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  <title>Community Associations Network National</title>
  <description><![CDATA[News items of national interest regarding Condominium and Homeowner associations, compiled by the Community Associations Network]]></description>
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     <title>Foreclosure Will Not Save You from Your HOA Dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recession deflated the values of real estate that caused more difficulties for many homeowners.  This is the reason why more homeowners can not keep up with their monthly mortgage payments.  As a result, banks are forced to foreclosure many properties so they can recover their investments. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:27:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stockmarketsreview.com/realestate/2010/09/07/foreclosure-will-not-save-you-from-your-hoa-dues/</link>
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     <title>IL: Carol Stream to inspect condo complex after overhang collapse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The collapse of a decorative overhang last week in the Carol Shire Commons condominium complex has prompted village officials to get involved.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:09:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/carolstream/features/x90333756/Village-to-inspect-condo-complex-after-overhang-collapse</link>
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     <title>WA: Nation's First 55+ Retirement Community Gets Court Reprieve</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The small town of Ryderwood in southwest Washington is thought to be the nation's first seniors–only retirement community. The town will keep that distinction at least a little while longer. A federal appeals court has issued a temporary reprieve allowing age restrictions to remain in place.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=21310</link>
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     <title>NC: Going Green Not Always Easy In HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Air conditioners in the Charlotte region have gotten quite a workout this summer. As temperatures soared, so did our energy use. But what if you wanted to cut back? Maybe run the clothes dryer a little less]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:34:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wfae.org/wfae/1_87_316.cfm?action=display&id=6461]]></link>
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     <title>UT: Springville residents upset over unknown fee</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They're calling it an unfair tax. Some Springville residents who have lived in their homes for years found out, just a week ago, they need to pay a fee they never knew existed. That’s when they asked ABC 4 to take action.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:29:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story/Springville-residents-upset-over-unknown-fee/DV_wAY6ql0CcVgzq49pqYQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>Condo Owners Trade Lawn Mowers For Spread Sheets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People often buy a condominium unit partly because they don't need to worry about cutting the lawn or fixing the roof--their condo association takes care of maintenance and repairs for them, with those services paid through homeowner assessments each month. At least, that's the way it's supposed to work.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:14:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartmoney.com/news/ON/?story=ON-20100908-000385&cid=1259]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Gilberts tweaks law to deal with Indian Trails</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gilberts trustees Tuesday changed law to give them power to enforce covenants over the subdivision of Indian Trails.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:40:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=406447&src=3]]></link>
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     <title>PA: Private community study results to be released Wednesday</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is difficult to have a meaningful discussion about private communities without some basic information.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:36:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100907/NEWS/9070327/-1/NEWS</link>
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     <title>CA: Two resign from Friendly HOA board in dispute over oil drilling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two members of the Friendly Hills Homeowners Association Board of Directors have resigned following a raucous meeting last week, accusing the board president of blindsiding the board in an attempt to get the board to oppose the city's oil-drilling proposal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:27:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_16012945?source=rss</link>
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     <title>PA: Upper Allen Township laundry battle makes People magazine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This week’s People magazine - featuring actor Michael Douglas’ battle against throat cancer - includes a one-page article on the tangle among several Witney Ridge residents and their homeowners association over the right to dry laundry outside.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:21:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/09/upper_allen_township_laundry_b.html</link>
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     <title>NJ:  An affront to history</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the fact is that in the name of making it easier to properly maintain its grounds, the association, a gated community of detached homes governed as a condominium association, has obliterated, perhaps forever, a piece of Holmdel's history]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:10:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.app.com/article/20100907/OPINION01/9080310/An-affront-to-history</link>
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     <title>IN: More Charges Filed Against Couple In Sign Flap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Additional charges have been filed against two former Department of Public Works employees who were accused of charging residents of a subdivision for signs that were taken from work.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:11:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theindychannel.com/news/24908420/detail.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Investors Snap Up Flood-Damaged Houses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some flood-damaged houses in Bellevue's River Plantation are selling for $100,000 less than their owners paid for them four years ago. The houses are being purchased by investors who hope to remodel them and make a profit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:40:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsmv.com/news/24902761/detail.html</link>
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     <title>PA: Condo owners united to fight flooding</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Greentree condominium owner James Cannon recently came before borough council in July seeking help with frequent flooding of his Park Vallei Lane unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:10:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/09/07/news/doc4c859b7c3900c440104175.txt</link>
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     <title>Free-Range Landscaping</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Recently, the patch of weeds behind Steve Holdaway's Chapel Hill, N.C., home grew so unkempt that he hired outside help. For six hours, the crew's members tackled tall grass and thorny blackberry plants and toiled without a break-other than to chew their cud, that is.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:39:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703578104575397420128248764.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Prescott Estates Revisited: A complex transformation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, there was no disputing which was the worst neighborhood in Modesto.  It was Prescott Estates -- a complex of 312 condo units plagued by drugs, gangs, fires, trash piles, rodent infestations, leaking roofs and worse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:25:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.modbee.com/2010/09/04/1324400/prescott-estates-revisited-a-complex.html</link>
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     <title>CA: San Mateo may loan $1.7 million to 67 condo owners to make repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several dozen homeowners in a condo complex are slated to receive $1.75 million in loans from the city to fund repairs the residents say they can't afford to pay for out of their own pockets]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:24:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15997334</link>
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     <title>CA: Electric Vehicles: What You Need to Know About Home Charging</title>
     <description><![CDATA["If you live in an apartment or condo, you need to start having the discussion about EV charging with your landlord or homeowners' association," said Chelsea Sexton, an electric vehicle marketing expert. "Or have the conversation with your workplace. You need a reliable place for day-to-day charging, and if it's not at home it ought to be at work."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/drive/ci_15974622?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>CO: From the HOA files: Taking your HOA meeting minutes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Author P. Michael Nagle writes: "It is crucial to the conduct of any meeting that the chair be composed, organized, soft-spoken, equitable, and obviously in charge without being overbearing."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:12:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20100904/MOUNTAIN04/100909906/1078&ParentProfile=1055]]></link>
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     <title>NC: When paying the mortgage is not enough</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Skipping out on homeowners association dues can have extreme, and often unexpected, consequences. Increasing numbers of the neighborhood-based groups are turning to foreclosure proceedings to collect on overdue fees, which the associations use to maintain community clubhouses, pools and the like.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:08:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/05/663406/when-paying-the-mortgage-is-not.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Do homeowner regulations go too far</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Aug. 15 - after losing his one-story home and two days before he would be evicted - Darius' next door neighbor heard an explosion about 2:20 a.m. Patti McCallister ran outside, saw Darius' home burning and called 911.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:49:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100904/ARTICLES/100909828/0/APA&tc=omni]]></link>
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     <title>NJ: A Developer Installs Solar Power</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That is the pitch being made at River Pointe, an age-restricted community in Manchester where PulteGroup Inc. is installing, as a standard feature in each house, solar technology that earns energy credits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:46:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/realestate/05zone.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Investigators: Man killed in fire set blaze</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People who knew Darius said they believed he set the fire after a prolonged battle with his homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:41:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100903/ARTICLES/100909858/-1/news06?Title=Fatal-fire-at-Ogden-home-was-set-intentionally-investigators-say</link>
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     <title>SC: City Threatens To Cut Water Service In Annexation Battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In less than three weeks, dozens of people living just outside of Rock Hill may see their faucets, dishwashers and showers run dry.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:37:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsoctv.com/news/24875717/detail.html</link>
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     <title>OH: Think Twice Before Moving Into New Subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Crosby Township subdivision is in foreclosure, leaving homeowners already living there wondering when anything will happen.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:36:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Think-Twice-Before-Moving-Into-New-Subdivision/1q2qnjLgY0iSYaG-TodOgg.cspx?rss=30</link>
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     <title>TX: Lawsuit filed in balcony collapse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A lawsuit has been filed against the people connected to a Southeast Austin condominium where a balcony collapsed, injuring more than two dozen guests at a party last month]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:18:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2010/09/03/lawsuit_filed_in_balcony_colla.html</link>
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     <title>Alabama Supreme Court favors Huntsville doctor in Florida condo dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Alabama Supreme Court Friday ruled in favor of a Huntsville physician in his battle with a condominium developer in Northwest Florida.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:15:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/09/alabama_supreme_court_favors_h.html</link>
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     <title>WY: Man gets probation in Fox Park embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gillette man charged in connection with a massive embezzlement scheme involving the Fox Park subdivision has avoided prison time.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:21:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/today/news04.txt</link>
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     <title>OR: Homeowners say taxpayer-funded builder won’t fix leaks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A single mom says her builder has refused to fix her leaky home even though the house is still under warranty and is part of a development that was funded by taxpayers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:17:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.katu.com/news/local/102130739.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Neighborhood watch shooter gets prison</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Pure crap."  That’s what 3rd District Judge Mark Kouris called Reginald Campos’ insistence he fired in self-defense at a fellow neighborhood watch advocate during a confrontation on a Bluffdale street last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:15:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50204677-76/campos-serbeck-judge-daughter.html.csp</link>
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     <title>MS: Water shut off to St. Andrews condo residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, the St. Andrews Golf Course in Ocean Springs was shut down. On Monday, residents living in 61 of the condos surrounding the golf course had their water turned off.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:38:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wlox.com/global/story.asp?s=13092124</link>
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     <title>GA: Flag flies after fight with Cherokee neighborhood association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But a Cherokee County Superior Court judge ruled last week the association's enforcement was arbitrary and unreasonable, and that the 2005 Freedom to Display the American Flag Act passed by Congress allows the pole.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:16:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/cherokee/flag-flies-after-fight-605640.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Judge-Providence Downs homeowners can seek new association board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Union County civil court Judge Christopher Collier ruled in favor of a group from Providence Downs, a Marvin area subdivision, in a complaint filed against the neighborhood’s homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:13:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.enquirerjournal.com/view/full_story/9355711/article-Judge--Providence-Downs-homeowners-can-seek-new-association-board?instance=homeleftmain</link>
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     <title>CA: Rossmoor residents complaining about coyotes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tension is mounting because the number of attacks have increased - and could rise further as roadwork disrupts the animals' shelter, said David Lara of the Rossmoor Homeowners Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:12:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15966336?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>WA: Developer fined for failing to provide safe drinking water to subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state Department of Health has fined a Cowlitz County developer $21,000 for failing to maintain safe drinking water for his Kalama-area subdivision, and the situation has gotten so bad that the fed up homeowners association is trying to buy the system to run itself.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:08:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://tdn.com/news/local/article_636c8336-b62f-11df-82a0-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Ex-Blair Hills association manager admits guilt in theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former manager of the Blair Hills Community Association has pleaded guilty to embezzling close to $200,000 from the association during a five-year period.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:12:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/Ex-Blair-Hills-association-manager-admits-guilt-in-theft-102045393.html</link>
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     <title>FL: This neighborhood association is really tough</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you want to buy a home in the Bridgewater neighborhood, you'd better be prepared to pay thousands to its neighborhood association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:07:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38970271</link>
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     <title>Fla man, community settle spat over patriotic sign</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A South Florida police official will take down the patriotic display on his garage door in a compromise with his homeowner association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:26:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/02/1804222/fla-man-community-settle-spat.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Evanston won't press condo owner for $635 tax bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A family's refusal to pay a special a $635.02 special assessment tax for an alley paving project that they said resulted in the unnecessary destruction of a tree will not cost the family their condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:14:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/news/2660754,evanston-alleyfight-090210-s1.article</link>
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     <title>NE: Townhome Fee Hike Upsets Homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jeremy and Brandi Tumbleson said they are due an explanation for what caused a due increase at the Brookside Townhome Association in Bellevue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:59:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/101939318.html</link>
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     <title>WV: Lawsuit resembles ‘religious hostility’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ It seems the Oakland Heights Property Owners Association has found some things: traffic on the short piece of road leading up to the church driveway and noise from playing children disturb them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:55:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/547795/Lawsuit-resembles--religious-hostility-.html?nav=5061</link>
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     <title>PA: Judge hears Sandy Street condo arguments</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three months after a 26-unit Sandy Street condominium building was condemned for faulty construction a Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge heard legal arguments Wednesday morning on how the building would be repaired and who would pay for it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:56:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://timesherald.com/articles/2010/09/01/news/doc4c7e836abd9f4826843068.txt</link>
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     <title>NE: HiMark Estates ordered to repay unauthorized homeowner's fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[HiMark Estates, a southeast Lincoln housing addition, must pay back unauthorized homeowner association fees after breaching its covenant by not obtaining a two-thirds approval from all homeowners, Lancaster County District Judge John Colburn ruled Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:43:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_2ac43da6-b55a-11df-87ff-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Homeowner will fight HOA to keep pigeons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A defiant Laguna Niguel homeowner will not remove a loft of pigeons from his back yard, despite receiving a formal complaint letter from the Seagate Niguel Homeowners Association board]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:00:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/pigeons-264489-want-birds.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Hand scanners to improve security at Marina City but not convenience</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While the condo association at Marina City is hoping to increase security, a plan to install hand scanners at entrances to both towers is not without critics.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:02:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marinacityonline.com/news/scanners0831.htm</link>
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     <title>OK: After 50 years, Quail Creek still going strong as residential anchor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Quail Creek, after 50 years, is its own center of gravity - a residential anchor of north Oklahoma City.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:44:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://newsok.com/article/3482707</link>
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     <title>IL: Carol Stream condo building partially collapses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several west suburban families are out of their homes after part of their condo building collapsed early Tuesday]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:40:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7641467]]></link>
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     <title>NC: HOA cracks down on lawns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That's why Reier was surprised when a letter arrived from her homeowner's association telling her - and dozens of her Carpenter Village neighbors - that their lawns don't meet their homeowner's association standards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:53:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7639325]]></link>
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     <title>NJ: In Lawrence, Carter homeowners win tiny tower battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Score one small victory for the Carter Road Homeowners Association in its ongoing lawsuit with the township over the proposed construction of two 140-foot cell phone towers near their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:05:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/08/27/news/doc4c787b236b177521277237.txt</link>
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     <title>AZ: In Haven for Over-55 Set, Age Police Hunt Violators Who Shriek or Toddle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[From behind the wheel of his minivan, Bill Szentmiklosi scours the streets of Sun City in search of zoning violations like unkempt yards and illegal storage sheds. Mostly, though, he is on the lookout for that most egregious of all infractions: children.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:36:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100829/ZNYT02/8293004/0/BREAKING?Title=In-Haven-for-Over-55-Set-Age-Police-Hunt-Violators-Who-Shriek-or-Toddle</link>
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     <title>FL: Developer has residents outraged over maintenance fee jump</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners' maintenance fee soars from $25 a month to $242. Would Zacco foreclose on those who don't pay?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:31:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocala.com/article/20100829/ARTICLES/100829688/0/ZNYT03</link>
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     <title>AZ: Arizona HOA's turn to hardball tactics; critics call system inequitable</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Arizona homeowners associations are not accepting a resident's foreclosure as an excuse when it comes to collecting unpaid dues, assessments and fines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:18:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2010/08/30/20100830hoa-arizona-service-critics.html</link>
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     <title>MI: Dozen residents of Rolling Meadows fall victim to fraud scheme</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investigators have not determined how the residents' check information was compromised, but they are working with the property owner and management firm to stop it from impacting more people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:36:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://heritage.com/articles/2010/08/30/saline_reporter/news/doc4c7bd0df54173009198690.txt</link>
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     <title>MD: Driveway dispute divides Annapolis Roads community</title>
     <description><![CDATA["That's probably the most ridiculous part of the whole thing: It's just a driveway," said Craig Lindsay, who has helped his father vigorously defend it from other neighbors and the Annapolis Roads Property Owners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:01:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/for/2010/08/30-30/form_weddings.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Deal ends Rolling Hills landslide dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's been more than five years since a chunk of hillside in gated Rolling Hills crashed 100 feet onto a curving street below, blocking the roadway and leaving eight multimillion-dollar homes landlocked and a guesthouse hanging precariously above the landslide.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:57:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15936763?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>MD Little dog stuck in big fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People don't see Kay Tunney's disability. It's nearly invisible. It's Mulligan Sue, the little white dog she takes everywhere, that makes her noticeable.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/TOP/2010/08/29-39/Little-dog-stuck-in-big-fight.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Friends or Neighbors?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[My family has always lived in houses with more than the minimum code requirement distance between neighboring houses, so when I bought a condo in a quiet San Marcos neighborhood it took some getting used to]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:34:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/veronimomi/2010/aug/29/friends-or-neighbors/</link>
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     <title>CA: Turf Stank</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Downtown residents are celebrating a change in greenery around Fahrenheit, an East Village condominium located on the corner of Island and Tenth Avenue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:25:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/aug/28/turf-stank/</link>
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     <title>GA: Water Department Refunds Condo $5,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Collier Green Condo President Angela Davis met with the city of Atlanta on Friday to get to the bottom of a water meter mystery. The meter indicated that the Collier Road complex used more than $17,000 worth of water in August.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:19:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24790438/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Trampoline turmoil tumbles in Troy Burne</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A more than year-long dispute between a homeowner’s trampoline location and a homeowner’s association in the town of Troy has been settled without a trial.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:41:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/event/article/id/39756/</link>
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     <title>FL: Coral Springs HOA orders cop to remove his 'God Bless America" sign</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Springs Hamlet association says Milenkovic's collection of magnetic letters constitutes a sign, and that it's in violation of their rules that state "no signs shall be displayed without written approval by the Association."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:33:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-god-bless-america-hoa-20100827,0,2195882.story</link>
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     <title>NJ: Private homeowners associations in Harding can get money back</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you live on a private road- and you have an active homeowner’s association- you’ll likely be eligible for reimbursement for snow plowing services this coming winter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:31:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.recordernewspapers.com/articles/2010/08/27/observer-tribune/news/doc4c763958d2c80198632889.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Dolphin Tower's troubles stack up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Just as vexing to displaced residents, though, are signals that Great American Insurance Co., of Ohio, intends to deny a claim made by Dolphin Tower's homeowners' association that would pay for repairs]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:26:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100827/ARTICLE/8271031/2416/NEWS&tc=omni]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Don't expect HOA to take care of every problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. My home sits next to a common area. According to the HOA covenants, it is the responsibility of the HOA to maintain the common areas. As it stands now I mow most of the common area beside my home]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:16:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/08/27/1645572/dont-expect-hoa-to-take-care-of.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Bulk buyer's condo coup busts small-time investors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sixty-five percent of units at The Kensington owe fees to the homeowners association. Maintenance has suffered]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:13:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/real-estate/bulk-buyers-condo-coup-busts-small-time-investors-881962.html?showComments=true</link>
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     <title>AZ: Province residents pack Global Water rate meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[HOAs say huge hike could begin desertion of Maricopa; decision pushed to next week]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:49:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.trivalleycentral.com/articles/2010/08/26/maricopa_monitor/top_stories/doc4c76a6a6eab99871267537.txt</link>
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     <title>AZ: Homeowner Association Won't Budge in Laveen Flap Over Gadsden Flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you don't like rules, you shouldn't have moved in. That's the message, roughly speaking, from a Laveen homeowner's association in regards to its ban on the historical, "Don't Tread on Me" Gadsden flag.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:37:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/08/homeowner_association_wont_bud.php</link>
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     <title>MO: Attorney General Receives Four More Lake of the Ozarks Cases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The DNR cited water treatment systems at Town Homes at the Falls, The Lake Ozark Amphitheater, the Hyd-A-Way Cove Condominiums and Red Oak Resort with repeated violation of state clean water law provisions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:28:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=317335</link>
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     <title>WY: Jury: Woman guilty in Fox Park case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gillette woman charged in connection with a massive embezzlement scheme involving the Fox Park subdivision has been found guilty of seven felony charges.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:25:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2010/08/26/news/today/news03.txt</link>
