 22-inch motorboat in the lake behind his Margate condominium, but that might not be enough to keep him afloat. That's because the retired Boston police officer and great-grandfather plans to continue taking out his quiet, 22-inch battery-powered remote-controlled motorboat, he said Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:47:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondorule0617sbjun17,0,1354809.story</link>
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     <title>GA: Life is solitary in unfinished subdivisions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of just two residents in what was to be a 105-home development, the 54-year-old information technology manager strolls down lonely streets past silt fences, weedy lots, nearly 20 vacant homes and a sign cheerily announcing that a pool and cabana are "Coming Soon!"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:33:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/06/15/ghost_town_0616.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Foreclosures: 'It's a nightmare across the board'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But this issue is not isolated to one community. Just a few miles away from Riverwalk at Matera, homeowners just got hit with a $1,500 special assessment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:02:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=19862&z=3]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Hundreds of Trees in Boynton Beach Community to be Cut Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lake Ridge Greens Home Owners Association made the decision to cut down the trees a couple months ago. They say the tree roots caused sidewalks and driveways to buckle. The HOA president Lenny Pravda says several residents have been injured after tripping on the roots.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:59:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbs12.com/news/trees_4708143___article.html/down_beach.html</link>
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     <title>OH: Thieves take air conditioner off roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Installers said it would have taken at least three men to remove the air-conditioning unit from the roof of a condominium on Mastick Road.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:56:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/06/thieves_take_air_conditioner_o.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Ritzy Folk Vent as Smoke Invades Tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of New Yorkers who coughed up millions for luxury dwellings in a new Manhattan high-rise are choking on their investments. Literally.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:24:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/06152008/news/regionalnews/ritzy_folk_vent_as_smoke_invades_posh_to_115549.htm</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo associations face new issues as they get older</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The planned communities of Southwest Florida are feeling their age — and the associations that run them sometimes pay the price as past problems come back to haunt them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:50:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080615/RE/80613039/1014/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>Canada: Strata can be ordered to pay 'damages' to owners for fees deemed unfair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dear Condo Smarts: We live in a 68-unit townhouse complex. All of our units are close to the same size so we have generally paid the same amount in strata fees each month. We're now faced with major construction and the cost is going to be about $1.1 million. We have several owners who have advised the strata council they will not pay the same as everyone else]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:44:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=d06b8f82-894e-4c90-9082-ea34836bda1f</link>
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     <title>AZ: El Mirage to train officers as HOA liaisons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Once training for the HOA Liaison Program is done, HOA presidents can contact their liaison officers with anything ranging from block-watch concerns to city-code violations. Liaison officers can either address their issues directly or contact other city resources for assistance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:19:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/06/14/20080614gl-nwvliaison0614.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Little boat stirs up a fuss among Margate condo neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[John J. Madden, 84, likes to spend an hour or two after lunch sitting in a chair on the grass along the lake behind his condo, playing with his two 22-inch-long remote-controlled powerboats.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:10:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbcondoboat0614sbjun14,0,4776460.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Appeals court: Condo buyers can't cancel for certain cost increases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Florida appeals court has upheld a ruling in a precedent-setting condo buyer lawsuit against Marina Grande Associates, a development company in Riviera Beach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:02:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/othercities/southflorida/stories/2008/06/09/daily53.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Cory Lake Records Request Heading Back To Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developer Gene Thomason turned over the financial records of Cory Lakes Limited, which billed homeowners for management and security services for the gated New Tampa community. But lawyer Mark Basurto, who represents the seven homeowners who are suing over access to the records, said the documents raised more questions than they answered.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:58:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://northeast2.tbo.com/content/2008/jun/13/cory-lake-residents-records-request-heading-back-c/</link>
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     <title>NY: Huntington, residential developer settle lawsuits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents had asked the town to help them resolve issues with the developer, Greens at Half Hollow Llc, including drainage problems, unpaved roads, crumbling curb surfaces and lack of promised off-site improvements including a soccer park, playground and handicapped access ramps]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:10:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsday.com/news/local/crime/ny-lihunt135725234jun13,0,1094624.story</link>
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     <title>VA: Into the Woods, Thanks to High-Rise Residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For a decade, the folks who live at Marina Towers condominiums in Alexandria have been raising money to send kids to Camp Moss Hollow--nearly $50,000 over the past 10 years, in fact]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:45:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061203682.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: State to decide if senior condo complex violated disabled rights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At the couple's request, the Condominium Association of Covered Bridge built a ramp to help residents access the lot in 2006. But that ramp was later removed, because it was too steep and violated township codes, and it was never replaced.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:30:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080613/NEWS01/806130451/1004</link>