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     <title>IN: Man charged with theft from Mishawaka’s Blair Hills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A second person has been accused of involvement in the theft of thousands of dollars from the Blair Hills Community Association in Mishawaka]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:16:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/bBy-DAVE-STEPHENSb--iTribune-Staff-Writeri--101595238.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Canton Resident Wins Flag Pole Fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Canton man, who has fought for more than a year to keep his 16-foot flag pole up, is celebrating victory after a judge ruled in his favor on Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:11:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/metronews/24775662/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo community wants to golf cart at night</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Resident retirees in this gated condominium community now are driving for legalized use of golf carts at night on private roadways in Hillsborough County.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:16:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theobservernews.com/news/front-page-news/498-condo-community-wants-to-golf-cart-at-night.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Gadsden Flag Shouldn't be Banned by Laveen HOA, Says ACLU</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Laveen homeowner's association is wrong to prohibit the historic Gadsden flag from flying in front of a home, an ACLU representative says.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:19:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/08/gadsen_flag_shouldnt_be_banned.php</link>
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     <title>IL: Dog days: Condo association files suit over golden retriever</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Hoffman Estates condo association filed suit against a renter Wednesday for violating a rule banning dogs larger than 40 pounds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:22:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=403374&src=1]]></link>
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     <title>NJ: Dover condo complex wants town reimbursement for trash disposal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly two dozen residents from the Dover Park Plaza condominium packed town hall Tuesday night and delivered a petition demanding the town reimburse more than $30,000 for expenses related to trash pickup.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:56:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/08/dover_condo_complex_wants_town.html</link>
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     <title>CO: Utility soaks customer over meter reading</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The folks at the Cimarron Hills Townhouse comlex were shocked when they got their water bill for May from the Cherokee Metro District. It was about $10,000 higher than normal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:11:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/vogrin-103595-side-streets.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Dunedin condo residents must work together to fix problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It is difficult to figure out why the residents of one building in the Royal Stewart Arms condominium complex in Dunedin have spent four years arguing with each other rather than hastening to discover why their building is cracking and then fixing it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:44:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/dunedin-condo-residents-must-work-together-to-fix-problem/1117186</link>
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     <title>MO: West county condo owners get a $20,000 payday</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo owners in a west St. Louis County will get a big payday following claims that they were cheated out of money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:41:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kmov.com/news/local/One-of-Your-Stories-delivers-big-results-101437934.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Battle Over Smoking in Condos Catches Fire in Florida</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you can smell it, it can hurt you. That contention has churned up debate among condominium owners over the right to smoke cigarettes in one's own unit versus a neighbor's right to breathe clean air.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:43:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.law.com/jsp/law/LawArticleFriendly.jsp?id=1202470996520</link>
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     <title>Illinois Ramps up Solar Development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Patrick Quinn of Illinois signed into law on Aug. 17 two bills designed to dramatically increase the state’s solar energy. House Bill 6202, referred to as the "Solar Ramp-Up Bill," passed the Illinois General Assembly on May 27, and will require utilities to purchase solar energy]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:26:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/41445/</link>
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     <title>NV: Judge dismisses homeowner association lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent court ruling has valley homeowner associations breathing easier.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:14:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2010/08/23/news/iq_37498313.txt</link>
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     <title>NJ: Jefferson, NJ homeowners balk at repaying loan to repair Lake Swannanoa dam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some of the 450 homeowners whose properties border Lake Swannanoa or are incorporated in the Ringling Manor Estates promise fierce opposition to being assessed any money to help repay a state loan for the repairs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:55:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100823/COMMUNITIES/100822036/1005/NEWS01/Jefferson-homeowners-balk-at-repaying-loan-to-repair-Lake-Swannanoa-dam</link>
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     <title>FL: Dolphin Tower tenants get runaround, then a kiss-off</title>
     <description><![CDATA[DOLPHIN TOWER MAY ALREADY prove to be a building whose units are unsellable for the foreseeable future. Now, the condominium association's board may have ensured that no one will rent there, either.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:47:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100823/COLUMNIST/8231016/2055/NEWS</link>
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     <title>CA: Signs and guard keep private water park for residents only</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners assocation at 4s Ranch have to turn away summer crowds looking for some cool fun]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:29:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/22/park-no-splash-zone-outsiders/</link>
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     <title>FL: After the craze: Condo conversions leave fractured communities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The original conversion craze got going in earnest in 2004 as developers, faced with a huge demand by speculators for property, got in early and made a lot of money but those who were still playing the game in 2006 found themselves unable to sell at a profit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:01:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20100822/BUSINESS/8220319/1014/business/After-the-craze--Condo-conversions-leave-fractured-communities</link>
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     <title>LA: Waterfront community says Corps' plan will flood them</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in one lower Plaquemines Parish community say a Corps of Engineers plan meant to protect the parish will only put them at greater risk for flooding]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:18:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Waterfront-community-says-Corps-plan-will-flood/KXkiCD5BLUOvULzhIb5GCg.cspx</link>
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     <title>FL: Homeowners association battle threatens homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in a retirement community here say they are being threatened with lien and foreclosure notices because of a legal battle with their homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:17:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100821/ARTICLE/8211039/2093/NEWS&tc=omni]]></link>
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     <title>NV: Complaint alleged excessive charges, racketeering in HOA case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent court ruling has valley homeowner associations breathing easier, but an attorney for investors on Friday promised the fight will go on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:41:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/business/complaint-alleged-excessive-charges--racketeering-in-hoa-case-101216164.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Lake Shawnee decisions in conflict</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After five years of litigation, the New Jersey Appellate Division has ruled that three of the 550 property owners at Lake Shawnee in Jefferson Township will not be required to pay a mandatory membership fee to manage and preserve Lake Shawnee.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:24:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/101138194_Lake_Shawnee_decisions_in_conflict.html</link>
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     <title>ID: Board seeks resolution to dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Don Myers wants the rules in his neighborhood suspended, and the group charged with enforcing them to disband.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:36:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2010/08/20/news/doc4c6e0ec507d5f514572408.txt</link>
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     <title>Proposed ban on private transfer fees may affect homeowner associations too</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A federal agency is moving to prohibit controversial "private transfer fees" on all mortgages funded by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But its proposed ban may extend to transfer fees routinely collected by community associations across the country]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:57:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/features/homeandgarden/proposed-ban-on-private-transfer-fees-may-affect-homeowner-associations-too/1116229</link>
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     <title>FL: Homeowners associations buck cable bills</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Recessed lights have been ripped from the ceiling and yanked cable wires have left a gaping hole in the wall, yet the residents of Avalon Lakes must still pony up $44 a month to the community's cable-TV company for service to the vacant town home]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:55:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://callcenterinfo.tmcnet.com/news/2010/08/20/4966816.htm</link>
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     <title>NE: Man Accused Of Swindling Homeowner's Association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police said a former homeowner's association treasurer pocketed tens of thousands of dollars from the association over six years]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:04:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ketv.com/r/24692067/detail.html</link>
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     <title>MT: Board prohibits pot outlets in Meadow Village</title>
     <description><![CDATA[During the Meadow Village Center Condominium Association's annual meeting Tuesday, the board voted to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries in the Meadow Village Condo Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:24:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lonepeaklookout.com/news/article_e5ea58b2-aba6-11df-b651-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>MD: Westminster man fighting to keep backyard chickens</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It's very clearly stated in our bylaws that no livestock or poultry can be kept in the development," she said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:26:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/article_df021434-ab35-11df-8551-001cc4c03286.html?photo=3</link>
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     <title>FL: Orange County homeowner battles HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowner in Orange County is in nasty fight with his Home Owners Association. Neither side will budge over a 6-and-a-half foot pergola in his backyard. The dispute will go to mediation in September, then possibly to court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:06:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/081810orange-county-homeowner-battles-hoa</link>
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     <title>MA: Collapsing wall poses an imminent risk, city says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After torrential rains, a roughly 50-foot section of a retaining wall, engineered to average 16 feet high along a 200-foot span, came tumbling down behind the Gage Hill Estates condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:00:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x279155240/Collapsing-wall-poses-an-imminent-risk-city-says</link>
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     <title>VA: Mill Creek embezzler sentenced</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of the Mill Creek Homeowners Association, who embezzled funds from the group, was given an active prison sentence this morning of one year and 10 months]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:35:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2010/aug/18/mill-creek-embezzler-sentenced-ar-460482/</link>
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     <title>CA: Many condo owners find paradise up on the roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With the flurry of high-rise condos built downtown during recent years, a new outdoor urban lifestyle has taken shape.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:20:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/17/now-this-is-what-you-call-a-skybox/</link>
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     <title>NC: Body found after Ogden house fire was the former owner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In May, 2009, a judge ordered Darius to pay more than $11,000 to the homeowner’s association and to remove the structures. Darius didn’t pay the debt, and 307 Putnam Drive was foreclosed]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:13:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100817/ARTICLES/100819664?Title=Body-found-after-Ogden-house-fire-was-the-former-owner</link>
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     <title>Owner could lose condominium: Legal fight on religious grounds cost city $40,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A family's steadfast refusal to pay a $635.02 special assessment tax for an alley paving project because it violated their religious beliefs has run up an estimated $40,000 in outside legal bills for the city, with no apparent end in sight.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/news/2609994,evanston-alleyfight-081710-s1.article</link>
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     <title>NV: Injunction Lawsuit Against Cosmopolitan Demands Disclosure of Flood Hazard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On behalf of two condominium purchasers at the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas (now named the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas), a complaint for preliminary and permanent injunction will be filed today demanding that the Cosmopolitan disclose potential flooding hazards and liabilities associated with the underground parking and foundation of the property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:55:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pr-inside.com/injunction-lawsuit-against-the-cosmopolitan-of-r2065163.htm</link>
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     <title>Gardening Without a Sprinkler</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The perfect lawn has met its match. Homeowners, in the ever-expanding quest to save money - and water - are trading in clipped hedges and putting-green turf for landscaping that is much closer to what might have grown there in the first place.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:47:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704868604575433403900683476.html</link>
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     <title>CA: For the birds: Laguna Niguel man fights to keep racing pigeons</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Laguna Niguel resident who lives near Hidden Hills Elementary spent thousands on his pet racing pigeons, but a hearing Tuesday night with his homeowner's association board could force him to set them free.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:44:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/birds-262417-pigeons-phone.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Homeowners fighting mechanics lien</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of more than 130 townhouses in Manhattan's Leighlinbridge subdivision have been saddled with a $1.7 million mechanics lien that many believe is a scam]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:49:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.southtownstar.com/news/2605330,081710manhattanlien.article</link>
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     <title>NH: Alleged harassment follows East Kingston lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two weeks after resident Timothy Law announced intentions to sue his neighbors, the Holly Lane resident was the subject of alleged harassment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:46:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100817-NEWS-8170325</link>
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     <title>CA: Mission Viejo Rabbitcide Scorned Worldwide</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former wildlife rehabilitator from Lake Shasta has sent the Mission Viejo City Council an online petition signed by more than 700 netizens of the world demanding the same thing:  Stop slaughtering bunnies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:15:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/council-meeting-mania/rabbit-killing-protest-petitio/</link>
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     <title>CO: HOA, residents fight over flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eric Smith says he's always been fascinated by the Gadsden flag. On a yellow background, the flag features a rattlesnake poised to strike and the statement: "Don't Tread on Me."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:08:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=148428&catid=339]]></link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Courts continue to struggle with enforcing arbitration provisions in CC&Rs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a published opinion dated July 30, 2010, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal summarily invalidated an arbitration agreement between a developer and a homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:31:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1a1c514f-7d0b-406a-91a6-fcd30dc74862</link>
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     <title>IL: A cure for crumbling condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[$2.5M CITY GRANT | Units ruined by mortgage fraud acquired for rehab, rental to lower-income tenants]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:21:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/business/2602150,CST-NWS-condo16.article</link>
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     <title>IN: Problems continue at Benjamin Crossing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners at Benjamin Crossing called for a special meeting and set the date for Monday August 16. Their board told them they did not have the authority to set the time or place of the meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:39:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/problems-continue-at-benjamin-crossing</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo folks need a break from eviction ordeal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Given the severity of the problems caused by water damage potentially compromising the building’s stability, you’d think someone would’ve alerted the city long ago. On the other hand, according to a city building official, they’re prohibited by state law from conducting on-site inspections during construction of buildings four stories or higher]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:39:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/2010/08/15/2506355/condo-folks-need-a-break-from.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Radburn section of Fair Lawn humanizes industrialized America</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Radburn was begun in 1929, the year Victoria and Josh's house was built. They live on one of the first streets laid out in the community, which was designed to humanize the increasingly car-oriented society of industrialized America.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:17:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/100710104_House_in_planned_community_worth_wait.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Residents return to River City condos after flood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of residents of the River City condo building in the South Loop moved back in Saturday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:37:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7610507]]></link>
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     <title>WI: In Mukwonago, flooded homes are a daily headache</title>
     <description><![CDATA[About a half-dozen homeowners in the subdivision are "very close to losing our homes permanently," said Linda Dykas, homeowners association president, who also runs pumps to keep her N. Oak Tree Court home's basement from flooding.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:34:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/100700374.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Judge's preliminary ruling: Scottsdale residents should decide control</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Judge Amy D. Hogue told a courtroom of residents on Friday afternoon that the winner of the dispute in Scottsdale should be the side that has the most support among residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:18:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_15773576</link>
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     <title>FL: Residents of condemned Bradenton condo move out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Friday was moving day for dozens of residents living in a condemned Bradenton condo building.  They were given just one week to vacate after the city deemed the building unsafe.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:17:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=12978917</link>
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     <title>GA: Residents fume over Cochran Lake drainage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For five years, the lake's dam has been deemed as unsafe by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:10:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/9142808/article-Residents-fume-over-Cochran-Lake-drainage?instance=home_news_bullets</link>
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     <title>IL: Addison woman sentenced for stealing $80K from condo assoc.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Addison woman who described herself as "a criminal with a conscience" was ordered Friday to receive mental health treatment while serving four years' probation for looting $82,781.84 from her condo association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:47:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=400536</link>
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     <title>NY:Luxury Condos Asking the Feds For Help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The federal government may soon come to the rescue of stalled luxury condominiums in Manhattan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:50:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38693050</link>
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     <title>IN: Couple Faces 13 Felonies In Sign Flap</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Debra Yearwood, 53, and John Yearwood, 50, sold replacement stop signs to their homeowners association at River Run that the city would have installed for free, authorities said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:44:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theindychannel.com/news/24620762/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: One month after sinkhole, Tampa condo residents not close to return</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A month after a massive sinkhole swallowed a car at a Tampa condo complex, the people living there still can't go back home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:26:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=141102&catid=8]]></link>
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     <title>TN: Weeds Taking Over Empty Cordova Lake</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People who live in a Cordova lake community are high and dry]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:33:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story/Weeds-Taking-Over-Empty-Cordova-Lake/GgVqDCPAzk6PiUUbhtuRtA.cspx?rss=59</link>
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     <title>NY: Farmbrook association, some residents at odds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The incident demonstrates the confusion that exists over the purpose and powers of homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:27:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100813/NEWS01/8130340/Farmbrook-association--some-residents-at-odds</link>
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     <title>MA: Brockton mayor’s condo complex owes $17,000 for water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condominium complex where Mayor Linda Balzotti lives owes the city almost $17,000 for water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:19:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/x316188229/Brockton-mayor-s-condo-complex-owes-17-000-for-water</link>
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     <title>MA: Cambridge resident complains of condo assoc.’s alleged embezzling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Cambridge resident complained about members of her Fayerweather Street condo association and claimed to be a victim of embezzlement on Aug. 6.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:17:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/awhn7P</link>
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     <title>TX: How to inspect your homeowners association records</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners' associations collect thousands of dollars each year. The fees are supposed to help beautify and improve neighborhoods. But as a recent News 4 WOAI Trouble Shooters investigation shows, your HOA may not be spending your money the way you think they should]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:51:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woai.com/content/news/newslinks/story/How-to-inspect-your-homeowners-association-records/2LPecm7KOE-wbNUGICefUw.cspx</link>
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     <title>MD:Mitchellville residents call for HOA elections after alleged bylaw violations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A month before Prince George's County local and state elections, some residents of the Woodmore South community in Mitchellville are calling for an important election even closer to home as they seek to oust their homeowners' association's board of directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:43:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/08122010/lanhnew175506_32539.php</link>
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     <title>IL: No settlement in Munster fed condo suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. government and a Munster condominium association accused of discrimination will make another attempt to settle a federal lawsuit following a motions hearing Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:37:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.post-trib.com/news/2590938,nu-autumnridge0812.article</link>
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     <title>FL: Boca Raton condo association sued over banning children</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches has filed a federal lawsuit against the Boca Teeca Condominium No. 9 Association. The suit, filed on Monday, accuses the condo complex of violating the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:41:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/fl-boca-housing-discrimination-suit-20100811,0,4214012.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo residents left without water-again</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Compounding the problem, sources tell us half the units are in foreclosure and those owners are not paying the maintenance fee which pays the water bill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:49:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbs12.com/news/water-4727950-condo-residents.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOA's raise over 5,000 pounds of food for local food bank</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was Christmas in July for the F.O.R. Maricopa food bank as seven Maricopa homeowners’ associations joined forces to bring in almost 7,000 pounds of food.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:29:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.inmaricopa.com/COMMUNITY/CommunityArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=434&&ArticleID=8837]]></link>
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     <title>CA: Resident sues HOA over proposed parking rules; board backs down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Elk Grove resident two weeks ago sued a local homeowners association after its board of directors proposed several changes to the neighborhood’s parking rules. The board retreated a day later.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:58:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.egcitizen.com/articles/2010/08/10/news/doc4c61ef917038c750966663.txt</link>
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     <title>OH: Millstone unit holders can elect to buy flood land</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A corporate entity has withdrawn its objection to the revised appraised value of the flood-ravaged Millstone Condominiums property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:42:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/07/30/news/doc4c51c9b9887a9394553877.txt</link>
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     <title>AZ: Flooded east-side area rejected levee in '93</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seventeen years ago, residents of the 49er Country Club Estates chose beauty over flood control. Their objections killed a government proposal to build a levee 5 to 10 feet tall to protect their homes from the Tanque Verde Wash.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:51:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://azstarnet.com/news/science/health-med-fit/article_c148798c-4772-5ea0-bc62-ff952ffa8279.html</link>
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     <title>OR  Sunriver homeowners sue U.S. government, others over asbestos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property owners at Central Oregon’s popular Sunriver Resort have filed a $3.2 million lawsuit against the federal government and other previous owners of the military camp that preceded the resort, citing asbestos contamination.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:50:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25136743-41/asbestos-sunriver-owners-camp-says.csp</link>
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     <title>OK: Despite heat, it's 'springtime' in Camino Villa</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Camino Villa mobile home community have breathed a collective sigh of relief following the city council’s recent lifting of the "blighted" designation on their neighborhood. The action will allow the community to move forward - while at the same time - staying put]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:31:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>AZ: Some Surprise neighborhoods aren't water wise, records show</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Out of 17 neighborhood homeowners associations, five exceeded their allocated amount of landscaping water in recent years for reasons that range from ignorance to waste or a preference for green, green grass]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:26:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2010/08/09/20100809surprise-neighborhood-hoa-water-use.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Aliso's AVCA board postpones iPad vote</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Aliso Viejo's biggest community association voted Monday to wait and see about purchasing each of its five directors Apple iPads, along with corresponding monthly plans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:52:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/avca-261479-community-board.html</link>