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     <title>Canada: Real estate agents may face lawsuits over massive condo repair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The builder of a northwest condo complex whose "systematic failure" in construction led to a $10-million repair bill likely won't face any lawsuits related to the building. But real estate agents who sold units in the northwest complex could be sued as condo owners make their first payments towards their share of the massive repair bill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:28:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=2a53852e-a614-4324-9e3b-55e08efbd96a</link>
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     <title>CA: Fire started by candle causes $500,000 in damage at townhome</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A flame from an unattended candle destroyed the second floor of a Pacific Beach townhouse yesterday afternoon, causing three minor injuries and $500,000 in damage.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080613-9999-1m13fire.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Sonora: Effort afoot to recall Town Councilman Gemmill from HOA presidency</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Town Councilman Bob Gemmill is facing a recall from his leadership position in the Carefree Foothills Home-owner’s Association over the non-disclosure of a lawsuit judgment, which resulted in $103,000 liens being placed on all properties in the subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:13:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2008/2008-06/080611/Gemmill.html</link>
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     <title>DE: Salt Pond HOA considers golf course purchase</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Salt Pond community, just outside Bethany Beach, have been in the center of booming development in the area recently and are now seeking to reduce its impact on their way of life.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:11:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.coastalpoint.com/content/salt_pond_hoa_considers_golf_course_purchase</link>
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     <title>NJ: Next real estate headache: The grandma condo?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With many longtime residents sitting on gold mines in the form of old three-family brownstones or other valuable pieces of real estate, there is often a mint to be made in going condo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:05:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2008/06/next_real_estate_headache_the.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Taggers Target Million-Dollar Homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Carylee Stone, the president of the homeowner's association, took NBC 7/39 cameras on a brief, escorted tour of the neighborhood. Members of the community were seen scrubbing away the taggers' dirty work by hand.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:57:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/16577631/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Condo owners likely to appeal fine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners at Ocean Harbor House on Monterey Beach may appeal a $2.15 million judgment against them regarding the impact of their seawall.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:48:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_9561134</link>
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     <title>CA: Huge Stockton Blaze Was Human-Caused</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Stockton Fire officials said Tuesday's devastating fire was a human act -- and arson hasn't been ruled out as the cause.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:42:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=43108&catid=2]]></link>
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     <title>MO: Condo rental clause stirs controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of the developers, Larry Schulz of Byrnes Mill, said one reason for the delay is the slumping housing market, but he also indicated that investors in the development are concerned about a clause banning condo owners from ever renting their units, a clause that city officials have asked be placed in any sales agreements for the condos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:27:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://jeffcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2008/06/11/news/sj2tn20080610-0611mac-bmmeet0.ii1.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo auction in Lake Conway suspended for lack of bidders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local real estate auctions have become more popular during the ongoing sales slump, but even auctions are having a harder time mustering buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:21:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/local/newsletter/orl-biznews-auctions061108,0,4132577.story</link>
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     <title>CA: A Lake Forest woman gets injured, then stuck with the bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recently concluded civil trial stemming from the accident has members of a homeowner's association board breathing easier and a big-name law firm scratching its head.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:18:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/lakeforest/article_2064598.php</link>
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     <title>TX: Enron founder's widow paid condo dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The widow of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay has paid the condo dues that prompted a lawsuit by her neighbors in an upscale Houston high-rise, attorneys said Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:15:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ksl.com/?nid=153&sid=2863673]]></link>
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     <title>AZ: Green pools raise health risks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When homeowners lose their houses to foreclosure, it's not just the American dream that gets left behind. They also leave unattended pools and spas - hundreds of them in the West Valley since January - that create a breeding ground for mosquitoes, which carry the West Nile virus.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:59:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/pools_2794___article.html/west_hundreds.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Renaissance condo to assess owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners at the Renaissance had better get out their checkbooks.  The condo association has been involved in an enormously complex lawsuit since 2006 to compel the developer, designers and contractors that originally built the Renaissance to fix what it claims are continuing water intrusion problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:55:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080609/REALESTATE/806090375/1668</link>