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     <title>South Florida homeowners associations get tough in collecting delinquent fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations across South Florida are becoming more assertive in the fight to maintain property values and their own bottom lines amid one of the worst housing collapses since the Great Depression]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:31:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://mobile.sun-sentinel.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=293&nid=18326407&cid=17109&scid=1911&ith=0&title=News]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Leaky Roofs Plague Palm Beach Gardens Residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After all of this weekend's rain, a leaky roof and a lackluster response has started a major fight with a local homeowner's association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:09:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpbf.com/news/24573148/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Bradenton tells condo residents to move out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[..after the city of Bradenton sent a letter to all 36 units, stating the 6-year-old condo was considered unsafe.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:25:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/2010/08/08/2490603/bradenton-tells-condo-residents.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Signs of an ailing community association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Unless your community association is perched on the rare brink of collapse, it's hard to tell whether you're in good financial health.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0806-condo-living-finances-20100806,0,7039763.story</link>
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     <title>NJ: State Supreme Court decides not to hear case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to hear further arguments regarding a lawsuit filed by 16 Radburn residents against the Radburn Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:46:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/100004839_State_Supreme_Court_decides_not_to_hear_case_.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Pasco neighborhood aims to be more than a new subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Roger Bairstow, director of CASA LLC, said the development company -- the acronym means "home" in Spanish -- aims to build a community that helps residents grow in leadership and service.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:34:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/08/02/1115112/newest-pasco-neighborhood-aims.html</link>
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     <title>FL: A Flooded Neighborhood Dries Out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Way back in 1988, the first letter from the Belle Meade Homeowners Association was presented to the city about our flooding problems]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:25:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/9RZT1b</link>
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     <title>CO: Covenant restriction sends startup Glenwood green business packing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A pair of young entrepreneurs say the threat of a lawsuit over what they believe to be a selectively-enforced neighborhood covenant is forcing their small-scale startup business out of the city, taking its potential sales tax revenues elsewhere.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:22:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.postindependent.com/article/20100804/VALLEYNEWS/100809951/0/RSS&parentprofile=]]></link>
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     <title>MI: Condition of dam on Tecumseh’s Red Mill?Pond in hands of bankrupt developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Questions about a deteriorating concrete wall on the Tecumseh Dam off Red Mill Pond just seem to be prompting more questions, the main one being, "Who’s responsible?"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:18:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tecumsehherald.com/node/3944</link>
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     <title>NC: Who has power in your neighborhood?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Benjamin Crossing in Lafayette recently called for their board members to step down. The question many asked was "How much power do Home Owner Association boards have?"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:56:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/who-has-the-power-in-your-neighborhood</link>
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     <title>NC: The plight of the condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the placid vales of north Greensboro, tucked amid tony subdivisions, well-kept apartment complexes and four of Guilford County’s six lakes, sits Whitehall at Richland Creek,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:52:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yesweekly.com/article-10090-the-plight-of-the-condo.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Comer Sentenced</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Albemarle County man accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from Glenmore Community Association is going to jail. Tuesday, Mike Comer was sentenced to 15 years behind bars by Judge Cheryl Higgins.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:51:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12919498</link>
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     <title>MN: Grant helps TH association install eco-friendly raingardens and dry creek</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Grants from the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District are helping the homeowners beautify their yards with landscaping that remedies flooding problems, reduces stormwater runoff and provides other ecological and financial benefits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:35:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://presspubs.com/articles/2010/08/03/vadnais_heights_press/news/doc4c58962c427fa446932287.txt</link>
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     <title>UT: HOA rights upheld in court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Main Street landlord is being judged by the same rules it imposed on its tenants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:14:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_15669378</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[NY: Water Tank Woes: New York City Co-ops & Condos Face Flurry of Violations]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Richard Silver got word early this year that a co-op in The Bronx was having a problem with its water tank. The tank wasn't leaking water. It was leaking money - because New York City had rewritten the rules governing rooftop tanks]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:59:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.habitatmag.com/publication_content/2010_julyaugust/featured_articles_from_our_print_magazine/new_water_tank_regulations</link>
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     <title>WI: No working alarms were in home of Madison woman who died in fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There were no working smoke alarms in the home of a 46-year-old Madison woman who died Monday morning in a condo fire on Madison's North Side, authorities said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:59:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_ac6412b6-9ea1-11df-a43e-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
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     <title>WI: Road closed as dispute escalates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's a little harder to get into a shopping center at Janesville Road and Racine Avenue these days as an access drive connecting Overlook Bay Road to Janesville Road to the center's parking lot has been blocked for nearly two weeks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:51:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mymuskegonow.com/news/99315164.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Letter to Sarasota adds mystery to Dolphin Tower ordeal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Adding to the mystery over what caused a two-foot thick concrete slab in Dolphin Tower to sag and crack last month is an engineer's note, attached to original building plans filed with the city of Sarasota in 1973.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:37:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100803/ARTICLE/8031049/2416/NEWS?Title=Letter-to-Sarasota-adds-mystery-to-Dolphin-Tower-ordeal</link>
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     <title>NH: Homeowners thank vigilant neighbor</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Leo Morrissette is just fantastic," said Lyvie Beyrent on Monday of the man who around 7:20 a.m. Aug. 1 alerted the occupants of Unit 3 at the Brookside Crossing condominiums that smoke was coming from the attic area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:30:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100803/GJNEWS02/708039945/-1/CITIZEN</link>
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     <title>TX: Houston man sues HOA over burglar bars</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Houston man says his attempt to prevent crime from striking his home has created a fight with his homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:31:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/-Houston-man-sues-HOA-for-right-to-use-burglar-bars-99816489.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Who Maintains Jacksonville's Rentention Ponds?</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It is not nice to look at, " said Judy Boswell. She said when they moved into their Mandarin community ten years ago the retention pond was more than a view from the rear window]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:27:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.firstcoastnews.com/money/onyourside/news-article.aspx?storyid=161792&catid=9]]></link>
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     <title>TX: Houston family battles with bats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A southwest Houston family is finding somewhere else to sleep after discovering what's estimated to be hundreds of bats living inside the walls of their townhome.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:16:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kvue.com/news/state/Houston-family-battles-with-bats-99757869.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Plan for Torrance to establish homeowners-group standards draws fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a move some see as politically motivated, Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto has proposed imposing "minimum standards" on the city's influential homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15653428?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>NJ: Flushing out responsibility for Gloucester Township sewage backups</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brown, a 51-year-old legal secretary who moved into the Terrestria development 13 years ago, now finds herself caught in a dispute between the homeowners association and a local authority over who is responsible for the sewage system there.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:10:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20100801_Flushing_out_responsibility_for_Gloucester_Township_sewage_backups.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Lien times in Ocoee</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It’s turned into a nightmare," said Barrett, recounting the horror of moving in and immediately finding lien after lien filed against his new log home by contractors and building companies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:53:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/aug/01/lien-times-ocoee/?local</link>
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     <title>TX: 23 injured in Texas balcony collapse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The second-floor balcony of an Austin condominium collapsed during a party, sending 23 people to the hospital.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:17:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/23-injured-in-Texas-balcony-collapse-99725974.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Sun City residents fight new charter school</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sun City residents may have been able to block the opening of a charter school in their community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:21:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_west_valley/sun_city/sun-city-residents-fight-new-charter-school</link>
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     <title>CA: Preschool in Lake Forest HOA saved via Twitter getting remodeled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A year ago the preschool made national news after the association announced plans to shutter it, saying it was not financially feasible and had lost $200,000 in six years]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:14:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/preschool-260040-association-students.html</link>
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     <title>NAR seeks federal ban on private transfer fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A coalition of consumer advocates, unions and real estate industry groups is seeking a federal ban on private transfer fee covenants, a technique used to finance the capital costs of some new developments through fees that are collected every time a home changes hands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:58:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.inman.com/news/2010/07/29/nar-seeks-federal-ban-private-transfer-fees</link>
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     <title>FL: New problems at Dolphin Tower, residents learn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New tests show that cracked and corroded concrete damage in the 15-story Dolphin Tower is more severe and extensive than previously thought, a building engineer has told the condominium's former residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:31:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100729/ARTICLE/7291059/2055/NEWS?Title=New-problems-at-Dolphin-Tower-residents-learn</link>
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     <title>UT: Bluffdale man found guilty on all counts in shooting case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A jury has convicted a Bluffdale man of attempted murder for shooting another man who was on a neighborhood watch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:49:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11761887&autostart=y]]></link>
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     <title>AR: Neighborhood Pushes To Keep Sex Offenders Out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Also in the contract is a sex offender covenant clause that states a convicted sex offender can not occupy, dwell, reside or live in the neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:46:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.4029tv.com/news/24426185/detail.html</link>
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     <title>KS: Park City man upset by homeowners association control over grass</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Where you live dictates the way your yard looks. Homeowners associations have several requirements, including what kind of grass to plant. But a Park City man says in order to save water, those rules need to change. He took his concerns to the Sedgwick County Commission Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:25:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kwch.com/news/kwch-news-kh-grass-homeownersassociation,0,4426035.story</link>
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     <title>CO: HOA losers go down kicking and screaming</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What is it about serving on a homeowners association board that some people just can’t give up?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:36:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/side-102156-kicking-association.html</link>
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     <title>TX: Property owners claim home association used their TWIA funds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Joseph and Jamie Schwartzott have filed suit against Maravilla Homeowners Association Inc. and Hudak & Dawson Construction Co. Inc. over repairs to their condominium, recent court documents say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:35:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/228473-property-owners-claim-home-association-used-their-twia-funds</link>
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     <title>MD App Ct rejects basic basic attorney collection fees as "excessive"</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Court file]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:54:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/cZOn0S</link>
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     <title>TX: Frisco soldier who lost home to foreclosure while in Iraq gets it back</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Frisco soldier who lost his home to foreclosure while serving in Iraq has gotten the house back]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:37:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/072810dnmetfriscohome.298b2aa8.html</link>
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     <title>NM: Santa Fe Uses Goats To Go Green</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Community of Elderado at Santa Fe is going green to the extreme. More than 200 goats have been contracted to trim the lawn and eat the weeds]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:55:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.koat.com/news/24416211/detail.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Southland property manager sued by state</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Southland property management firm is being sued by the state, accused of defrauding condo associations of more than $140,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.southtownstar.com/business/2544110,van-witz-lawsuit-0728.article</link>
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     <title>TX: Homeowners dispute demand to remove pre-existing flagpoles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners weren't the ones who put up the poles. The builder did, and the homeowners, who bought the home 'as is',  say they are going to stay up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:53:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kens5.com/news/local/Model-home-n-99280494.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Aurora development may get repairs soon</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For years, the residents of the Chatham Grove development have dealt with sinking ground, deteriorating sidewalks and unsafe streets. Tonight, they hope to start putting all that behind them]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:46:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/foxvalleysun/news/2536966,2_1_AU27_GROVE_S1-100727.article</link>
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     <title>IA: Who will clean up flood mess and who will pay for it?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly all of the land immediately around the nine-mile-long Lake Delhi is privately owned. On Saturday, the lake all but disappeared after floodwaters breached its dam, which is owned by the lake's homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:40:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100727/NEWS/7270362/Who-will-clean-up-flood-mess-and-who-will-pay-for-it-</link>
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     <title>SC: Lake Wateree residents worry broken dam could cause more flooding</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jerry Nealy is the Wateree Homeowner Association's chairman. He's worried there could be a repeat of the winter flooding because of a problem at the dam.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:35:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wistv.com/global/story.asp?s=12861794</link>
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     <title>NC: Madison Park HOA to host National Night Out street party</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Madison Park Homeowners Association is preparing for a huge party for National Night Out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:07:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/neighborhood-news/Madison-Park-to-host-National-Night-Out-street-party-99235434.html</link>
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     <title>Sellers should ensure that condo projects are on approved list for FHA mortgages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Reporting from Washington - Condominium owners who are trying to sell in today's agonizingly slow housing market should make sure that their community is on the Federal Housing Administration's approved list. Ditto for someone who is thinking about refinancing a condo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:36:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-lew-20100725,0,7727492.story?track=rss</link>
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     <title>IL: Cleanup under way following Chicago area storms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Officials say a landmark condo building on the Chicago River will remain closed for several days following a weekend storm that flooded lower levels.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/26/1342137/cleanup-under-way-following-chicago.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Woman accused of stealing while she was manager of Spruce Hills Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lesley Lunger has been charged with theft for allegedly being reimbursed for personal expenses while she was manager of the Spruce Hills Condominium Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:13:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2010/07/woman_accused_of_stealing_whil.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Benjamin Crossing homeowners protest board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in a subdivision southeast of Lafayette are planning a protest next week in hopes of ousting the homeowners association's board members]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:31:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jconline.com/article/20100725/NEWS/7250352/Benjamin-Crossing-homeowners-protest-board</link>
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     <title>IA: Culver wants lake restored after dam fails</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents fear millions of dollars in property values also washed away, because about 900 vacation homes and cottages lost their lakefront status. The dam is owned by the local homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:26:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://southwestiowanews.com/articles/2010/07/26/council_bluffs/news/doc4c4d92fb44dd3528652286.txt</link>
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     <title>UT: Jury selection to begin in trial over neighborhood shooting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Prosecutors are trying Reginald Campos for attempted murder after they say he shot David Serbeck during a neighborhood watch patrol in July 2009.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:22:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=11721433]]></link>
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     <title>PA: Report reveals Fazio and Norristown officials were negligent</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The failure of Norristown officials to properly inspect the condemned, 26-unit condominium building on Sandy Street during construction in 2006 and 2007 can be attributed to an “inadequate and untrained building department]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:17:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2010/07/26/montgomery_life/news/doc4c4a30eb0ac70086737732.txt</link>
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     <title>NV: Neighbors say home is filled with black mold and no one will clean it</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But no matter who she called, Debbie can't get help. She says both the Health Department and her homeowner's association president tell her its private property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12867766</link>
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     <title>IA: Dam break could mean end of Iowa's Lake Delhi</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For decades the nine-mile-long lake offered a northeast Iowa getaway. But when the dam broke Saturday, the lake drained away in hours.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:04:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/article_9d26a029-d611-521a-827a-6730c3dba293.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Tornado damages 18 condos in western N.Y.; no injuries reported</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A tornado tore through western New York on Saturday, ripping the roof off a condominium and damaging 17 others.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:47:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/tornado-damages-18-condos-in-western-ny-no-injuries-reported-99188869.html</link>
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     <title>IL: A legal look at community association issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The legal workings of a community association are confounding, and professional help is expensive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:22:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0723-condo-living-20100723,0,6251103.story</link>
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     <title>Shhhhhhh: How to block unwanted sound out of your living environment</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We’ve all got our household noise stories. Mine would include the barking dog in a nearby yard, whose mournful howls echo down my range hood in the late afternoon]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:05:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jul/22/block-unwanted-sounds-living-environment/</link>
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     <title>FL: HUD agents question Palms condo residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Special agents from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development arrived last month at Deerfield Beach City Hall to interview residents of the financially-troubled Deerfield Palms Condominiums,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:02:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/deerfield/fl-dff-hudhall-0722-20100722,0,2861640.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Sinkhole near Tampa condominium returns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The sinkhole plaguing a north Tampa condominium complex during the past two weeks has returned and appears to be growing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:33:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2010/july/126073/Sinkhole-near-Tampa-condominium-returns.html</link>
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     <title>Palatine resident, condo association at odds over fallen ceiling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jadwiga Kaliniak found the living room of her condo in Palatine full of insulation when she returned home from work June 15 after the ceiling caved in.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:05:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=395566</link>
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     <title>IL: Who's responsible for algae-covered pond?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There is a retention pond in Golden Meadows subdivision that belongs to no one.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:25:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/2522526,4_1_JO22_POND_S1-100722.article</link>
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     <title>NY: Mold, deterioration at condo complex unresolved after years of complaints</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three years after residents complained of mold in a Middletown condominium complex, the problem continues, and now another family said it's making their kids sick.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:23:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100722/BIZ/7220325</link>
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     <title>NV: MERIDIAN COMPLEX: Condo owners on hook for developer's code violations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Amy and Frank Taddeo bought their Las Vegas condominium on the assumption it met building codes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:13:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/news/condo-owners-on-hook-for-developer-s-code-violations-99000014.html?ref=014</link>
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     <title>TX: Small community faces big sewer problems</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One neighborhood in Grayson County could face disaster if they don't get their sewer system fixed soon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:59:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/98883639.html</link>
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     <title>MT: Radioactivity: The New Water Rights Dispute?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state Department of Environmental Quality is requiring 43 homes in the Lakeshore Heights Homeowners Association outside of Kalispell to install reverse osmosis water systems because of concerns over radioactivity in the drinking water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:35:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/radioactivity_the_new_water_rights_dispute/18721/</link>
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     <title>Planned communities with unique perks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Americans love their suburbs, they love their golf communities, and even if they don't always love their homeowners association, the fact that so many people have them is evidence that many Americans simply prefer living in planned communities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:33:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://realestate.msn.com/blogs/listedblogpost.aspx?post=1784507</link>
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     <title>CA: Leaky water main dispute resolved - at a cost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 4-year-old dispute between a La Jolla homeowner's association and the city of San Diego over water main breaks on Caminito Avola that allegedly caused road/hillside subsidence on Mt. Soledad has been settled.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:32:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lajollalight.com/news/272184-leaky-water-main-dispute-resolved--at-a-cost</link>
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     <title>CA: Irrigation water shut off to more than 300 homes, residents fuming</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the Parkwood Estates Home Owner’s Association, they receive 57 shares of water out of 119 coming from the head gate in the area. But someone had plugged their pipe stopping the water to theirs and other HOA’s]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:28:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc11news.com/news/headlines/98880019.html?ref=019</link>
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     <title>CO: Homeowners cry foul over rule change</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That collision between homeowners who thought they were settling into an upscale development and a buyer who intends to downsize has generated an outcry from some Fruita residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:25:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/homeowners_cry_foul_over_rule/</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA says fake grass lawn in Riverview must go</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Her homeowner's association board members apparently don't see green, when they view Blake's lawn. They see violation. And they say the fake grass must go]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:22:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jul/21/211418/ss-grass-plan-gets-clipped/</link>
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     <title>Potting soil emerging as a fire hazard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In March, a massive fire destroyed a Calgary condominium complex, leaving at least 250 occupants homeless. The combustive culprit was a cigarette in a planter outside the complex. Recently there has been a spike in fires sparked by smoking materials in potting soil.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:59:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/21/c5631.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Co-op / Condo Managing Agent Arrested and Charged with Grand Larceny</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Michael Richter, former owner of Charter Management Realty of New Hyde Park, N.Y., was arrested on July 13 and charged with five counts of second-degree grand larceny and five counts of first-degree falsifying business records,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:29:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.habitatmag.com/publication_content/top_item_web_exclusive/co_op_condo_managing_agent_arrested_and_charged_with_grand_larceny</link>
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     <title>FL: New washing machines leave condo complex with a big mess</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents at an entire condominium complex paid good money to update the laundry rooms, but the purchase led to problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:31:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/money/consumer/taking_action_for_you/New-washing-machines-leave-condo-complex-with-a-big-mess</link>
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     <title>FDIC Selling Corus Loans Means Betting on Failed Condo Projects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developer Norman Radow expected some thanks in April when he offered to repay a $35 million defaulted loan on a 32-story San Diego condominium project he had taken over, originally financed by failed Corus Bank]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:06:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-19/fdic-selling-corus-loans-to-starwood-means-betting-on-failed-condominiums.html</link>
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     <title>Dispute over Orange Beach street's ownership reaches courts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Seeking to keep their parking lot from being used as a shortcut, the owners of Bay View Condominiums have asked a Baldwin County judge to allow them to reinstall a gate on an unimproved city right of way that bisects their property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:06:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.al.com/live/2010/07/dispute_over_orange_beach_stre.html</link>
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     <title>New Home Builds Fall 5% Due to Severe Drop in Condo Market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The drop was a result of a 20 percent plunge in the condominium and apartment market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:03:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.housingwatch.com/2010/07/20/new-home-builds-fall-5-due-to-severe-drop-in-condo-market/</link>
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     <title>TX: San Antonio HOA Forecloses for $769 in Back Dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This is starting to sound like a lucrative gig: a San Antonio Home Owners Association foreclosed on a Texas man’s home when he owed the Lookout Canyon Creek Home Owner’s Association $769 in back dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:57:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://dallasdirt.dmagazine.com/2010/07/19/san-antonio-hoa-forecloses-for-769/</link>
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     <title>VA: Cause found of water near sinking homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On a hot summer day the ground is still wet and the water still flows down Chenango Court in the Applewood Farms subdivision; however, an answer to why is beginning to bubble to the surface.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:57:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38315136</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo Closure Confuses Residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[30 Panama City Beach residents are looking for new homes tonight after getting a letter on Friday from Hancock Bank.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:04:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.panhandleparade.com/index.php/mbb/article/condo_closure_confuses_residents/mbb7724775/</link>
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     <title>GA: Woodstock Vet Wins Battle Over Flagpole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[CBS Atlanta found that the neighborhood covenants, do, in fact, require approval from a committee before flagpoles and other structures can be put up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:13:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24302594/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL:  Couple Cites Bank Inaction For Leaky Roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Roger and Sharon Harrell share a roof with the condo next door to them, which has been posted as unsafe by the city.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:45:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38293464</link>
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     <title>Easy Grill Tips to Help Prevent Fires</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The majority of grill fires aren't the result of a mechanical malfunction, they're caused by human error. Thankfully just a few simple steps could help protect yourself and property from dangerous flames.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:53:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12822176</link>
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     <title>FL: Widow of slain professor files civil suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The widow of a Nova Southeastern University professor slain in his Plantation home in April filed a civil suit Friday in Broward court alleging wrongful death and negligence by her husband's accused killers and the management company and condominium association that was supposed to conduct background checks on them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:48:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/17/1734529/widow-of-slain-nsu-professor-files.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Surprise neighborhood lauded for water conservation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Ashton Ranch neighborhood is receiving kudos for its water conservation efforts.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:51:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2010/07/16/20100716surprise-neighborhood-water-conservation.html</link>
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     <title>KY: Mother of Amanda Ross suing the gated community where she lived</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The lawsuit says the board refused her request, and months later on September 11, 2009, police say Nunn violated the protective order, got inside the gates and ambushed Ross,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:50:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/98634479.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Sales Up in US Despite Volatility in Housing Market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sales of condominiums in the United States are rising, despite ongoing volatility in the nation's housing market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:02:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Condo-Sales-Up-in-US-Despite-Volatility-in-Housing-Market-98604619.html</link>
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     <title>MD: HOA sues Pr. Geo's county executive</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Johnson said the lawsuit is unfounded, that he has always paid his dues to the group and that he has chosen to fight in court rather than pay up.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:19:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/9b5YPP</link>
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     <title>VA: Sailor faces fine for leasing condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But when the Navy transferred the helicopter pilot to Florida, he started leasing his home to someone else to help pay for the mortgage. He asked his homeowner's association for permission]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:11:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wavy.com/dpp/military/navy/sailor-faces-fine-for-leasing-condo</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA blocks surveillance where car vandalism is on the rise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Car owners in South Oviedo say vandals have been breaking into their cars. While residents in one condo complex have been trying to take matters into their own hands, they tell us their homeowners association has been making that difficult on them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:08:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/071510hoa-blocks-surveillance-where-car-vandalism-is-on-the-rise</link>
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     <title>NJ: 3-story parking garage partially collapses in NJ</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A glass canopy fell off of a high-rise condominium building and onto a parking garage two stories below on Friday, partly flattening the structure and trapping at least one person,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:05:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7111567.html</link>
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     <title>Condo Contents Insurance - What You Need to Know</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I am buying a condo. Is there a Federal requirement that a borrower have insurance coverage of at least 20 percent of fair market value on contents in order to qualify for a loan?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:57:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/ask-agent/condo-contents-insurance-what-you-need-to-know/2272/</link>
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     <title>Associations Can No Longer Ignore FHA Approval</title>
     <description><![CDATA[FHA loans, which are mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration, accounted for a mere 1.7% of new mortgages as recently as 2006. Today, almost half of all new mortgages are FHA—yet there are still many misconceptions associated with their use and their benefits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:34:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://rismedia.com/2010-07-15/associations-can-no-longer-ignore-fha-approval/</link>
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     <title>CO: HUD Alleges Discrimination At Denver Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday that it charged the Windsor Gardens Association with violating the Fair Housing Act.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:23:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewsco/HUD.alleges.Denver.2.1806838.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Neighbors Flooded Out, Say They Can't Get Help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The folks who live in the Hampton Place subdivision just off Quacco Road said they can't get anyone to help them out after heavy rains deluged their neighborhood]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:27:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wsav.com/news/2010/jul/14/neighbors-flooded-out-say-they-cant-get-help-ar-583292/</link>
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     <title>Homeowners Associations: The New Foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA["People don't understand that by failing to pay the association dues they can lose their home and be put in the street,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:15:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/38260141?par=yahoo</link>
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     <title>MD: City threatens suit over floating promenade in Canton</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The floating promenade that rings the Moorings, a collection of million-dollar Canton townhomes, was intended to be a peaceful spot to stroll, jog or gaze over the water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:15:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-07-15/news/bs-md-moorings-floating-promenade-20100713_1_bo-brooks-water-s-edge-developer-and-homeowners</link>
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     <title>VA: Former Mill Creek treasurer could reach deal in alleged embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of the Mill Creek Homeowners Association who has been accused of stealing funds during his tenure could be incarcerated for a year and 10 months under a proposed plea agreement]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:51:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/crime/article/former_mill_creek_treasurer_could_reach_deal_in_alleged_embezzlement/58197/</link>
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     <title>SD: Sandstone Ridge center of legal dispute on water damage, mold</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sandstone Ridge Condominiums Homeowners’ Association is suing corporations owned by Pat Hall and Don Hall for alleged negligence and fraud in connection with water damage and mold at the condominium complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:46:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_0637000e-8ed1-11df-9e43-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>MA: Condo owners plead to council</title>
     <description><![CDATA[the difficult decision to leave Grand Manor after it was revealed that the complex has been built on the former site of a city dump, on contaminated soil]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:40:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_15512786</link>
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     <title>FL: Dolphin Tower builder had ties to reputed mobsters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eight years after completing Dolphin Tower, its builder, George Wuagneux, went to prison for racketeering and a host of other federal crimes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:37:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100714/ARTICLE/7141050/0/features79&tc=omni]]></link>
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     <title>UT: Veteran finds himself in a real dogfight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A veteran from the war in the Persian Gulf is disputing a fine levied by the Fox Point at Redstone Association. Snyderville Basin resident Tom Burton lives in a condo at Kimball Junction with his emotional support dog.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:16:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_15507111</link>
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     <title>OH: Residents ask Voinovich rep for help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners group on Monday asked a representative of U.S. Sen. George Voinovich for federal aid to help cover the $750,000 cost of a replacement wastewater treatment plant under construction along Charles Mill Lake.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:12:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20100713/NEWS01/7130301/Residents-ask-Voinovich-rep-for-help</link>
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     <title>NV: Giving Boot-It the boot</title>
     <description><![CDATA[NTA says the only legal remedy HOAs have to deal with parking violators is towing. They say booting appears to constitute injuring or tampering with a vehicle which is a criminal violation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:02:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12793954</link>
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     <title>IL: Why Should I Vote? or Could this Happen Here?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Finally, "why bother?"    You need to have a voice in who is responsible for spending YOUR money.    We see these types of headlines daily:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:50:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/dlo5L9</link>
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     <title>NC: Former management group worker charged with stealing from St. James POA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brunswick County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a woman for allegedly stealing money from the St. James Property Owners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:23:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wwaytv3.com/former_management_group_worker_charged_stealing_st_james_hoa/07/2010</link>
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     <title>NJ: At Jersey City City Council meeting, Grant Avenue condo owners charge fraud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Grant Avenue building in Jersey City with water damaged walls and broken boilers and pipes has caused a condo association president to lash out and accuse developers and local government of corruption,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:03:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2010/07/at_jersey_city_city_council_me.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Woman admits swiping $80,000 from Addison condo association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Addison woman admitted Monday looting more than $80,000 from her condo association while serving in various leadership positions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:36:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=393470&src=2]]></link>
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     <title>VA: Condo owners upset over proposed $24,000 per owner fee for repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some condo owners in Va. Beach say a $24,000-per-owner assessment for repairs and renovations is too much.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Condo-owners-upset-over-proposed-24000-per-owner-fee-for-repairs-98135139.html</link>
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     <title>Canada: Toilet hose column sent readers scurrying</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Chris Chambers reports the board of his condo building decided to replace all 250 flexible hoses in their 81-suite building after three failures and floods within a few months]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:51:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thestar.com/article/834325--toilet-hose-column-sent-readers-scurrying</link>
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     <title>FL: Sinkhole forces a dozen families to flee their homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly a dozen families evacuated their homes this morning after a sinkhole opened in their condominium complex's parking lot,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:39:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jul/11/111544/sinkhole-forces-evacuations-condos-near-usf/news-breaking/</link>
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     <title>CO: Cracks In Building Lead To Court Fight With Contractor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowner’s association wants a construction company to pay for damages it claims the contractor created while working on a city project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:22:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/24203972/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Homeowners association demands removal of energy-efficient door</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ashley Woods West resident says California Solar Rights Act protects his right to use the passive solar door]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:27:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/ciadai</link>
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     <title>Selling a condo? Better hope it's on the 'approved' list</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Question: I own an apartment in a condominium development that I am trying to sell. I have a potential buyer who wants to use an FHA loan because of its low down-payment requirements, but he says my project is not on FHA's "approved" list.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:06:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marketwatch.com/story/selling-a-condo-better-hope-its-approved-2010-07-09?reflink=MW_news_stmp</link>
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     <title>NJ: "Sweetwater Haven" becomes an ironic name as civil war engulfs community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But an ugly inter-household legal battle has made homeowners choose sides and has divided the community. Friends have become enemies, neighbors heckle each other as they paddle their kayaks through the canals and accusations of harrasment fly.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:34:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/article_5e09e2a2-8af2-11df-b1b4-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Community board requests 'No National Anthem'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[No more "rocket's red glare" or "bombs bursting in air?" Residents are fuming in the La Casa community near Warm Mineral Springs. They say their freedom of speech...and songs are being silenced.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:43:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2010-07-08/Community-board-requests-No-National-Anthem</link>
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     <title>NM: Should homeowners be forced to have lawns?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Albuquerque city councilor is pushing to take away a homeowners association's authority to enforce rules that state a homeowner must have some type of lawn in their front yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:00:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1642764.shtml?cat=500</link>
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     <title>OH Forest Glen attention pays off for residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Problems that prompted a north-end township neighborhood to plead with trustees for help haven’t been eliminated, but an official of the homeowners’ group reports improvement]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:54:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2010/jul/08/forest-glen-attention-pays-off-for-resid/</link>
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     <title>AL: Neighborhood association opposed home business</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A city zoning ordinance allowing special exceptions for home occupations beat out a subdivision association’s covenants on Wednesday during a meeting of the Board of Zoning Adjustment]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:53:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/local/article/neighborhood_association_opposed_home_business/165313/</link>
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     <title>FL: Sarasota condo building evacuation extended 90 days</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Dolphin Tower sits empty for a seventh day]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:49:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jul/07/sarasota-condo-building-evacuation-extended-90-day/news-breaking/</link>
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     <title>TX: Residents sign declaration of independence from HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People in one neighborhood are fighting back, trying to disband from their homeowners association. They are unhappy with a plan to put in a new park and other decisions made by the HOA.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:46:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7542449]]></link>
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     <title>CO: Ex-Employee Gets 10 Years For $700,000 HOA Theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former employee was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday for stealing more than $700,000 from homeowners associations in metro Denver.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:19:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/24172212/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NM: Medians divide city, property owners’ association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Long, overgrown weeds sprout out from the otherwise manicured medians. But who is responsible for maintaining the weeds? It depends on who you ask.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:40:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.observer-online.com/articles/2010/07/07/news/doc4c33b3f2598b1179158471.txt</link>
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     <title>MA: Hemlock attorney asks judge to overturn $2 million civil-rights ruling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowner’s association that last week lost a $2 million civil-rights suit has asked a judge to overturn the jury’s verdict]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:25:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.enterprisenews.com/topstories/x227291180/Hemlock-attorney-asks-judge-to-overturn-2-million-civil-rights-ruling</link>
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     <title>CO: New, mandatory association registration requirement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As part of the registration, all associations will also be required to provide the Director with the information required to be disclosed under Section 209.4(1) of CCIOA]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:21:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=79d09ca6-4c6d-4b53-af24-4b287db7f092</link>
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     <title>NC: Kitty Hawk woman sentenced for embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Kitty Hawk woman was sentenced to serve 35 months in federal prison for embezzlement of money from a homeowner's association in Corolla]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:56:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/kitty-hawk-woman-sentenced-embezzlement</link>
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     <title>Congress Reauthorizes Flood Insurance Program</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The National Flood Insurance Program was reauthorized by Congress today, meaning that insurance agents or companies can now sell policies to homeowners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:45:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=158328&catid=3]]></link>
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     <title>TN: River Plantation residents upset by homeowner association rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in Bellevue’s flood-ravaged River Plantation are not eligible for Small Business Administration construction loans because they are members of a homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:44:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100706/DAVIDSON/100706070/2122</link>
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     <title>GA: Woodstock Vet Fights To Keep Flag Pole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Woodstock veteran is awaiting a decision on whether he must take down a 16-foot flag pole in his front yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:08:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24148612/detail.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter]]></link>
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     <title>MA: East Brigewater condo assn. learns hard lesson</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Hillcrest Village in East Bridgewater learned a hard fiscal lesson when they let one person control the condo association’s money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:52:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.enterprisenews.com/topstories/x2071997766/Condo-experts-wary-of-self-management-in-wake-of-East-Bridgewater-embezzlement-case</link>
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     <title>Some states ban private transfer fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Private transfer fees that require home buyers to pay a percentage of the selling price to a designated beneficiary have now been banned in 11 states.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:30:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100704/ARTICLE/7041002/2055/NEWS?Title=Some-states-ban-private-transfer-fees&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Home closings mired in crude</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Onr thing thing is clear: The spill is sending very real -- and very unwelcome -- economic ripples through Southwest Florida's real estate community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:20:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100704/ARTICLE/7041060/2055/NEWS?tc=ar</link>
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     <title>AZ: Lifestyle is still golden as Sun City hits age 50</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago, Sun City was an idea. The idea was outrageous and revolutionary. It seemed almost dangerous.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:11:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/07/04/20100704sun-city-lifestyle.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Local HOA's creative way to make money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Boynton Beach Homeowners Association will soon be making money from a neighborhood foreclosed home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:55:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbs12.com/news/hoa-4727132-money-foreclosed.html</link>
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     <title>FL: No clear answers for condo evacuees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The problems with Dolphin Tower's structural support system quickly caused residents uncertainty about everything from how long they will have to stay out of their homes to how it will affect the long-term value of their property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:00:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100702/ARTICLE/100709955/-1/news?Title=No-clear-answers-for-condo-evacuees&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title>AL: Groups await resolution for disclosure and accountability for homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In 10 days, at the next meeting of the Madison City Council, Ed Collins will find out if he'll achieve the next step in his five-year quest for disclosure and accountability for homeowners in Alabama.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:55:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2010/07/groups_await_resolution_for_di.html</link>
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     <title>Owner questions individual condo insurance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: My condominium association has a very comprehensive insurance policy. Our board is recommending that each owner get his or her own insurance coverage. Why do I need to pay for insurance when it's already paid for by the association?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:10:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0702-benny-kass-insurance-20100604,0,739132.story</link>
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     <title>MO: Ruling on Vanderveen Crossing in-home preschool lawsuit postponed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The conclusion of a lawsuit against Heather Linneman’s in-home preschool has been postponed until July 9, when Judge Jodie Asel will declare a ruling on the case.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:13:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/06/30/-home-preschool-lawsuit-conclusions/</link>
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     <title>IL: One year after fire, Rolling Meadows condo residents allowed to return</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After more than a year of uncertainty, Pat Jirkovsky is finally moving back into her home at the Carriageway Condominiums in Rolling Meadows.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:12:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=391202</link>
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     <title>FL: Sarasota condo tower evacuated after cracks found</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city of Sarasota ordered Dolphin Tower condominium evacuated after a crack developed in the support structure of the 35-year-old bayfront building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:06:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100630/BREAKING/100639980/2055/NEWS?Title=Sarasota-condo-tower-evacuated-after-cracks-found&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title>MA: Group Hit In 'Hebrew Race' Discrimination Case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A civil rights trial against a homeowner's association accused of discriminating against Jewish members has ended in a settlement that is believed to be the largest in Plymouth County history.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:00:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/c1kxhZ</link>
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     <title>Beaten-down condos: 'Deals of lifetime'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the first time in years there is a glimmer of hope in the condo market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:14:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/28/pf/real_estate_condo.moneymag/</link>
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     <title>IN: Privately managed dams present safety concerns</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners association to which Hendricks County resident Royal Secor belongs is responsible for maintaining Indianhead Lake Dam.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:14:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.indystar.com/article/20100629/NEWS14/6270394/1083/LIVING01/Privately-managed-dams-present-safety-concerns</link>
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     <title>MA: Former East Bridgewater condo treasurer accused of embezzling funds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of a Plymouth Street condo association invited colleagues to his home in early March to verbally resign from his post - and then told them he had been stealing  from the group over a four-year period, according to paperwork filed in District Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:37:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/cops_and_courts/x2071995959/Former-East-Bridgewater-condo-association-treasurer-accused-of-embezzling-group-s-funds</link>
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     <title>PA: Gated communities have ways of getting their fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gates add exclusivity and security in private communities, but when property owners can't pay association fees, those gates become a punitive tool for bill collecting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:31:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100627/NEWS/6270364</link>