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     <title>FL: Parched grass yields yard debates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Peter Cervone follows Central Florida's watering rules -- just twice a week. Still, he has brown spots. His homeowners association fined him $25 for having dead patches and has threatened to resod his lawn and get attorneys involved.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:45:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/debary/orl-lawn1008jun10,0,6350361.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Copper Thieves Making It Hot For Orlando Condo Complex Owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The summer heat is going to be especially difficult for some Orlando homeowners who lost their air conditioning. Copper thieves struck an Orlando condominium complex, damaging units for at least a dozen homes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:02:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/16546669/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Who dropped the ball?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Banks and other mortgage lenders are turning out to be lousy neighbors. Foreclosed homes featuring brown lawns and fetid swimming pools litter the Las Vegas Valley because the lenders that hold title have failed to keep the properties up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:47:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jun/09/who-dropped-ball/</link>
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     <title>NY: Homeowners association sues Staten Island couple for $250,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Westport/Richmond Hill Homeowners Association is suing the Shearons in state Supreme Court for the right to go onto the couple's property to fix a broken electrical box that supplies lights along the street and the common areas of the townhouse development. The couple had previously argued their home was not part of the homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:46:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/homeowners_association_sues_st.html</link>
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     <title>AL: Bankruptcy filings show deep debt of coastal investors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three of Bon Secour Village's five developers have filed for bankruptcy, putting the already imperiled Gulf Shores development at further risk and illustrating how south Baldwin County's burst real estate bubble has hit even the most moneyed investors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:57:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/121291658051620.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>PA: Judge rules against heirs of Hamlet developers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A now deceased developer has lost an 18-year battle to own and manage a private home development's roads and amenities in a ruling that grants ownership to a property owners association free and clear of all liens and taxes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:44:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080606/NEWS/806060359</link>
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     <title>FL: Honeybees Invade Jacksonville Condo (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands of bees move into the walls of a Southside condo, leaving one homeowner's head buzzing with questions of how to get the unwelcome guests out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:47:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news4jax.com/news/16532852/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Lawsuit claims flaws in downtown condo tower</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Orange County man who put down more than $100,000 in deposits for two units at The Paramount on Lake Eola condo tower is suing the developer, claiming that the building now nearing completion in downtown Orlando had serious structural problems that were not disclosed to buyers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:44:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-condosuit0708jun07,0,4553119.story</link>
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     <title>TX: Frisco Fairways homeowners association moves on after coup</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Less than four months after the Frisco Fairways homeowners association sued Mr. Doumani and two other residents for libeling the HOA board in online postings, Mr. Doumani has been elected president of that same board – and all the former members who brought the suit either were replaced or have stepped down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:38:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/frisco/stories/DN-frhomeowners_07cco.ART.North.Edition1.462ca7c.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Take part in elections of your association's board of directors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Every year there is an opportunity for change with the election of board members. This is the one change homeowners in the community have control over. The homeowners elect the board members who serve as directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:29:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080607/LIFESTYLES11/806060334/-1/lifestylesfront</link>
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     <title>MN: Wind gust sends Minneapolis condo window crashing from 21 stories</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A "fluke" gust of wind ripped a window off a downtown Minneapolis condo late this morning, sending it crashing 21 stories to the ground, the building's property manager said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:25:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/19605609.html?location_refer=Most%20Emailed:Homepage</link>
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     <title>ID: Crowd Blocks Driveways to Stop Modular Home Project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents and a builder clashed in Star Thursday night - with residents complaining that planned modular homes violate neighborhood rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:10:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jun0608-star_saddlebrook_dispute.6ad5bae.html</link>
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     <title>Canada: Condo owners can keep Canadian flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dean Clark's flag fight is over.  The strata council at his Newton townhouse complex has backed away from its demand he remove a Canadian flag that's been flying from his home for the past four years or face a $50 fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:50:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.canada.com/surreynow/news/story.html?id=9b0dcda7-c02d-4b29-8aff-d047e834ff27</link>
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     <title>California, Florida Lead U.S. In Big Foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rapidly declining property values touched off a new wave of home-loan delinquencies in Florida during the first three months of the year and pushed 77,000 homeowners into foreclosure, a signal that turmoil in the housing market is far from over. The state ranked second in the country in failing loans, according to a report released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association. California led the nation with 109,000 foreclosures. The states with the next highest numbers - Texas, Michigan and Ohio - saw no more than 24,000 foreclosures during the same period.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:48:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=17005</link>