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     <title>FL: Fire at Lauderhill condo sparks questions about how board spent owners' fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Days before their condo building burned, residents of Park South Six gathered to hear their association president say their building couldn't afford flood insurance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:20:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-condo-insurance-lapses-20100615,0,5199193.story</link>
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     <title>FL: County joins assisted-living facility fight against HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That didn't stop the battle with the homeowners association, however. The head of the association's management company twice wrote Bock-Ackerman, telling her to stop operating Immaculate House.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:50:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jun/27/na-county-joins-assisted-living-facility-fight/life/</link>
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     <title>VA: Dissidents happy to see Busch go</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Kingsmill announced Thursday that Busch Properties Inc. will cease managing the compound by year-end.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:50:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vagazette.com/articles/2010/06/26/news/doc4c2526f91d62e630565508.txt</link>
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     <title>Flood insurance is floating in limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners across the Houston and Galveston areas who want to buy flood insurance or renew their policies have been stuck in limbo since Congress let the National Flood Insurance Program lapse nearly four weeks ago.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:05:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7081465.html</link>
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     <title>PA Solar Access Laws for Homeowner’s Assocations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighborhood homeowner’s association (HOA) covenants and restrictions have traditionally been known to ban solar electric and hot water installations on homes,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:15:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-55582-Solar-Power-Examiner~y2010m6d25-Solar-Access-Laws-for-Homeowners-Assocations</link>
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     <title>A strategy for collecting delinquent assessments</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I am president of a condo association board in a 10-unit building. One of the unit owners has not paid assessments for nine months. He was renting out his unit, which is now unoccupied. His telephone has been disconnected and attempts to reach him by mail are returned]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:23:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0625-benny-kass--20100625,0,5475054.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Breezy summer reading about associations just a click away</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Summer reading lists are common literary fare, passed along by libraries, teachers and newspaper columnists. Not to be left out, we've compiled a roster of Web sites and blogs that address the workings of community associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:35:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0625-condo-living-20100625,0,7561825.story</link>
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     <title>VA: Captain's Cove at risk of water shutoff</title>
     <description><![CDATA[All 820 customers of the Captain's Cove Utility Company -- a privately owned provider of water and wastewater for the community not far from Pocomoke -- were notified June 17 that their services would be shut down the following day because of financial troubles at the facility.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:30:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100624/WCT01/6240325</link>
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     <title>FL: DeLand homeowners rebel against watering and mowing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Unlike some homeowners associations, which actually require residents to plant and water St. Augustine grass, the Waterford Lakes Homeowners Association is encouraging water-wise efforts, resident Karen Szczesniak said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:26:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2751</link>
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     <title>CA: Condo Owners Fear X-Ray Would Show Mushy Bones</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners who paid in some cases more than a million dollars for condos in a pricey La Jolla enclave five years ago want their money back.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:05:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/housing/article_8a26ee30-7da9-11df-9cd4-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>FL: State Attorney: Goldstein will not be prosecuted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a battle that has been ongoing for some time between a group of St. Augustine Shores property owners, including Goldstein, and St. Augustine Shores Service Corporation, the homeowner association managers, it seemed that Goldstein’s arrest in February would put an end to the drama. Maybe not.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:57:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.historiccity.com/2010/staugustine/news/florida/state-attorney-goldstein-will-not-be-prosecuted-3790</link>
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     <title>TX: HOA That Foreclosed on Frisco Soldier’s Home Fires Back</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Frisco HOA that ticked us all off when they flexed their rights under Texas law and foreclosed on a Frisco military family’s home is now getting death threats.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:51:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12689908</link>
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     <title>NC: Homeowners Fight Foreclosure Eyesore</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of local homeowners said "no" to letting foreclosures be an eyesore in their neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:50:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=144159&catid=57]]></link>
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     <title>NJ/FL: Condo rules mess up sheriff/mobster ties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Genovese associate Michael DaPuzzo, formerly of Bergen County, has been living in the Central Florida condo without registering as an occupant, in violation of association rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:41:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cliffviewpilot.com/hudson/1391-court-battle-over-reputed-mobsters-use-of-condo-owned-by-hudson-sheriffs-chief</link>
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     <title>CO: One Ranch, Many Hats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While the owners can build homes and drill wells, they cannot fence off their 100 acres. In fact, they are given access to  everyone else’s property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:07:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chieftain.com/business/local/article_5d130fe2-7b41-11df-87f2-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
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     <title>FL: POA's, homeowners could be in for legal battle over Chinese drywall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Treasure Coast condominium owners who have Chinese drywall and live in a subdivision governed by a community association could face some unanticipated legal consequences when removing the toxic wallboard from their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:50:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jun/20/property-associations-homeowners-could-be-in-for/</link>
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     <title>CT: Months Later, Cash-Strapped West Hartford Residents Still Without Roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The roofing contractor working on the building in October lacked the proper insurance, so owners of all 100 units in the Twin Oaks complex -- not just the 20 in building 106 -- are on the hook for the repair bill. A special $400-plus monthly charge was imposed by the condo association in January to raise $200,000 for emergency roof work, utility safety tests and repairs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:48:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-twin-oaks-condo-west-hartford-0620,0,5106221.story</link>
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     <title>CA: Moreno Valley condo community struggles to survive</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In his time off from his job as an animal control officer, Matthew Piper mows greenbelts and repairs streetlights free of charge for his Moreno Valley condominium community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:44:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_condo20.242a054.html</link>
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     <title>As Hurricane Season Begins, Insurance Gets Harder to Find</title>
     <description><![CDATA[From the Gulf oil spill and the floods in Arkansas and Oklahoma to the procession of hurricanes forecast for this year, the stage is set for major property damage in 2010.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:27:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703685404575306763924224880.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</link>
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     <title>FL: Former manager Barry Miller jailed in theft from two condo associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police arrested a former condominium manager this morning on four charges of grand theft of more than $50,000 and organized fraud involving two Midtown condominium associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/former-manager-barry-miller-jailed-in-theft-from-756022.html</link>
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     <title>Supreme Court Rejects Property Rights For Florida Beachowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court rejected a property-rights claim from some disgruntled owners of beach front in Florida Thursday, upholding instead the state's authority to pump new new sand onto an eroded shore line without paying compensation]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sc-dc-court-beaches-20100617,0,4010398.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Financial records of a home assn. must remain an open book</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision has come down hard on an association that was not fully cooperative in disclosing its books and records.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:58:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=388247</link>
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     <title>OH: Hunting Valley homeowners' group sues mayor and village</title>
     <description><![CDATA[HUNTING VALLEY Five residents and the Valley Ridge Farm Homeowners’ Association filed suit in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court May 30 charging the village with zoning code violations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:29:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cleveland.com/chagrinsolonsun/index.ssf/2010/06/hunting_valley_homeowners_grou.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Flying her true colors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After 9/11, Chelene Clyde vowed to fly American flags at her home until the war ended. But a homeowners association rule may hinder Clyde's patriotism:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:14:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sltrib.com/southvalley/ci_15311718</link>
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     <title>IN: Former manager accused of theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former office manager of the Blair Hills Community Association was charged Wednesday with stealing nearly $180,000 over a five-year period.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:10:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100617/News01/6170368/1130</link>
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     <title>CA: Slowing foreclosures may signal bank woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[California foreclosure activity fell by several measures from April to May, suggesting to some that lenders would rather delay taking back properties and incurring related expenses and loan losses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:28:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/06/14/daily23.html</link>
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     <title>PA: In S. Phila. feud over pool, still water runs very deep</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Perhaps only in South Philadelphia could a neighborhood dispute over an inground pool snowball into years of legal wrangling, including a civil suit, criminal charges and a code of silence worthy of a Mafia movie.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:19:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/96451194.html?cmpid=15585797</link>
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     <title>CA: Director resigns, calls HOA's lawsuit too costly</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A director on the Third Laguna Hills Mutual board unexpectedly announced his resignation Tuesday and told a nearly full meeting room of residents the board's decision to file a lawsuit against property manager PCM would be too costly for the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:41:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/board-253638-community-pcm.html</link>
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     <title>Canada: Condos considering putting up their own summit fences</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, nobody wanted to be inside the "fence". Now, some private residences are thinking about putting up their own.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:44:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/local/article/551854--condos-considering-putting-up-their-own-summit-fences</link>
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     <title>CA: PCM says boards approved incentive plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The boards of Laguna Woods Village's four homeowners associations were told in closed sessions about an incentive plan that paid property management employees more than $5 million over the course of a decade, said Jerry Storage, general manager for Professional Community Management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:43:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/storage-253395-plan-incentive.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Water returns to Lake Worth condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents living in this lake worth condo building say they've been suffering without water for more than a week. Tonight they're getting some relief.  The water is now back on, but for how long?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:48:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cbs12.com/news/lake-4726814-worth-condo.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: What lies beneath...in Maricopa Meadows</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The concern revolving around the sulfates in the soil is that they are causing concrete structures to crumble.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:46:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.inmaricopa.com/NEWS/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=430&&ArticleID=8450]]></link>
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     <title>NC: Troubleshooter: HOA fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Teresa Hosford says she has the checks to show she tried to pay her Homeowner's Association dues, yet her HOA still filed foreclosure papers on her home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:28:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/troubleshooter&id=7497049]]></link>
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     <title>NV: Why can't I find a parking spot in front of my own house?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We all know it can be tough to find parking in Las Vegas, but what if that place was in front of your house? Some local homeowners say their HOA isn't doing anything about what they call the lack of parking and say, it's resulting in towing]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:10:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12637939</link>
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     <title>PA: Couple banned from drying clothes outside by neighborhood association rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But air-drying clothes the way generations of mothers and grandmothers did before electric or gas dryers came along is banned in the Brensingers’ development, and they face legal action from their homeowners association if they continue hanging their laundry outside.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:55:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/06/homeowners_association_puts_wr.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Angry residents want problem condo building fixed</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Our building is a vivid example of the neglect that the city has allowed," Eric Mason told the City Council at their Wednesday meeting. "Since us owners have occupied the building, we’ve endured a great number of problems."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:05:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/ciOEpK</link>
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     <title>FL: Squatters take over homes in what police call latest fraud in housing crisis</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Imagine going to a house or condo you own and finding a stranger living there who claims the property no longer belongs to you.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:50:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-housing-fraud-adverse-possession-20100613,0,3594273.story</link>
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     <title>CO: Governor Signs HOA Ombudsman Bill, HB 10-1278, into Law</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday signed into law a bill that will create an HOA (Homeowners Association) Information and Resource Center to act as an HOA information clearing house within the state Division of Real Estate.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:15:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/aUdr5Y</link>
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     <title>VA: Webb files bill to ensure families can fly military service flags</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A seasoned combat veteran is joining the fight against any neighborhood associations that try to block families from flying Blue Star or Gold Star service flags when relatives are serving in the armed forces during times of conflict.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:14:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2010/06/webb-let-families-fly-service-flags?cid=ltst</link>
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     <title>MD: State sues assn. and mgmt co over discrimination</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Maryland Commission Of Human Relations sued the Columbia Park Condominium Association and American Community Management for discrimination]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:47:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/blCW5a</link>
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     <title>FL: Wilton Manors resolves flap over gay pride flags</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many residents of Wilton Manors can't help but fly their colors high during June for Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:29:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/wilton-manors/fl-wilton-gay-pride-flag-brf-20100610,0,2491275.story</link>
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     <title>IL: Bill gives common interest communities more rights, protections</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new piece of legislation, the Common Interest Community Associations Act, will give additional rights and protections to owners in some Illinois community associations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:41:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0611-condo-living-20100611,0,7566416.story</link>
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     <title>NV: Report outlines structural overload at upscale Meridian condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners at the upscale but financially troubled Meridian condominium community near the Strip just learned that the buildings are structurally overloaded and potentially unsafe because of heavy luxury tile floors that were installed without building permits during the 2005 conversion from apartments to condos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:12:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/news/report-outlines-structural-overload-at-upscale-meridian-condo-complex-96035724.html?ref=724</link>
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     <title>FL:Pinellas properties management worker pleads no contest to felony grand theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The woman accused of stealing more than $1 million from 20 homeowner groups threw herself on the mercy of the court Wednesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:08:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/pinellas-properties-management-worker-pleads-no-contest-to-felony-grand/1101273</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo association forcing 88-year-old woman with dementia to get rid of cat</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mitzy the cat has got to go. That was the message embedded in a court summons that 88-year-old Bea Garza and her husband, Ron, received at the doorstep of their condo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:06:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jun/09/eve-samples-condo-association-forcing-88-year-to/</link>
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     <title>NFIP Will Cover Hurricane-Driven Oil Damage, FEMA Confirms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The National Flood Insurance Program will pay claims for damage to homes and contents from oil driven ashore during hurricanes, its officials have announced.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:52:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.property-casualty.com/News/2010/6/Pages/NFIP-Will-Cover-HurricaneDriven-Oil-Damage-FEMA-Confirms.aspx</link>
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     <title>CA: Folsom condo buyers awarded millions in damages</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Sacramento arbitrator has ordered a Bay Area property developer to assume $4.7 million in mortgage costs for 24 Folsom homeowners who bought water-damaged condominiums in 2005 and 2006.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:02:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/09/2810837/folsom-condo-buyers-awarded-millions.html</link>
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     <title>ME: Former La Kermess president indicted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The charges also involve the Western Oaks Condominium Association, where Gagnon was treasurer. A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office declined to comment beyond the indictment]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:50:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressherald.com/news/Former-La-Kermess-president-indicted.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Cuomo Charges Developer Misused Reserve Fund .</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Real-estate developer Yair Levy is being sued by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who charges that Mr. Levy raided a $7.4 million reserve fund at his Rector Square Condominium in Battery Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:09:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704575304575296772770819794.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines</link>
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     <title>IL: A better way to give criticism</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Leaders need care and feeding. We condo presidents - and congregational, chamber of commerce, and service club presidents - receive no salary for our service, but we do need to get "paid." I don't know of any leader whose skin is so thick that he or she has never lost sleep over criticism.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:09:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://forestparkreview.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&ArticleID=4978]]></link>
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     <title>WA: State's high court to decide if honking horn is protected speech</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state’s highest court is expected to settle a dispute over horn-honking and free speech that began as a squabble over noisy chickens in a Monroe cul-de-sac.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:42:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://heraldnet.com/article/20100608/NEWS01/706089915</link>
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     <title>MD: Cape works to remove racial language in covenants</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cape St. Claire Improvement Association board members are working to remove racially discriminatory language from covenants that date back to the 1940s.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:15:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/gov/2010/06/07-36/form_anniversaries.html</link>
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     <title>PA: Washington Co. Man Admits Beating Landscaper With Shovel</title>
     <description><![CDATA[74-yr. old was unhappy with how the HOA landscape company was cutting his lawn-argument and shovel followed]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:58:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpxi.com/news/23822241/detail.html</link>
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     <title>Alabama Condo Owners Outraged by BP's Lack of Concern</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condominiums along the Alabama beaches have been suffering, as residents feel slighted by the way BP has been treating them]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:33:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.huliq.com/10017/alabama-condo-owners-others-outraged-bps-lack-concern-2</link>
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     <title>OK: Property owners outraged by Guthrie businessman's dealings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In one case, Guthrie businessman Ron Edwards is demanding four Edmond condominium owners pay him $80,000 for a shared driveway he bought for $1,584 at a county auction.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:54:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://newsok.com/article/3466790</link>
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     <title>CO: HOA sues Castle Pines North over expanded development plan</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association is taking the city of Castle Pines North to court over its recent approval of an urban-renewal area the group says will mean more homes and businesses than the developer originally agreed to build.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:49:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_15241234</link>
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     <title>FL: Bradenton condo owners take on a political heavyweight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Paul Sharff, a real estate investor who once used his boom-time wealth to treat Gov. Charlie Crist's paid campaign staffers to a four-day trip to a Bahamian resort, is being sued by a group of working-class condominium owners who say he failed to deliver on promises of a safe and attractive community to live in.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:13:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100606/ARTICLE/6061054/2107/BUSINESS</link>
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     <title>CA: Woman Battling Condo Assn. Over Cat Leash Rule</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This week the condo association in this Stockton community listened to several complaints about stray dogs and cats. They decided Baker's cat must obey the same rules as dogs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:09:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs13.com/local/cat.leash.condo.2.1734012.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Overtown condo owners seek help to repair aging buildings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Overtown's Town Park condos and co-ops are worried the cost of major repairs to their buildings could force them from their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:38:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/04/1663509/overtown-condo-owners-seek-help.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Homeowners' Solar Rights Act Passes Both Houses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Northbrook couple says their neighbors were more concerned with green lawns than a "green" lifestyle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:28:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/homeowners.solar.rights.2.1729107.html?detectflash=false</link>
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     <title>FL: New charges in elaborate embezzlement case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A woman accused of embezzling money from a condominium association is facing additional fraud and grand theft charges]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:59:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12516314</link>
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     <title>IL: Understanding FHA rules on right of first refusal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q As a real estate broker, I contacted the secretary of a condominium association to see if it has a right-of-first-refusal clause in the association documents and whether the complex is Federal Housing Administration approved]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:47:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-mre-0606-condo-adviser-20100603,0,5347399.column</link>
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     <title>FL: Crist signs condo reform bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Charlie Crist signed into law Tuesday a sweeping condominium reform bill that's expected to help associations devastated by financial problems]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:07:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-condo-relief-crist-20100601,0,5789113.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Fire officials investigating string of fires at downtown W Palm Beach condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[City fire officials are probing a string of suspicious fires at a luxury condo tower from over the weekend, saying a possible arsonist appears to be escalating efforts to set damaging blazes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:51:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/fire-officials-investigating-string-of-fires-at-downtown-720262.html</link>
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     <title>TX: National Guard helps officer losing home to HOA foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Capt. Clauer hopes his troubles will serve as a cautionary tale for more than his fellow Guard members. He wants the Texas legislature to curb the foreclosure powers of HOAs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:22:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/news/National-Guard-helps-officer-losing-home-to-HOA-foreclosure--95306899.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Lawsuit to be filed against Riverdale</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners living in the Enclave are tired of waiting for someone to repair the dangerous living condition they live around.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:54:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/95240899_Boroughs_put_on_notice_about_suit__re__falling_rocks_.html</link>
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     <title>Benny Kass: Association board too lax on violations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dear Benny - For 14 years I have lived in a planned unit development (PUD) with strong (or so I thought) CC&Rs and an association that supposedly enforces its legal documents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 21:40:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100530/LIFE07/5300347/1005/LIFE/Association-board-too-lax-on-violations</link>
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     <title>CA: Homeowners’ horror: a high-flying flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Like many other Americans, Stan Fisher is flying the American flag this Memorial Day weekend. Unlike other Americans, however, Fisher is going to pay a price. His homeowners association at Trilogy in Nipomo plans to fine him because he is hoisting his salute to fallen Americans on a 25-foot pole in his backyard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 20:58:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/05/29/1158994/homeowners-horror-a-high-flying.html</link>
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     <title>Proposed DNA testing of dog poo throws issue into national debate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[You're probably tired of hearing my rants about the dog poop problem, but when this story recently aired on the Today Show, I felt compelled to share it with you]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:54:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1008890067/Sherry-Davis-Proposed-DNA-testing-of-dog-poo-throws-issue-into-national-debate</link>