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     <title>MD: Court Turns Maryland Condo Insurance Upside Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A dispute over $6,400 in damage to a Maryland townhouse led to an unexpected court decision that has reversed 26 years of standard industry practice, and left insurers, agents, lawmakers and condominium associations unclear as to who pays when individual units in a complex are damaged.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:22:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2008/06/03/90588.htm</link>
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     <title>AZ:  7 tips to muffle noisy neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So, you just moved into a condo, townhouse or apartment with a killer view or simply doesn't cost an arm and a leg. But now you find yourself banging on the walls to get your neighbors to quiet down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:22:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yumasun.com/news/neighbors_42140___article.html/noise_based.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Silver Beach Condo Owners Win Against Developer in Court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A local court says developer Tom Becnel changed the covenants for Silver Beach Towers condominiums to deny owners their rights to the beach there]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:17:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1416925/silver_beach_condo_owners_win_against_developer_in_court/</link>
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     <title>OH: Homeowners’ group: Playground must go</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners’ association is forcing a woman  who uses a wheelchair to remove a swing set she put up for her autistic son or face a $100 per month fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:27:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/06/05/homeowners-group-playground-must-go/</link>
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     <title>IL: With condo unit cleaned, Lake in the Hills woman can move back in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge on Wednesday gave the OK for a Lake in the Hills woman taken to court over her squalid condo to move back in after officials said she had cleaned the unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:43:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2008/06/05/news/local/doc4847bc6780d54855773929.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Even with drought, homeowners face fines for brown lawns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Little rain can make for brown grass. It's a fact of life. Add to the mix county lawn-watering restrictions, and Mr. and Mrs. Homeowner might feel a bit burned at the sight of scorched earth where there was once a lush carpet of green. But drought aside, rules remain the rules at some subdivisions]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:18:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlHEAD03060508.htm</link>
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     <title>Canada: Good rules make for good neighbours</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is important that by properly drafting the condominium rules, one can avoid debating same before the courts. Typically, problems include (1) a unitholder who fails to pay his/her condominium fees, (2) or who abuses their privileges regarding the exercise equipment or (3) fails to comply with the aesthetic norms of the building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:03:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=13318950964404881702072198468&ctid=1000004&cnid=1015588]]></link>
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     <title>GA: Hard times pinch homeowner associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Get ready for another ripple of victims from the souring economy and increased home foreclosures: Neighborhood pool parties, flowers at subdivision entrances and lifeguards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:32:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/06/04/homeowner_associations.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Lawsuit ends up costing more than just money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[THERE are no winners in lawsuits like Slayback v. The Estates at Gig Harbor - literally. Neither the plaintiffs nor the defendants won the suit, since it was settled out of court and the terms were not disclosed. None of the parties involved are admitting fault in the neighborhood dispute, either.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:31:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/1566.html</link>
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     <title>FL: From golf clubhouse to association space?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owners of Gulf Gate Golf Course have asked the Gulf Gate Community Association if it is interested in eventually taking over the golf course clubhouse]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:24:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080604/NEWS/806040556/1093/SPORTS</link>
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     <title>WA: Homeowners Say Wall Built Too High</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Temouri says the McKays built the wall despite homeowner rules that specifically state that retaining walls can't be higher than three feet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:43:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kvewtv.com/news/?sect_rank=1&section_id=1&story_id=5813]]></link>
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     <title>VA: Lawsuit on lack of services could bankrupt Lake Holiday</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If the plaintiffs win their lawsuit, Lake Holiday may go bankrupt — because the gated community in northern Frederick County would no longer be able to collect assessments on its 2,700 residential lots.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:32:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.winchesterstar.com/article_details.php?ArticleID=7145</link>
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     <title>CO: HOAs run out of cash as more people walk away from homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[From the outside, Monaco Place looks shiny and new. On the inside it's falling apart and so are its residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:02:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.9news.com/money/article.aspx?storyid=92970&catid=344]]></link>
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     <title>VA: Algae muddles popular lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the last few springs, a blight in the form of excessive green algae has covered huge stretches of water, floating back and forth to either end depending on the wind conditions. The homeowners'  association brought up the issue to city council last summer before the city responded with a few cleanups, including one this spring.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:57:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/algae_muddles_popular_lake/16490/</link>
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     <title>IL: State gives condos until 2013 to upgrade elevators</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local condo residents won't have to worry about making costly upgrades in their elevators by the end of this year thanks to an amendment to the Elevator Safety and Registration Act that passed the Illinois House just before adjournment last week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:46:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/riverforest/news/986440,RF-Elevator-060408-sl.article</link>
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     <title>KY: Troubleshooter investigates mandate for new roofs at local community condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of residents at the Village of Beckley Woods condos contacted WAVE 3's Troubleshooter Charla Young after getting a letter from the condo's management team and volunteer board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:38:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=8421293&nav=menu31_3]]></link>
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     <title>FL: The condo dream that turned to heartbreak</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When developers set their sights on the property surrounding a former Holiday Inn in downtown Orlando, Florida, three years ago, they thought they had found a sure thing]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:50:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20080603/bs_ft/fto060320080103412943</link>
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     <title>MN: Developers delay, and neighbors in Minneapolis feel the pain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Behind the fence lies the reality of a project stalled before it even rose above ground level, either by a faltering housing market or a developer's hubris, depending on whom you ask.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:38:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.startribune.com/local/19476564.html?location_refer=North%20Metro</link>
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     <title>FL: Colony Club in upkeep battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One of Longboat Key's most distinctive addresses is engaged in a bitter fight over how the property is being maintained.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:21:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/business/story/648790.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Charlotte condo developer faces criminal charges</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Instead, Lauro is facing criminal charges in Charlotte County for allegedly stealing $198,000 through a construction loan scheme. Two of his companies are in bankruptcy with debts that could amount to more than $20 million.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:17:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080602/REALESTATE/806020427/1006/SPORTS</link>
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     <title>MS: Chateau de Eyesore</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In its heyday in the 1980s, the Chateau de la Mer was a thriving 144-unit beachfront condo complex. Had it survived Katrina, the Chateau de la Mer likely would've struggled to compete with the giant luxury towers that have sprouted up along the shoreline]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:40:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/596382.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Virtual Condo No Better Than the Real Thing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Remember Zack Preble, who tried to sell equity in his new condominium online by the square inch unit? Now he would like you to buy the property the old-fashioned way. Well, sort of.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2008/06/02/virtual-condo-no-better-than-the-real-thing</link>
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     <title>MD: As Disputes Escalate, So Can the Legal Bills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Beware the homeowners association squabble that escalates. Back-fence grousing over parking restrictions, architectural rules or allegations of cronyism can grow into civil war, and homeowners -- the source of all money in the association -- can end up paying big legal bills, no matter which side wins.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:14:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/31/AR2008053100255.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Dangers hidden in homeowner groups</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Then Saldana went to a homeowners association meeting and heard the news: Their Colina Condominium complex in South San Francisco has major structural problems. To fix the damages, each unit in the complex may have to pay a special assessment fee in the range of $70,000 to $90,000 per unit on top of the HOA dues, property taxes and mortgage residents pay each month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:04:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/a-1419534~Dangers_hidden_in_homeowner_groups.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Seniors vulnerable as hurricane season nears</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Florida officials say they've learned from past hurricane seasons - and highly publicized failures elsewhere - to improve their assistance to the state's 4.2 million seniors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:39:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24732270/</link>
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     <title>AZ: Solar panels meeting resistance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a high-end Flagstaff neighborhood where residents shun the sight of satellite dishes and utility lines, one resident is disregarding the rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:38:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/20080601_front_page_19.txt</link>
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     <title>CT: Older condominiums may lack proper fire-safety construction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A fire that displaced 27 people from the Lantern Park condominium complex a month ago could have been much worse, because the buildings housing the condos did not have adequate fire barriers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:52:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/345437.txt</link>
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     <title>AZ: Ruling near on Anthem water and sewer rate case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A ruling is near on a complex water rates case that could increase the water and sewer rates that thousands of Anthem customers pay by more than $25 a month]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 14:16:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/business/abg/articles/2008/05/29/20080529abg-phx-anthemwater0529.html</link>