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     <title>NY: Condo Owners Go for Green With Suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The owners of a luxury condominium in Battery Park City are suing for $1.5 million in damages because they say the eco-friendly building isn't green enough.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 15:47:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703957604575273003196960336.html?mod=WSJ_business_IndustryNews_DLW</link>
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     <title>SC: HOA lines neighborhood with flags</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Heather Lakes in Little River has turned its main street into an "Avenue of Celebration and Remembrance" in honor of Memorial Day Weekend.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 14:50:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.carolinalive.com/neighborhood/story.aspx?id=463844</link>
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     <title>TX: Fort Worth neighborhood organization wins national award</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fort Worth's Eastern Hills Homeowner's Association brought home third place in the Neighborhoods, USA (NUSA) 2010 "Neighborhood of the Year Award" competition's]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 14:47:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_62486.shtml</link>
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     <title>IL: Outdoor maintenance checklist for community associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Forget any thoughts about sleeping late this summer if you live in a community association. Capital improvement season has begun.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:52:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0528-condo-living-maintenance20100528,0,4025049.story</link>
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     <title>MN: Lilydale / Condo association drops city request</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Lilydale condominium association this week withdrew its request to the city for help making about $2.5 million in repairs and upgrades.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:47:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_15179381?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Chinese drywall lawsuit gets class-action status</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As many as 152 families from three Homestead neighborhoods will be a part of the first class-action suit in the country over tainted drywall imported from China, providing hope that American companies will also have to pay for damage from the product]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:09:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/28/1652094/chinese-drywall-lawsuit-gets-class.html</link>
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     <title>TX: Spike in crime has neighbors demanding removal of security gate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents say the security gates are actually making things easier for criminals, because they believe the gates are hindering police patrol]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:24:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kens5.com/news/Neighbors-demand-to-remove-security-gate-from-their-community-due-to-recent-crime-95059164.html</link>
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     <title>Oil Spill Expected To Trigger Thousands Of Foreclosures Of Gulf Real Estate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Gulf oil  spill could erode coastal property values in Katrina-devastated Louisiana and Mississippi by 30 percent,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:38:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/articles/real-estate-in-path-of-oil-spill-could-lose-significant-55276.aspx</link>
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     <title>OK: $80,000 driveway dispute in court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in an Edmond neighborhood are in the middle of a driveway dispute. They're being told they can't have access to a driveway that leads to their homes unless they cough up $80,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:04:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-news-driveway-dispute-court-story,0,7818907.story</link>
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     <title>VA: Neighbors seek help as homes sink</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners have faced years of frustrations as they look for help.They can't sell. They can't move. And now they have sinking spirits to match their sinking homes.The homeowners will request a special meeting of the homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 11:06:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/neighbors-seek-help-as-homes-sink</link>
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     <title>HI: Condo boards drained as fees dry up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condo owner who had his water shut off after he stopped paying common area maintenance fees said he could get by for a while, but condo associations on Maui may not fare as well.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:13:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/531847.html?nav=10</link>
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     <title>PA: Audit blasts Norristown condo inspection failures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Norristown's bureaucracy was so broken when a now-condemned condo passed inspection three years ago that staff secretaries were routinely signing inspectors' names to the occupancy permits, an audit has found.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:52:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20100525_Audit_blasts_Norristown_condo_inspection_failures.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Prospect Heights condo owners bash developer through Web site</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shame on you, Shaya. That's the message for embattled developer Shaya Boymelgreen from Prospect Heights condo owners, who launched a new Web site to embarrass Boymelgreen over shoddy construction they say left their luxury building a mess.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 10:49:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/05/26/2010-05-26_angry_residents_of_leaky_condo_pound_builder_on_web_site.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Amputee loses fight with condo board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two years ago, Florida's attorney general sued a Longwood condo association on behalf of Kent Nauman, an amputee who complained that he was the victim of discrimination]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 21:12:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-one-legged-man-loses-to-hoa-20100525,0,429896.story</link>
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     <title>UT: Landmark Ruling Requires Developers to Establish Sound Fiscal Basis for HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A landmark ruling recently issued by the Utah Supreme Court in Davenport at Pilgrims Landing Homeowners Association v. Davencourt at Pilgrims Landing, LC requires developers to make disclosures to and establish a sound fiscal basis for homeowners associations prior to relinquishing control to homeowners]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:48:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/a2lBRa</link>
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     <title>FL: Struggling amid foreclosure crisis</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo association's ability to pull back from the brink of financial ruin offers something of a lesson in survival]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/condos/fl-condo-series-condocol-0519-20100518,0,1962247.column</link>
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     <title>FL: Entire Complex Could Be Evicted Over Unpaid Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of an entire Margate condominium complex could be kicked out of their homes because their homeowners' association cannot afford the water bill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 20:14:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.justnews.com/news/23661140/detail.html</link>
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     <title>TX: New residents 'slither' into a SA subdivsion, making residents uncomfortable</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A swamp behind their houses. It has some northwest side homeowners not only frustrated... but dealing with some critters slithering around their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kens5.com/news/New-residents-slither-into-a-north-west-SA-subdivsion-making-residents-uncomfortable-94617559.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Upland residents may lose pets due to rule</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condominiums' Home Owners Association recently ruled to enforce a one-pet rule, which has left some residents scrambling to find new homes for their pets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:42:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_15148066</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Q&A: Solve Your Toughest HOA Challenges]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[HouseLogic talks with HOA management expert Thomas M. Skiba about smart ways to tackle today’s homeowner association challenges.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:37:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.houselogic.com/articles/QA-Solve-Your-Toughest-HOA-Challenges/</link>
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     <title>Dealing With Your Condo Board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The relationship between the condo owner and the homeowners' association (HOA) or condo board is a unique one]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 16:43:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/21/how-to-deal-with-condo-board-personal-finance-condos.html?boxes=financechannellatest</link>
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     <title>NM: Homeowner faces fines over 'for sale' sign in yard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Rio Rancho homeowner is facing hundreds of dollars in fines for putting up a "For Sale" sign in his own front yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 16:41:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1572750.shtml?cat=504&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter]]></link>
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     <title>MI: Solar panel pain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Early last year, Larry Lohrman, a homeowner in Salem, Ore., tried to cut his energy consumption by installing solar panels on his roof.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 16:38:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100523/BUSINESS04/5230316/1002/BUSINESS/Solar-panel-pain&template=fullarticle]]></link>
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     <title>NJ: Toms River, condo association at odds over fence around beach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Though township officials contend a condominium complex has violated municipal ordinances by building a fence around its private beach, condo association leaders say it's a simple misunderstanding.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 11:57:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.app.com/article/20100521/NEWS/5210355/Toms-River-condo-association-at-odds-over-fence-around-beach</link>
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     <title>TX: HOA prevents homeowner from starting gun business</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man in Pflugerville said his homeowners association is unfairly targeting him.  It has nothing to do with an un-kept yard. The homeowners association calls it a safety issue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 19:22:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://weareaustin.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=65835</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOAs Get Creative with Non-Paying Homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Foreclosures hit record levels this year. At the same time, home owners associations are getting hit hard by vacant properties and by struggling homeowners who aren't paying their dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 17:08:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/money/hoas-non-paying-homeowners-5-20-2010</link>
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     <title>Housing Counsel: Investing condo association money wisely (and legally)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q. The treasurer on our condominium's board of directors is a stockbroker. He has persuaded our board to allow him to invest our condo association's funds with his company. Is this legal]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:43:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/21/AR2010052100145.html</link>
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     <title>PA: Norristown condo builder says hollow walls 'a surprise to me'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three of the holes revealed that the load-bearing walls were hollow, confirming reports by Norristown inspectors that led to the condemnation of the three-year-old, 26-unit building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:42:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20100521_Norristown_condo_builder_says_hollow_walls__a_surprise_to_me_.html#axzz0ob8MR6cs</link>
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     <title>MD: Scarlett Place doggie DNA: Looks to be dumped</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At the meeting last night the condo board decided that the doggy-doo DNA testing idea just didn't smell quite right.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:29:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2010/05/scarlett_place_doggie_dna_look.html</link>
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     <title>FL: More charges filed in Port Charlotte condo fraud investigation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Charlotte County detectives filed more charges on 35-year-old Stacey Herrin-Snopek-Tuck of North Port in connection with a major fraud investigation at the Charlotte Square Condominium]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:18:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=12515989</link>
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     <title>WA: Ex-manager accused of taking $95,000 from homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former facilities manager of the Carlyon Beach Homeowners Association was charged Tuesday with first-degree theft for allegedly embezzling more than $95,000 since 2003.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 16:02:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/20/1193585/missing-money-divides-carlyon.html?source=rss</link>
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     <title>GA: DeKalb Complex is a Danger to Its Own Residents, Official Says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At Brannon Hills, you notice the children first -- lots of them, mostly the sons and daughters of immigrants.  The next thing you notice are the appalling living conditions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:56:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=144225&catid=3]]></link>
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     <title>John Boccieri bill would allow display of military service flags</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives has adopted legislation to prevent condominium associations from restricting the display of "service flags" that honor a family member's wartime military service.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:17:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/05/bill_would_allow_display_of_mi.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Condo Owners On Shaky Ground</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Deciding whether or not to buy earthquake insurance is a dilemma for California homeowners, but it's doubly difficult for condominium and town home owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 18:03:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/insurance/articles/?storyId=34319&bIndex=5]]></link>
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     <title>AL: Angel Downs’ Murder Not Caught On Camera?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[News 5 has learned the surveillance cameras set up at Angel Down's condo complex in Gulf Shores weren't working at the time of her murder. In fact, they haven't worked for some time.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:57:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/angel-downs-murder-not-caught-on-camera/888235/May-19-2010_12-58-pm/</link>
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     <title>TX: Homeowner Wins Court Battle With HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What started as a fight over a few hundred dollars escalated into a courtroom showdown, Ken Hern said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:48:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ksat.com/news/23601319/detail.html</link>
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     <title>MD: Sue or settle is Cattail Creek residents' choice</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Settle or sue? That's the question facing the weary residents of the Villas of Cattail Creek, an upscale western Howard County community for seniors plagued since inception with a sewage system that never worked and a development team they don't trust]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:36:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bs-ho-cattail-creek-20100523,0,5664920.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Homeowners confederation friend to all neighborhoods</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 30 years ago, a group of these subdivisions, concerned about pending large-scale development and its impact on the community as a whole, banded together to link their neighborhoods into a single effective voice. This was the birth of the Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:48:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/business/2284226,6_5_NA18_FISCHER_S1-100518.article</link>
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     <title>TX: Jury rules against property owner in 4-year legal battle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Bulverde man has been kicked out of his home and must re-locate his business after a drawn-out legal battle over neighborhood deed restrictions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:38:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://herald-zeitung.com/news/local_news/article_87127b4c-6233-11df-8fc6-001cc4c002e0.html</link>
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     <title>FL: OTOW woman might get to keep home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The deadline for an elderly woman to be out of her home for not paying homeowner’s association fees has come and gone. But for now, she remains at her residence.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:33:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocala.com/article/20100518/ARTICLES/100519642/1402/NEWS</link>
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     <title>PA: Sandy Street condo residents brace for worst</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Distressed, disillusioned, angry, confused and lost."  The descriptive words of Whitney and Brett Floyd, two renters at 770 Sandy St. who have lost $3,000 since Norristown officials condemned the four-story condominium building on May 4]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:19:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/05/18/news/doc4bf2141891471392247615.txt</link>
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     <title>FHA Says Overwhelming Number of Condo Approval Requests</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Due to an overwhelming number of requests to approve condo projects, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said its response times have exceeded 72 hours]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 14:38:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://reversemortgagedaily.com/2010/05/16/fha-says-overwhelming-number-of-condo-approval-requests/</link>
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     <title>TN: Online review of condo triggers libel suit against Murfreesboro man</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Murfreesboro man thought his involvement with a Florida vacation condo would end with his scathing review of it, posted on an online forum]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 14:37:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100516/NEWS01/5160350/Online+review+of+condo+triggers+libel+suit+against+Murfreesboro+man</link>
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     <title>LA: Local neighborhood gets spotlight in new TV series</title>
     <description><![CDATA[These days it's not unusual to see some residents of the Southern Trace community sitting out on their lawns for a late nightcap.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 14:02:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100516/NEWS01/5160313/1060/NEWS01</link>
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     <title>AZ: Homeowner, HOA Engaged in Bitter Dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A valley man who paid all of his mortgage payments on time is still losing his home -- just because he wasn't paying his HOA dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 17:16:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/housing_market/homeowner-hoa-dispute-5-14-2010</link>
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     <title>TX: Back from Iraq, Frisco soldier finds home sold by HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A soldier returned home from combat to find his Frisco home, which was owned free and clear, sold off by his homeowners' association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 17:13:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Frisco-soldier-comes-home-to-find-home-sold-by-HOA-93829194.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Rampant foreclosures leave condo owners stuck with fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So many units are in foreclosure that Bodine is one of the few owners still paying maintenance fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 22:03:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/rampant-foreclosures-leave-condo-owners-stuck-with-fees/1095097</link>
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     <title>MD: DNA could solve a doggie whodunit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Someone of the canine persuasion has been leaving his business all over the ritzy Scarlett Place condominium near the Inner Harbor. And the condo board says the only way to find the culprit: mandated DNA tests for every dog in the building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 22:00:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-dog-dna-20100513,0,1548617.story</link>
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     <title>MA: Alleged condo con artist stole $250K</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Barnaby, 44, of Kennedy Street, was arraigned Friday on five counts of larceny from condominium associations in the city that hired him to take care of their bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 21:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldnews.com/police_and_fire/x1381047027/Police-Alleged-condo-con-artist-stole-250K</link>
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     <title>IL: Ins and outs of hiring a property manager</title>
     <description><![CDATA[You interviewed a slate of candidates to manage your community association and selected the one you want to hire. You're ready to sign a contract. Before you do, consider the advice of industry pros.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 17:38:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/ct-home-0514-condo-living-contracts-20100514,0,4874506.story</link>
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     <title>ID: Some homeowners' associations leery of grassless xeric landscaping</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Patricia Sankey bought her house, a vacant bank repossession in Nampa, Idaho's Sherwood subdivision, there wasn't much left of the yard, she said, besides a "crunchy" mat of weeds and a long-dead tree listing at a 50-degree angle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:38:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700032126/Some-homeowners-associations-leery-of-grassless-xeric-landscaping.html</link>
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     <title>DC: Don't let your condo association mismanage money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Question: Within the last week, I was told by the property management firm at our community that reserve funds could not be used for some pool upgrades required by a governmental agency. Instead, it says only special assessment funds can be used.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:22:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dont-let-your-condo-association-mismanage-money-2010-05-14</link>
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     <title>NV: One HOA fee lawsuit dismissed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A District Court judge last week dismissed one of two class action lawsuits filed by investors buying Las Vegas-area foreclosed homes, setting the stage for at least some compromise with collection agencies the investors claim are overcharging them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:09:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/14/one-hoa-fee-lawsuit-dismissed/</link>
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     <title>FL: Condominium association sues Destin, sheriff's office</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Crystal Dunes owners claim the city has not enforced their beachfront property rights]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:08:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4122263</link>
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     <title>NJ: Tree cut, now condo owners hear the $3,333 tally for illegal takedown</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It was part of a plea-bargain agreement that will cost the Lamplighter Condominium Association $2,500 for tree restitution, a $500 fine, $33 in court costs and $300 for a new deciduous tree]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 16:13:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cape_may/article_77b254c2-5e2f-11df-bbf8-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo theft reminds boards to be wary</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recent arrest of a condo president who was accused of stealing from her association has underscored the need for boards and associations to remain vigilant against fraud]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 16:08:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/hollywood/fl-hrb-theft-0513-20100513,0,1263510.story</link>
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     <title>Dealing With Your Condo Board</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The relationship between the condo owner and the homeowners' association (HOA) or condo board is a unique one.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 15:23:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/13/investopedia44117.DTL</link>
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     <title>FL: Hideaway Beach acts to protect condos from flood danger</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Help is on the way to stop severe erosion problems plaguing the northern section of Hideway Beach]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 21:29:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100512/MARCONEWS/100512054/1075/Hideaway-Beach-acts-to-protect-condos-from-flood-danger</link>
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     <title>Green practices conflict with homeowner association rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Early last year, Larry Lohrman, a homeowner in Salem, Ore., decided to try to cut his energy consumption by installing solar panels on his roof. He researched the panels, hired an installer and put a down payment on a 3,000-watt solar installation]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 20:09:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-05-12-green-conflict_N.htm</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo owners sue association over $2.6M bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several Buttonwood Bay unit owners have filed suit against their condominium association alleging that $2.6 million spent on boat dock construction and landscaping -- and the subsequent costs passed on to them -- was a breach of their bylaws.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 12:50:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://keysnews.com/node/23211</link>
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     <title>NY: Suffern condo treasurer sentenced to jail</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 48-year-old Suffern resident who stole more than $150,000 from his condominium association as treasurer was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay restitution.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 12:40:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lohud.com/article/20100512/NEWS03/5120354/-1/newsfront/Suffern-condo-treasurer-sentenced-to-jail</link>
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     <title>Focus on fire in warm weather</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city has dealt with four fires in the past two months that have been caused by carelessly discarding cigarettes in debris or plants that contain peat moss. All fires start small.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 08:58:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/523408--focus-on-fire-in-warm-weather</link>
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     <title>IL: Death threats probed at Fox Mill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police are investigating allegations of electronic death threats made in March against members of a homeowners association board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 08:52:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2010/05/10/98340012/index.xml</link>
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     <title>Homeowners charged for winter's snow</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The unusually heavy snowstorms of last winter may be melting into memory, but the cold reality of what it cost to clear all that snow is hitting some homeowners in the pocket.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 08:47:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2010-05-10-snowfees_N.htm</link>
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     <title>FL: Insurance Canceled At Condos Destroyed By Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners' association at an apartment building in Lauderhill that was left nearly gutted by a fire Friday had canceled its insurance to save costs, according to Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 21:04:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.justnews.com/mostpopular/23507455/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Charlotte condo owners pitch a new amenity: radon ventilation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[McCracken says she felt it was her responsibility to let the future owner of her condo know the property was safe. She is one of many condo owners in Charlotte who have recently found out their buildings have high levels of the odorless, colorless gas, which is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:51:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/05/10/story17.html?b=1273464000^3313411&ana=e_vert]]></link>
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     <title>MO: Consistency key to homeowners’ associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When you move into a community with a homeowners’ association, you hope it will guarantee high-quality living and protect the value of your house. But the rules and responsibilities involved can often lead to disagreements or, in some cases, major conflicts between board members and residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 18:30:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/may/08/consistency-key-to-homeowners-associations/</link>
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     <title>FL: Massive blaze destroys Lauderhill condo building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fire officials expect to spend Saturday examining the remains of a three-story condo building that was destroyed by a massive fire Friday afternoon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 17:22:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/lauderhill/fl-lauderhill-fire-20100507,0,2209971.story</link>
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     <title>Housing Counsel: Drafting pet rules that won't turn around and bite condo boards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I am on the board of directors of our 125-unit condominium. There are a large number of pets in the complex, and I am unable to locate any rules that previous boards might have adopted regarding pets. Can our board create rules?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 19:25:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/07/AR2010050700074.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Clothesline war: Hung out to dry, she moves on</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's been a three-year battle over Susan Taylor's saving energy by hanging her clothes outside to dry.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:47:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=12442971</link>