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     <title>NV: Condo owner's dog outgrows HOA restrictions, could be banned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I bought a condominium that I have lived in since May 2002, and made a great investment. In January 2006, I found my dream dog, a border collie. The love that I have for my dog is overwhelming and he has a better social life than I do.  Our condominium community covenants state that each unit can have up to two 25-pound dogs and that no pet can exceed 25 pounds. When I first purchased my dog he was under the weight restrictions, but now he weighs more than 25 pounds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 14:04:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/19422924.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Condo owners to pay $2 million for seawall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners at Ocean Harbor House on Monterey Beach will have to pay $2.15 million plus legal fees to the California Coastal Commission as compensation for their seawall, the state Court of Appeal has ruled.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:48:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_9436975?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>FL: Some residents dissatisfied with homeowners' board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents said they served HOA president Victor Marini - and the entire board of directors, two of whom live on Marini's street and the other two live close to him - with a recall notice April 28. They included a Florida statute-required petition containing signatures of 214 of the 340 homeowners - 70 percent, while only 50 percent was required.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 13:40:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/053108/nec_284281640.shtml</link>
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     <title>OR: Bend condo owners, family fail to settle feud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The bitter feud between the wealthy Pape family of Eugene and condo owners at the Inn of the Seventh Mountain in Bend is headed for court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1212116120312410.xml&coll=7]]></link>
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     <title>Canada: ‘Patriot’ faces fine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Surrey man attached the flagpole and flag to the fascia of his attached home, near his front door, four years ago and he had never had a complaint until last month.  That’s when he received a letter from the property management company that runs his townhouse complex, Bear Creek Village.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:42:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/peacearchnews/news/19372454.html</link>
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     <title>FL: PSL woman files lawsuit against attorneys</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Port St. Lucie woman kidnapped and repeatedly raped in 2002 has filed a lawsuit against the attorneys she retained to sue the Hutchinson Island condo complex she was abducted from.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:31:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/30/no-headline---30sbriefs/</link>
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     <title>NC: Couple stole from homeowner group</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A husband and wife have been charged with taking more than $200,000 from their homeowners association, police said Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:35:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/2957353/</link>
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     <title>IA: Some in Regency homes find they lack warranties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As many as 2,000 homeowners in 20 unfinished Regency developments in central Iowa learned this month that the West Des Moines home builder has stopped paying its condominium association insurance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:29:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080529/BUSINESS/805290392/0/NEWS&theme=REGENCY]]></link>
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     <title>MA: Massive fire at Peabody condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Chief of staff to Peabody Mayor Michael Bonfanti, said there were 23 units in the building that caught fire. He said two other buildings in the complex were also evacuated by firefighters as a precaution.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:26:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_05_29_Massive_fire_hits_Mass__condo_complex/srvc=home&position=0]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Gov. Crist Signs Flag Rights Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday signed a bill into law preventing groups in Florida from prohibiting a person from flying a U.S. flag on their property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:24:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local6.com/news/16417579/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Florida takes $10 million from condo trust fund</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Almost one-third of the money designated for programs to help educate condo owners and pay for enforcement of condo laws will be diverted for unrelated state expenses as a result of the current budget crunch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:27:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbcondofund0508sbmay08,0,7976189.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Always know your condo rights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Yes, you do. As an owner, remain informed. The financial, political and legal conditions of your community association can affect your quality of life and the value of your property]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 13:23:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flhrbcondotalk0515hrbmay15,0,231472.story</link>
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     <title>FL: You think your condo is bad? Look at these rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rules, rules, rules.  When you bought into your condo or homeowner association community, you promised to obey them — even if you don't like them, don't understand them or think they're too vague. Consider the following:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 12:54:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/columnists/sfl-flbcondocol0528sbmay28,0,7785318.column</link>
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     <title>Skipped dues crunch home associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's a scenario being repeated across the country. Delinquent fees at condo and homeowner associations have become an outgrowth of the mortgage crisis. Housing cooperatives, in a squeeze because of unpaid fees from struggling homeowners, are scraping to pay for landscaping, maintenance, pools, recreation centers and other amenities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:06:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2008-05-26-condo-fee_N.htm</link>
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     <title>FL:  Vet Faces Lawsuit For Flying American Flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowner's association is not commenting about their rules. But state law said anyone can display a flag in a "respectful manner" as long as it is removable, Local 6 reported.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:52:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local6.com/news/16399678/detail.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Wild Dunes finally gets a dose of sand</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Wild Dunes beach is being pumped back to life, two years after owners began wrangling with regulators for permits and a year after tens of thousands of sandbags that shored up eight beach-front properties and the resort's prized Links course washed away in storm tides - littering the coast and marshes for miles.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:43:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/may/27/wild_dunes_finally_gets_dose_sand42303/</link>
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     <title>WI: SOS: After a heavy rain, she can't get into her condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lora Ott loves her new condo on Madison 's East Side, but she 'd love it more if she could actually get to it after a big rain storm]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:41:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/wonder/sos/288098#start2</link>
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     <title>VA: Course dispute still in rough</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For two decades, the Villages of Kiln Creek has been a hallmark of golf-centric living on the Peninsula. But in this, the 20th anniversary year, bitter infighting between residents and the owner of the on-site Kiln Creek Golf Club and Resort has marred their relationship to its core.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:36:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_kilncreek_0524may24,0,7100946.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Harborage condo buyers tout law in fight for deposits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They're taking the approach du jour when it comes to backing out of condo contracts around Florida: claiming Altman subsidiary Harborage Cottages-Stuart LLLP violated the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:28:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2008/05/26/c2bz_samplescol_0526.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Man Prosecuted for Raw Sewage Debacle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man under investigation for allowing raw sewage to flow in a subdivision for the past three years is now being criminally prosecuted by the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:19:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1401504/chattanooga_man_prosecuted_for_raw_sewage_debacle/</link>
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     <title>NC: A painful principle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Martin Bynum isn't behind on his mortgage. No problems with the bank, no problems with the loan. But his house is still being foreclosed on - not due to the hundreds of dollars he can pay, but for the $30 a month he won't. The creditor foreclosing: his homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:11:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/NRSTAFF/288584848</link>
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     <title>NY: As patio homes proliferate, debate over tax breaks heats up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People in this subdivision pay a premium to live in these "patio homes", she said, yet they pay only about half the property tax bill of single-family homeowners down the street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 14:51:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/354083.html</link>
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     <title>PA: West Deer condo lawsuit settlement may be near</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A settlement may be forthcoming in the case of West Deer Township residents whose condominiums were threatened with a sheriff's sale due to a legal battle between two companies involved in building them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 14:48:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_569156.html</link>
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     <title>IL: How can older condo buildings go green?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[How can associations incorporate sustainable or green principles and products into their operations?  Let's consider suggestions for older buildings from Jim Stoller, president of Building Group, a Chicago-based condominium management company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 19:32:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/condos/965244,mack23.article</link>
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     <title>FL: Grants help neighborhoods make ponds healthier, and prettier, too</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The ponds, built to receive storm water, affect larger bodies of water. Their purpose is to help maintain water quality in lakes, creeks, rivers and bays as it was before the developments were built.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:35:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080522/NEWS/805220480/-1/newssitemap</link>
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     <title>IL: Developer pays fine of $25,000 to village</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A developer that removed hundreds of trees without approval has agreed to pay Carpentersville $25,000 in compensation, even though the felled trees are considered "invasive."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:33:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=196160&src=5]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Clothesline advocates hang hopes on 'right to dry'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The right to dry is becoming a divisive issue among neighbors striving to be green and others who don't care to see BVDs blowing in the breeze while grilling on the deck.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:31:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://searchchicago.suntimes.com/homes/news/965162,cothesline23.article</link>
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     <title>FL: Motorcyclist suing condos over pothole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man is suing a local corporation after a fall from a motorcycle last fall]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:22:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/local/story/628769.html</link>
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     <title>CA: La Costa Valley HOA weighs in on vacant lot</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While the CC&Rs preclude spending association funds on matters outside the boundaries of the community, they do not prohibit involvement. So board members and homeowners voted to form a committee to serve as a liaison between the school district and homeowners]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:20:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecoastnews.com/articles/4147/</link>
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     <title>MD: Homeowner's Associations Struggling With Mortgage Meltdown (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As real estate woes continue to challenge the nation's economy, homeowners in the Four State region are also contending with the frustration of maintaining their property value.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:11:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=16903</link>
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     <title>AL: Condo buyers change minds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But like many of the new towers, Turquoise Place now faces legal challenges from condo buyers who don't want to close the deals they made as far back as three years ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:12:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/1211447749211480.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>AZ: Judge wants disqualified votes counted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Pima County Superior Court judge has ruled that hundreds of ballots that had been disqualified from a January recall election of two Continental Ranch Community Association governing board members must be counted.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:06:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/239964</link>