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     <title>PA: Condemned Condos Leaving Residents Homeless</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City of Norristown is investigating how a newly constructed condo building that was condemned for code violations was ever able to open.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:46:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Condemned-Condos-Leaving-Residents-Homeless-93041939.html</link>
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     <title>TX: Community association offers roof reprieve</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A year and a half after Hurricane Ike mangled roofs around Clear Lake, one neighborhood association has given up going after residents who rushed through replacements with the wrong-colored shingle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:03:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ultimateclearlake.com/2010/05/pineloch-roofs</link>
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     <title>OR: School board chair's husband under investigation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After months of speculation, Hillsboro police confirmed Monday morning that the husband of Carolyn Ortman, chair of the Hillsboro School District Board of Directors, is under formal investigation on allegations of theft from the homeowner's association where he served as treasurer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:38:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.oregonlive.com/hillsboroargus/2010/05/school_board_chairs_husband_un.html</link>
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     <title>MO: Some homeowners' associations leery of grassless Xeric landscaping</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Her decision to rehab her long-derelict yard in a xeric style with river rock, bushes and container plants to save water and cut down on maintenance didn't sit well with the Sherwood Homeowners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 16:10:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/06/1927851/some-homeowners-associations-leery.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Palm Harbor woman fights community association over fence</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The community association says Spawn flouted association rules by installing this fence, and a chain-link fence before this one, without permission. It filed a suit two weeks ago asking a judge to make her remove her fence.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:49:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/palm-harbor-woman-fights-community-association-over-fence/1092920</link>
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     <title>CO: HOA nixes 'guard llama,' angering homeowner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[He is angry at McConnell for refusing to waive the rules, preventing him from getting a llama to guard his two cows from coyotes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 21:39:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/vogrin-98216-colorado-springs.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Condo owners hit with steep assessments for snow removal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[many people who own condominiums and townhouses are getting reminders of just how much it cost to plow that snow off their streets - in the form of additional assessments.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:56:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_7297776a-d257-5427-845b-723796fa8b5e.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Homeowners: Bank won't pay, so services disappear</title>
     <description><![CDATA[decision by Wells Fargo Bank to default on the tax bill to Lake County, while he and other homeowners have fulfilled their financial obligation of paying property taxes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 12:23:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailycommercial.com/localnews/story/050510arlington-</link>
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     <title>FL: Killearn Acres cautious after assaults</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In her three years as the property manager of the Killearn Acres Homeowners Association, Cheri Garbark says no subject has elicited more replies than her weekend e-mail informing residents about two sexual assaults that have occurred in their neighborhood in less than a month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100504/NEWS01/5040319/Killearn-Acres-cautious-after-assaults</link>
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     <title>NC: Battle over soldier's home a misunderstanding, HOA says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A local soldier will not lose him home over paint.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:53:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12416403</link>
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     <title>CO: Bill's passage has solar gardens set to bloom in Boulder, Colorado</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bill sponsored by state Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, that allows for "community solar gardens" passed both houses of the Colorado General Assembly last week and is on its way to the governor, who supports the legislation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:48:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailycamera.com/state-west-news/ci_15009910#axzz0mv9axqUs</link>
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     <title>TN: Franklin families will remember flood and fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When the fire broke out, most residents of the subdivision had been evacuated due to rising floodwaters.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:17:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/2010-flood/franklin-families-will-remember-flood-and-fire</link>
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     <title>TX: Hundreds fly flags to help area charities</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Stewart contacted longtime friend Jay Dalehite, president of the Canyon Creek Homeowners Association, about a flag lease program in which proceeds would benefit local charities. Dalehite jumped on board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 20:14:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/richardson/stories/DN-coatscol_02eas.ART.East.Edition1.8fb06.html</link>
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     <title>The Condo Conundrum</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lenders reluctance to pay overdue condo fees is merely postponing a new wave of U.S. foreclosures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 14:05:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.barrons.com/article/SB127267819748485051.html?mod=googlenews_barrons</link>
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     <title>FL: Rob Samouce: Condos and HOAs should have active contract review committees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Most condominium and homeowners’ association board of directors are made up of good people with good intentions. However, because of their good nature, many times their association can get taken advantage of by contractors with bad provisions in the small print contained in the "contractor’s contracts" that no one ever reads.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 13:36:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/01/rob-samouce-condos-and-hoas-should-have-active-con/</link>
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     <title>CA: Historic Palm Springs condo complex gets grant to restore tiki features</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Palm Springs Preservation Foundation announced Thursday it awarded a $1,200 grant to the Royal Hawaiian Estates (RHE) Home Owners Association to contract with local firm o2 Architecture to design and possibly restore "tiki apexes" to the historic 1960 condo complex.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 13:33:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100430/NEWS01/100430028/Historic+Palm+Springs+condo+complex+gets+grant+to+restore+tiki+features</link>
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     <title>TX: HOA says it won't tolerate 'fight nights' in Frisco neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Frisco parents who held a backyard “fight night” for teens say they won't do it again.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 12:14:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/HOA-says-it-wont-tolerate-fight-nights-in-frisco-neighborhood-92547159.html</link>
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     <title>WI: Condo’s CO toxicity levels were ‘off the charts’</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Investigation continues into the Saturday deaths of two residents in a Milton Township condominium that had carbon monoxide readings 20 times higher than levels considered toxic,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:01:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://gazettextra.com/news/2010/apr/30/chief-condos-co-toxicity-levels-were-charts/</link>
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     <title>OH: Copper Thieves Take Metal From AC Units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Copper thieves are raiding a local neighborhood, going from condo to condo stealing copper from air conditioning units. Thieves recently hit a complex in Union Township]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:50:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Copper-Thieves-Take-Metal-From-AC-Units/JltwbbM7TUajQpM099ShqA.cspx</link>
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     <title>NC: Soldier's family could lose home over paint color choice</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Sergeant Major with the U.S. Army who lives in Charlotte area may lose his home if he doesn't repaint it because his homeowners' association didn't approve of the color choice.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:45:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12404788</link>
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     <title>FL: Homeowners unable to evict convicted sex offender</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Several residents want a convicted sex offender out of their neighborhood because they fear for their children's safety. The only way to get the sex offender out would require action by the homeowner's association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:53:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12402150</link>
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     <title>NC: Clearing the air in Charlotte condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The air is now clear at two East Boulevard condo buildings after a more than $1 million fix to deal with high levels of radon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:50:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2010/05/03/story5.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Are businesses endangering your identity?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[We also found files belonging to the Carrollwood Cove Homeowners Association that were discarded by the Property Management Company which is located in the building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:49:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/taking_action_for_you/investigations/story/INVESTIGATION-Are-businesses-endangering-your/RflpwRCg70mW1mCSKwxcUQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>VA: Bexley resident sues 153 neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[!Joseph A. Romito really does not want to be a part of his neighborhood homeowners association. So much so, in fact, that he has sued the association and the 153 residents who supported a change in the community's covenants, which require him to be a member of the association and pay $175 in annual dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:40:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/BEXL30_20100429-221804/341096/</link>
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     <title>MD: HOA Fee Law Keeps Man From Selling Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dave Shaffer said he has a buyer for the home, but that buyer is having trouble getting a home loan because of a lending rule that's just recently been enforced.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:18:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbaltv.com/money/23311522/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Amorous couple interrupts association meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ man was arrested on battery charges after he was allegedly caught having sex in a bathroom during a homeowners' association meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:33:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12397422</link>
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     <title>NV: Barrage of golf balls leaves man prisoner in own home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Both the golf course and HOA point out that danger from flying golf balls is clearly stated in the CC&R's and there is not much they can do.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:14:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12394880</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo president charged with stealing from her association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of Hillcrest Condominium Building 23 in Hollywood regarded their association president Bonnie Andrews Soloman as a ``trustworthy'' woman with a penchant for playing the penny slots at local casinos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:07:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/29/1603413/massive-condo-relief-bill-clears.html</link>
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     <title>CO: Lawmakers want to regulate HOAs gone wild</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A two-person HOA Information and Resource Center would be housed within the Division of Real Estate. It would gather information about the growing number of HOAs, track complaints about HOA abuses and issue reports to lawmakers. It would be funded by a $15 to $20 fee paid annually by each of Colorado’s estimated 12,000 HOAs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:39:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/vogrin-97841-colorado-springs.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Iraq war veteran battles homeowners association over $25 flag fine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Iraq war veteran is disputing a $25 fine levied by his homeowners association because he installed a flagpole next to his home without approval.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:50:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/04/28/1165789/vet-battles-association-over-flag.html</link>
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     <title>ID:  An Idaho homeowners association balks at the eco lawn alternative</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Well, when an Idaho homeowner removed a weedy lawn and replaced it with xeric choices, her homeowner association saw red, not green.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:12:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blog.oregonlive.com/nwheadlines/2010/04/xeric_battle_an_idaho_homeowne.html</link>
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     <title>MD: Residents fined for allegedly violating conservation rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gaithersburg man could end up paying $37,000 for building a fence and mowing grass in his yard.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:10:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/04282010/gaitnew194211_32554.php</link>
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     <title>NV: HOA's A Curse Or A Blessing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mesquite homeowners come in two types: those living in Home Owner Association (HOA) communities and those who would rather not]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:33:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.mesquitelocalnews.com/viewnews.php?newsid=5337&id=60]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Condos Demanding Foreclosure On Abandoned Units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[He calls it a mortgage terminator. He demanded Citibank to foreclose on unit 14 in Martinez's building. Surprisingly, instead of an 18 month legal fight, Citibank wrote off the debt, and handed the title over.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:24:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs4.com/consumer/mortgage.terminator.condo.2.1658068.html</link>
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     <title>Maryland legislators enact significant revisions to condo, HOA acts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Maryland General Assembly has enacted a bill regarding condominiums and homeowners associations that would significantly affect developer costs and flexibility. The legislation, which affects residential and mixed-used condominiums, will become law October 1, 2010, unless Governor O'Malley vetoes it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:13:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=082831c1-414d-4a4f-aa42-77742edc5440</link>
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     <title>FL:Newlyweds sue developer - allowed their neighborhood to be ruined by flippers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[First a ghost town of vacant properties, they complain their community of three-story town homes is now overrun by "irreverent transients" who park erratically, leave trashcans perpetually curbside, throw loud parties, install unsightly and unauthorized satellite dishes, and fail to pick up after free-roaming dogs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:40:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/real-estate/boynton-beach-newlyweds-sue-developer-saying-it-allowed-626261.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Valley HOAs sue former homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Financially distressed residents are learning the hard way that they can't walk away from homeowners-association assessments - even if their homes are in foreclosure or part of a bankruptcy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:35:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/nephoenix/articles/2010/04/26/20100426hoas0424.html</link>
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     <title>GA: Neighbors Appeal to Homebuyers With "Community"</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In fact, it appears the plan worked on at least one prospective homebuyers Sunday.  Tiffany Paremore said she was lured in by the balloons and signage on Glenwood Ave. and fell in love with the family atmosphere and friendly neighbors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=142979&catid=3]]></link>
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     <title>CO Burning issues rip apart Crystal Park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today, its residents are at war because the 2007 HOA board created a volunteer fire department to provide emergency medical treatment and fire protection to the 220 homes built amid thick forest and along narrow, twisting roads on the hard-to-reach slopes of Crystal Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:32:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/vogrin-97624-colorado-springs.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Alligator's fate in hands of homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[How long Tori lasts now is entirely up to the homeowners association, said Sam Chappelear, regional wildlife coordinator with the S.C. Natural Resources Department.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:49:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/apr/24/growing-problem/</link>
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     <title>FL: Fire safety retrofit reprieve could save condos millions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Significant legislation pending in Tallahassee that deals with issues of fire safety upgrades in condominium buildings promises to have either a very positive or a very chilling impact on the financial future of thousands of condominium and co-op associations and their members.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:29:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/commentary/fl-fire-safety-forum-20100424,0,6875599.story</link>
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     <title>VA: Comer’s theft’s damage far-reaching</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of Glenmore’s missing treasurer and embezzled funds, the community’s developer is the one picking up the financial pieces.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:24:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/comers_thefts_damage_far-reaching/55338/</link>
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     <title>FL: Stoneybrook HOAs want buyers to pay back dues on foreclosed homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Buyers in Stoneybrook West in Winter Garden and Stoneybrook East in east Orange County have to add $4,000 to closing costs, mostly for dues that went unpaid by previous owners while the house was in foreclosure for more than a year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:16:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-stoneybrook-west-east-hoa-fees-20100423,0,3146852.story</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOA still seeking fees despite man losing Chandler home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former Chandler resident is learning the hard way that you can't walk away from homeowners' association assessments even if you've lost your home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:14:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2010/04/23/20100423hoa-battle-in-chandler-0424.html</link>
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     <title>OH: Burned-Out Home Angers, Stresses Neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It makes your property values plummet. It made several of the homes here lose value to the point where the homeowners have had to let them go back to the bank," she said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:14:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/article/Abode_of_Abaddon_has_people_mad-in_Grove_City/35566/</link>
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     <title>GA: Stop signs switch upsets St. Marys residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wooden signs bought by residents were replaced to meet code]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:15:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/bC1LZi</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Benny Kass: Q & A]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Utilities, street work add fuel to homeowner lawsuit]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:08:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-home-0423-benny-kass-common-areas-20100423,0,6916906.story</link>
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     <title>MN: Lilydale condo owners seek funding from city</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a Lilydale condominium complex are requesting that the city help them make $2.5 million in repairs and upgrades.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:04:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_14940966?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>IL: Unexpected Repairs Rattle Owners of New Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But the condominium that came with that view has an unexpected and unwelcome additional cost: $850 a month in special assessments for the next five years, to cover the expense of building repairs that were completed late last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:50:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/us/23cncsouthloop.html?pagewanted=1</link>
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     <title>IA: Despite new law, board keeps out resident</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ironically, the new law results from the ongoing efforts of a townhome owner. June Strueber, 82, of Dubuque, had contacted legislators because she felt her association was holding secret meetings. After Tegtmeyer heard about Strueber's efforts, she lent her support because she was frustrated with her own governing association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:36:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100422/NEWS/4220315/1001/NEWS/Despite-new-law-board-keeps-out-resident</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA Board Member Shot In Chest At Villages Community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When they approached the two men to investigate, Roehl said one of the two men turned and shot a volunteer homeowner's association member.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:02:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpbf.com/news/23213942/detail.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Former Homeowners' Assoc. Treasurer Accused Of Fraud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of a homeowner's association in Lynwood said they discovered thousands of dollars were missing from the group's account and they want to know why a former treasurer was writing checks to himself,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:51:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kirotv.com/news/23212328/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Old condos never die</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners and their respective boards most probably need to invest $25,000-35,000 per unit into renovation of the project. Also, it is highly likely that the reserves are not in place to affect the renovation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:46:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.sddt.com/Commentary/article.cfm?Commentary_ID=200&SourceCode=20100420tzb]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Homeowners might buy golf course</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Starwood Land Ventures, the community's new developer, wants to pay $3.5 million for the country club, with a mortgage the homeowner's association would repay. Residents will vote on it in the next few months]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:12:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/homeowners-might-buy-golf-course/1088698</link>
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     <title>FL: Prince Mongo: Bad Neighbor or Freedom Fighter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[..the president of the local homeowners association on Venetian Way in Port Orange, said that Hodges' antics have evolved from bizarre to downright dangerous.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:02:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/prince-mongo-bad-neighbor-freedom-fighter/story?id=10419634</link>
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     <title>TX: State legislators told of HOA fines, foreclosure threats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers say they have tried to write laws in recent years to prevent homeowners associations from gouging and abusing property owners, but more might need to be done.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:48:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/042010dnmethoa.3b0fe7b.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Cherry Valley condo residents take improvements into own hands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Not only is the pool unusable, but the otherwise attractive development has incomplete roadwork, landscaping and the gated community lacks, of all things, gates. But residents have joined together to change all that this summer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:35:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rrstar.com/carousel/x57957898/Cherry-Valley-condo-residents-take-improvements-into-own-hands</link>
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     <title>OH: Condos struggle to tackle disrepair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two years after a judge placed the condo association into receivership to clean up the mess of financial mismanagement and disrepair, residents and city officials say the neighborhood still has not improved as much as expected.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:36:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/04/19/condos-struggle-to-tackle-disrepair.html?sid=101</link>
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     <title>RI: Scene at drenched condo to play out throughout state</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Michael Erwin, a contract inspector for FEMA, noted the extent of the damage on a portable computer, right down to the number of electrical outlets that had been submerged.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:40:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.projo.com/news/content/FEMA_Inspection_Cranston_04-18-10_PKI5I5A_v14.397d40e.html</link>
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     <title>TX: Couple has to cut back on bluebonnets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eddie and Melissa Smith's front yard has its usual display of the wildflowers, though this year they're corralled in Texas-big beds after their homeowners association threatened legal action.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:33:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/plano/stories/DN-bluebonnets_18met.ART.Central.Edition1.4c5ec6b.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Youth soccer club protests outside Carrollwood deed-restricted community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Instead of screening and set play, dozens of youth soccer players were greeted by a Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputy as they showed up to play soccer at the Plantation at Carrollwood Saturday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:09:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wtsp.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=130049</link>
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     <title>SC: Some subdivisions ban political signs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It's election season, when political signs spring up like weeds. But some local homeowners associations have strict legal documents that act as a repellent.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:05:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/apr/17/some-subdivisions-ban-political-signs/</link>
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     <title>FL: Neighbors Concerned About Mold In Empty Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some residents who live in a Pompano Beach condominium complex said mold growing inside a vacant apartment is making them sick.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:35:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.justnews.com/news/23164223/detail.html</link>
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     <title>PA: Homeowners Fight to Fly the Stars and Stripes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Video report]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:28:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/Homeowners-Fight-to-Fly-the-American-Flag-91000209.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Bill that would raise homeowner association costs is virtually dead</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The S.C. Homeowners’ Association Act that threatened to raise the cost of association management and increase government oversight is all but dead — at least for now]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:50:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gtowntimes.com/local/Bill-that-would-raise-homeowner-association-costs-is-virtually-dead</link>
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     <title>CO: Accused Broomfield HOA thief pleads guilty</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The woman who pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from local homeowners associations will face four to 12 years in prison when she is sentenced in July.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:22:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/ci_14891570</link>
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     <title>TX: Ike-damaged El Lago condos still in limbo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A dispute between neighbors continues at The Landing condominium complex in El Lago, as homeowners remain financially tied to condos that have been vacant since Hurricane Ike]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:57:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/04/15/bay_area_citizen/news/4landing15.txt</link>
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     <title>MI: Investigate before you associate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Associations, implemented to maintain the character of a neighborhood, can be a blessing or a burden, depending on the buyer’s attitude]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:20:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2010/04-14-2010/Homeowners-associations.asp</link>
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     <title>PA: Mother, daughter sentenced in Cherry Tree Knoll theft case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A mother and daughter were both sentenced to prison terms this week for bilking the Cherry Tree Knoll Homeowners Association in Upper Chichester out of an estimated $75,000, which a prosecutor said included $22,000 for the younger defendant’s wedding]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:10:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2010/04/15/news/doc4bc687a32af1a637985992.txt</link>
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     <title>MI: Investigate before you associate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Associations, implemented to maintain the character of a neighborhood, can be a blessing or a burden, depending on the buyer’s attitude]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:03:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2010/04-14-2010/Homeowners-associations.asp</link>