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     <title>CO: Condo HOA draws the line at mural on retaining wall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So she was disappointed to learn the mural has been declared an eyesore by the homeowners association of the 282-unit condo complex near Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:01:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/articles/line_36585___article.html/mural_retaining.html</link>
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     <title>NC: NBC17 Investigates Home Owners Association Rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners' association woes may become a thing of the past as experts give NBC17 the low down of how to successfully challenge tough HOA rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:40:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2008-05-21-0001.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Court approves a lost-deposit credit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Buyers who put money down on property from the now-defunct Levitt and Sons company have been given the chance to apply that lost cash towards the purchase of one of Levitt's finished properties.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:34:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2008/05/21/4833592de97d9</link>
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     <title>WI: Balcony ban vanishes during board meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Eagle Island View Condominiums in Prairie du Sac no longer have to worry about a fine for stepping out on their balconies during the winter eagle season.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:30:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wiscnews.com/spe/news/287499</link>
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     <title>NV: No neighbors, no neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Inspirada, near Anthem in Henderson, was envisioned as a 13,500-home, 2,000-acre New Urbanist community where people could walk to parks, schools and a casino, but the housing slump has called into question the commitment of developers and buyers and perhaps lowered the value of some of the homes by about $100,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:42:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/may/21/no-neighbors-no-neighborhood/</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[KY: Homeowner & Condo Associations Deal With Increasing Budgets]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The poor economy and high gas prices have begun to effect the homeowner and condo associations many residents depend on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:22:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story.aspx?content_id=4f778bfe-f405-48b4-811c-77374c685723</link>
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     <title>PA: Resolution May Come For West Deer Condo Owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They paid their mortgages and their taxes, but dozens of condo owners in West Deer were still threatened with losing their homes to sheriff sale because their developer didn't pay his bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:18:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigators/West.Deer.condos.2.728902.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Water Or Get Sued</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While some communities are forced to conserve water while lawns go brown, one Volusia County neighborhood says water more, or else.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:15:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6589565&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1]]></link>
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     <title>TX: Code enforcement leads to porcelain protest</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Quite a few homes in the Angus Valley subdivision in Northwest Austin are sporting a new type of protest yard art. You could call it Pottygate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 09:12:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8356723&nav=0s3d]]></link>
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     <title>CA: House, condo renters latest victims of foreclosure crisis</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cleveland was one of the first in a growing tide of innocent victims of the foreclosure crisis - tenants who rent homes, condos and townhouses not knowing the owner is in financial trouble and behind on the mortgage. When the bank forecloses, it's the tenants who end up out on the street, often losing thousands of dollars in prepaid rent and deposits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 11:01:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/says-tenants-property-2041623-rent-tenant?orderby=TimeStampAscend</link>
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     <title>TX: Association Dues (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It may be a sign of the times, a growing number of homeowner and condominium associations across the country are raising their monthly dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 10:44:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ketknbc.com/home/ticker/19087099.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Drop in property owner fee payments hurting smaller communities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property management companies in southern Beaufort County say they are seeing an increase in delinquencies on property owners association assessments in small communities, a problem that is leading to more aggressive collections in some neighborhoods.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:40:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/502017.html</link>
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     <title>Foreclosures mean opportunity for Habitat charity</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In Milwaukee, the city is buying condo units in one large complex — many of them in foreclosure — and then selling them to Habitat for about $5,000. Habitat volunteers renovate them, and the group sells them to clients for $25,000]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:28:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iltiQkhhADBkjNrODcQIlktdeaIgD90OO8SG0</link>
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     <title>IN: Justices split on rental restriction case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a ruling that could be the first of its kind in the nation, a divided Indiana Supreme Court Thursday afternoon reversed a lower court’s ruling that a Kokomo subdivision’s covenant restricting rentals violated the federal Fair Housing Act because of potential racial implications.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theindianalawyer.com/html/detail_page.asp?content=01856</link>
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     <title>UT: Unfinished and incensed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[...fellow Hickory Ridge resident and former homeowners-association president, wonders whether any city action would help his subdivision force builders' hands. The HOA has successfully coerced a handful of builders to follow through with projects, but it has had trouble tracking down owners of some sites.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:32:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9299150</link>
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     <title>FL: Residents of Hutchinson Island community sue over arsenic-tainted land</title>
     <d