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     <title>MD Fire marshal monitors Temple Hills condos w/ history of fire code violations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Temple Hills condominium complex with a history of fire code violations is being monitored by the Prince George's County Office of the Fire Marshal after it caught fire for the second time in two weeks and no fire alarm sounded, officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:30:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/04152010/uppenew175737_32563.php</link>
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     <title>TX: Condominium Residents Must Pay for Transformer Repair (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For nine days, an entire condominium community has been left in the dark with no electricity. Even worse, residents learned that they have to come up with almost $50,000 to get their lights back on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:08:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/consumer/100413-condominium-residents-must-pay-for-transformer-repair</link>
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     <title>FL: Golf community ready to move on</title>
     <description><![CDATA[First they bid adieu to bankrupt developer TOUSA. Now homeowners at Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club can't get rid of the Falcones fast enough]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:59:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/14/pa-golf-community-ready-to-move-on/</link>
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     <title>CT: New state law to change how condo associations operate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A law to make condominium and cooperative associations more transparent is set to take effect July 1 and will significantly change how the communities are insured and how their associations are run.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:40:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/New-state-law-to-change-how-condo-associations-446873.php</link>
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     <title>PA: Private community addresses in Poconos stump Census Bureau</title>
     <description><![CDATA[U.S. Census Bureau rules for getting questionnaires to every household in the country just aren't compatible with mail delivery in private communities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:57:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100413/NEWS/4130329</link>
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     <title>VA: Glenmore treasurer admits embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Glenmore Community Association’s former treasurer pleaded guilty this morning to four counts of embezzlement and one count of money laundering in connection with money missing from the coffers of the homeowner’s association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:58:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/crime/article/glenmore_treasurer_admits_embezzlement/54813/</link>
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     <title>OH: Millstone owners still await end to their ordeal (with VIDEO)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But while the Gristmill complex was demolished quickly, the city is still unable to tear down Millstone — leaving those residents in a state of limbo due to an ongoing civil lawsuit]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:38:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/04/13/news/doc4bc4aa257cdc6688666335.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo life pits smokers against non-smokers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jeff B. Black has a problem with cigarette smoke filling up his Oakland Park condominium and leaving it smelling like an air-conditioned ash tray. Even his small dog gets teary and red eyes from the constant smoke irritation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:46:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/condos/fl-cigarettesmoke-condocol-0414-20100412,0,1571304.column</link>
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     <title>AZ: Sun City HOAs cracking down on overgrown yards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People living in Sun City have inundated their homeowners association with complaints about overgrown yards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:36:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc15.com/content/news/westvalley/suncity/story/Sun-City-HOAs-cracking-down-on-overgrown-yards/TDBTChy0wkq3SeCgLzciFQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>OR: Neighborhoods often slow to accept solar panels</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Larry Lohrman didn't imagine his quest for some energy from the sun would launch a green movement within his homeowners' association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:46:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100412/GREEN/4120312/1001/NEWS</link>
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     <title>NJ: Man gets probation for condo conflict</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Lawrence man convicted of stalking the manager of his condominium complex has been sentenced to two years probation and 50 hours of community service.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:12:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1270878396266600.xml&coll=5]]></link>
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     <title>IL: Condo owners sinking in South Shore</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But a place that was once a status symbol for well-to-do African-Americans is a nightmare for some of the people who are living there today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:09:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/2151174,CST-NWS-mitch11.article</link>
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     <title>TX: HOAs Organize Volunteers for Service Projects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While homeowners’ associations (HOAs) are most commonly thought of in their capacity to enforce covenant rules and restrictions, Leon Springs groups coordinate service and social activities for residents, too.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:07:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://pamelapriceportfolio.com/2010/04/09/hoas-organize-volunteers-for-service-projects/</link>
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     <title>FL: Lawmakers combine bills in bid to spur condo reform</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two Florida legislators have merged bills in the hopes of giving condo owners the ability to opt out of requirement thats forcing them to retrofit older buildings with fire sprinkler systems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:24:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-hrb-billmerge-0408-20100409,0,990873.story</link>
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     <title>Virginia Homeowner Fights to Keep Solar Power (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Springfield man is fighting his homeowner's association to keep a $10,000 solar panel in view on his roof]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:12:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/DC_Virginia_Homeowner_Fights_to_Keep_Solar_Power.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Volunteers thwart vandals at wild preserve</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fence is repaired. New cactus is in place. A new sign is up, replacing one destroyed by vandals]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:11:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/crider-243320-sign-conservancy.html?pic=5</link>
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     <title>AZ: Swamped by sulfates, Meadows HOA files suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With sulfates causing patios to crumble and wall foundations to be less secure, the Maricopa Meadows subdivision homeowners association is taking part in a claim against the subdivision developer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:08:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://trivalleycentral.com/articles/2010/04/09/maricopa_monitor/top_stories/doc4bbe3d0a1af6c974374070.txt</link>
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     <title>CT: Bushnell Regency Owes Nearly $275,000 In Condo Fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bankruptcy filing cast light on just how far behind the owner of more than two-thirds of condominium units at Bushnell on the Park in downtown Hartford apparently was in paying condo fees]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://articles.courant.com/2010-03-27/business/hc-bushnell-bankruptcy-condos.artmar27_1_condo-fees-bushnell-regency-llc-condo-association</link>
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     <title>NV: Residents of Lake Las Vegas told recovery on the way</title>
     <description><![CDATA[During the two-hour meeting at Loews Lake Las Vegas, residents aired grievances with city officials and asked questions about the future of their lakeside community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:53:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/09/residents-lake-las-vegas-told-recovery-way/</link>
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     <title>CA: Homeowners association files complaint after discovering $400,000 missing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Somis homeowners association filed a police complaint March 16 against two residents, alleging they stole $400,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:52:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/news/2010-04-08/Police/Homeowners_association_files_complaint_after_disco.html</link>
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     <title>LA: Shenandoah crime prevention bill advances</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state Senate panel Thursday endorsed legislation that would create a crime prevention and  improvement district in the Shenandoah Estates Subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:17:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/legislature/90325502.html</link>
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     <title>Texas lawmakers hear testimony on homeowners associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[State lawmakers are looking into the current law pertaining to foreclosures by homeowners associations and met Wednesday on the campus of Texas Southern University for a public hearing on the matter.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:11:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/home/Texas-lawmakers-hear-testimony-on-homeowners-associations-90147157.html</link>
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     <title>SC: Cat fight plagues Grand Strand neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There's a bit of a four-legged problem in one Grand Strand community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:11:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=441435</link>
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     <title>FL: Knoll-Century Hill lawsuit ends in favor of resident</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Summary judgment was granted in favor of Aaron Seward Wednesday stemming from a lawsuit he filed against the Knoll-Century Hill Homeowner's Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:08:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2010/apr/08/knoll-century-hill-lawsuit-ends-favor-resident/</link>
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     <title>TX: HOA Turns Off Lights on Solar Panel Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Flower Mound homeowner’s association is dropping its lawsuit against a resident who installed solar panels on his house after a survey showed most owners had no problem with the devices, the association’s lawyer said Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:05:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/HOA-Turns-Off-Lights-on-Solar-Panel-Lawsuit-90271422.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Work on Columbia Point homes covers water leaks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The association largely is funding the project with the "$4.3 million of an unfunded judgment of $6 million" in an out-of-court settlement last year after it filed a lawsuit against T.R. Masterson Construction Co. of Kennewick in 2008.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:58:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/04/08/968273/columbia-point-homes-covered-as.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Krpan's next court date scheduled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Krpan has been charged with theft, a Class 3 felony punishable by up to five years in prison. According to police, he took more than $25,000 from the Townhomes of RiverMist Homeowners Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:54:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2010/04/08/03453205/index.xml</link>
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     <title>Former Trump Plaza Bookkeeper Arrested</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former Trump Plaza condominium bookkeeper was arrested this week, accused of forging more than $150,000 worth of checks, West Palm Beach police said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:31:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpbf.com/news/23089261/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Laguna Woods residents owe $750,000 in delinquent fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than $750,000 in assessments are still owed to the two largest homeowners associations in Laguna Woods Village, according to the community's property management company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:31:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/united-243044-third-delinquent.html</link>
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     <title>MA: The HO-6 condo insurance policy: a lot more than you think</title>
     <description><![CDATA[You need a lawyer, and a good insurance agent to really understand your homeowner's insurance. That goes doubly for condo homeowner's policies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:35:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2010/04/the_ho-6_condo.html</link>
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     <title>IL:Chicago Suburb is 1st Residential Subdivision in US with Hybrid Street Lights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Prentiss Creek Hybrid Street Light Project includes 25 energy-efficient street lights comprised of wind turbines, solar panels and LED lights. The system uses no electricity from the grid. The super quiet vertical-axis turbines work in both low and high winds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:08:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.energyboom.com/wind/chicago-suburb-first-residential-subdivision-us-hybrid-street-lights</link>
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     <title>CA: Appeals court affirms public's right of access to La Vina hiking trails</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The public's right of access to foothill hiking trails around the gated, 220-acre La Vina housing development was upheld Monday by the Second District, California Court of Appeal.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:39:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_14834345</link>
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     <title>AZ: How a Valley HOA saved $100k through water conservation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An HOA in Mesa has saved about $100,000 in a tight economy all by conserving water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:29:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc15.com/content/news/southeastvalley/mesa/story/How-a-Valley-HOA-saved-100k-through-water/bQdV6o70tEeS7gL5xM8T3Q.cspx</link>
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     <title>MD: Fossil dig unearths lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The dig had been under way for about a month before the community association became aware of it. Its representatives warned the workers they were trespassing and endangering themselves by digging into the cliffs]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:46:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.whale05apr05,0,4364572.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Lauderdale officials want to tear down abandoned condo buildings along river</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Waterfront buildings with condos that just five years ago were outfitted with granite countertops and quickly snapped up by dozens of investors stand vacant today, abandoned, and in ruins.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:21:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/real-estate/lauderdale-officials-want-to-tear-down-abandoned-condo-520694.html?cxtype=ynews_rss</link>
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     <title>CO: Sherwood Forest HOA Board President: Liens Are Lawful</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A board president in Divide fires back after allegations that his Homeowners Association is abusing its power.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:45:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=12255057&nav=menu552_5_1]]></link>
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     <title>CT: Condo Owners Continue Objection To Safety Tests, Calling Them Unnecessary</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There may be some movement soon on the request by owners of water-damaged Twin Oak condos to skip what they contend is $40,000 worth of needless safety tests ordered by town building officials]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:35:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-04/community/hc-west-hartford-twinoaks-0405.artapr04_1_building-code-safety-tests-town-attorneys</link>
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     <title>NJ: Who’s writing about you on the internet?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A judge recently barred the Galaxy Towers Condominium Association’s president from immediate access to online posters’ information.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:19:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/br5M0H</link>
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     <title>NH: Experts say those who pay subsidize those who don’t</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo fee delinquency has reached epidemic proportions throughout the nation as the economy continues to suffer and unemployment remains high, experts say]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:45:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/694462-196/bill-deals-with-recovering-condo-fees.html</link>
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     <title>NH: Dues unpaid as owner, renter point fingers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A dispute over unpaid condo fees that landed a jersey barrier in front of one unit at Shepherd’s Hill condos has the owner and tenant embroiled in a blame game, while the condo association said it just wants its dues]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/694463-196/dues-unpaid-as-owner-renter-point-fingers.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Do you know how to be a good neighbor?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That's why the three C's - communication, cooperation, consideration - are imperative to multi-family, she stressed]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:23:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2010/02/do-you-know-how-be-good-neighbor</link>
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     <title>PA: Elderly woman slain despite seeking help with erratic neighbor</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a complaint filed in Atlantic County Superior Court against Milano, the Village's condominium association, and the property managers on behalf of McGowan's estate, attorney James Maggs detailed the escalating encounters McGowan had with Milano last summer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:50:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20100327_Her_greatest_fears_realized.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Lauderdale officials want to tear down abandoned condo buildings along river</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Waterfront buildings with condos that just five years ago were outfitted with granite countertops and quickly snapped up by dozens of investors stand vacant today, abandoned, and in ruins]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:50:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-lauderdale-beirut-building-demolish-20100402,0,7385402.story</link>
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     <title>AZ: 7 years of conflict over HOA leaves Dreamland Villa bitter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Dreamland Villa retirement community in east Mesa have succeeded in fighting off efforts to impose a homeowners association against their will, but some are saying it is a hollow victory.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:15:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2010/04/02/20100402dreamland-villa-hoa-battle.html</link>
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     <title>Feds: Homes with Chinese drywall must be gutted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands of U.S. homes tainted by Chinese drywall should be completely gutted, according to new guidelines released Friday by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:09:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gD4avarflIqeq856bkEM8jMJRR_wD9ER44UG0</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOA water conservation program saves water, money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members of a local home owners association (HOA) wanting to do their part to conserve water are saving water and money by utilizing the City of Mesa’s Development and Sustainability Department HOA water conservation program.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:42:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.evliving.com/2010/04/01/hoa-water-conservation/</link>
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     <title>MI: Association sues over homeowner businesses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Farmington Hills man who was granted permission by the city's Zoning Board of Appeals last year to have an employee and business partner work at his home-based real estate business is being sued by his homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:39:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.freep.com/article/20100401/NEWS03/4010410/1001/News/Association-sues-over-homeowner-businesses</link>
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     <title>Freddie Mac easing lending rules on Fla. condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac moved to buoy the battered Florida condo market, waiving lending rules that made it harder to buy and sell units in many condo buildings]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:54:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKKbXysDMRzgJ_8ukyRt4B5FiaTgD9EPRVE03</link>
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     <title>MS: Child shot for riding four-wheeler</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An 11 year-old boy was shot Monday afternoon reportedly for riding his four-wheeler in front of an elderly woman’s home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:41:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://picayuneitem.com/local/x993483043/Child-shot-for-riding-four-wheeler</link>
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     <title>NJ: Jefferson lake community awaits dam repair</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Repairs to the breached Lake Shawnee Dam, damaged during a storm almost three weeks ago, should be complete in a couple months, according to a homeowners association official]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:38:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nj.com/news/local/index.ssf/2010/03/jefferson_lake_community_await.html</link>
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     <title>CT: Nor'easter Causes Havoc Throughout State</title>
     <description><![CDATA[State Police are evacuating residents of the Pachaug River Condo Complex on South Main Street in Jewett City.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:47:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courant.com/news/weather/hc-weather-0331.artmar31,0,3695474.story</link>
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     <title>VA: Sandbridge condominium board sues developer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board of directors of a Sandbridge condominium complex has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the community's developer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:19:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2010/03/sandbridge-condominium-board-sues-developer</link>
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     <title>CA: Local residents fight to keep colorful bus</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Elk Grove residents Katie and Chris Palmer are fighting a decision by the Laguna West Neighborhood Home Owners Association (HOA) that ordered them to repaint their short school bus, decorated with Disney and Pixar characters, or else pay a fine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:34:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.egcitizen.com/articles/2010/03/30/feature_story/doc4bb28d556008c221334998.txt</link>
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     <title>WA: Islanders trying to catch breath</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Property owners on Crescent Bar Island got the news Monday: Their monthly payments could increase more than 1,000 percent if Grant County PUD commissioners agree to extend their leases by 11 years]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:05:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/mar/30/islanders-trying-to-catch-breath/</link>
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     <title>FL: Delray Beach mayor brings back popular meetings with homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Delray Beach Mayor Woodie McDuffie's plan to meet with homeowners association presidents brings back a former city staple that measured the pulse of the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:05:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-delray-presidents-council-20100330,0,7459391.story</link>
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     <title>TX: Developer's control of HOAs  draws criticism, support from owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[This affluent community, full of beautiful new homes and shops, doesn't look like a hothouse for revolutionaries hellbent on overthrowing the established suburban order.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:39:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-hoa_28met.ART0.State.Edition2.4ca2007.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Kingsmill sued for homeowner control</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Kingsmill homeowner has filed suit against Busch Properties Inc. to wrest control of the homeowner association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:25:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vagazette.com/articles/2010/03/27/news/doc4bad2da2144f4826063472.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: ‘Decogate’ resident may take HOA to court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner Joani Ellis says she may now sue the Summerfield/Riverwalk Homeowners Association after board members voted 5-0 not to waive a fine of more than $4,000 against her for excess yard decorations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:24:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/2010/03/27/2162190/decogate-resident-may-take-hoa.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Costly fight over pickup truck in driveway nearing end</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A four-year legal battle between pickup truck owner A.J. Vizzi and the homeowners association is just about over.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:41:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/costly-fight-over-pickup-truck-in-driveway-nearing-end/1082412</link>
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     <title>FHA's Florida Fiasco</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What the hell happened to the FHA's loans in Florida?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:12:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/26/real_estate/FHA_defaults_Florida/</link>
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     <title>MD: Condo Says Cancer Victim's Dog Must Go</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A father and daughter are fighting a condo association about a dog that has a special meaning to the family.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:11:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbaltv.com/news/22963775/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Homeowner group OKs $4,000 yard art fine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two metal poodles and several small seashells decorating Summerfield resident Joani Ellis' front yard are still costing her $50 a day]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:53:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100326/ARTICLE/3261060/2055/NEWS?Title=Homeowner-group-OKs-4-000-yard-art-fine</link>
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     <title>NV: Commission hears complaints on delinquent HOA fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After hearing passionate arguments pro and con, a home- owner regulatory commission Wednesday approved an initial draft of regulations that limit fees that collection agencies charge for pursuing past-due homeowner association bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:28:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/business/commission-hears-complaints-on-delinquent-hoa-fees-89047012.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Felon treasurer no help for community's woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sabin said the issue was compounded when Bridenthal canceled the homeowner's association meeting in January "on advice of counsel" and refused repeated requests to provide copies of the financial records of the association. The last financial statement was dated April 2007 and came from the management company, Sabin said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:26:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20100325/COLUMNISTS40/3250417/1075/Felon-treasurer-no-help-for-community-s-woes</link>
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     <title>AR: Bella Vista POA Warns Of Real Estate Scams</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents in one local community say they've become the target of scammers who promise to help them sell their properties, as long as they provide some money up front.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:02:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.4029tv.com/news/22924793/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Cows trigger ugly homeowners association fight in Simi</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At the center of this community rift are Randy and Margaret Miller, who fought to keep eight cows on their secluded ranch-style property just off of Meander Drive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:28:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/mar/23/cows-trigger-ugly-homeowners-association-fight/</link>
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     <title>TX: Maravilla association sues over fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condominium homeowners association has filed a lawsuit, claiming it was paid only half of a $10 million insurance settlement needed to repair dozens of units destroyed by a massive fire.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:15:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=eb4373275b3fafee</link>
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     <title>NH: Condo fee delinquents targeted</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A local condominium complex is in turmoil after its owners association’s board of directors decided to play hardball with residents who are delinquent - "jersey barriers" block drives]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:01:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/682410-196/condo-fee-delinquents-targeted.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Condo boards tells residents to use nice words, or else</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ the Resolution provides that the Board has the authority to impose $500.00 fines for each instance of a reported occurrence of any verbal abuse]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:53:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2010/03/23/condo_board_tells_residents_to_use_nice_words_or_else.php</link>
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     <title>MD: Feb. blizzards drained home associations' budgets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Dorsey Hall Condominium Association in Ellicott City overran its snow-removal budget by about $30,000 in back-to-back blizzards last month - the equivalent of $200 extra for each of the 132 households in the neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/real-estate/bal-bz.condos23mar23,0,6607967.story</link>
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     <title>TX: Flower Mound HOA Tries to Ban Solar Power</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Flower Mound homeowner’s association filed a lawsuit claiming the solar panels on a resident’s back roof violate neighborhood rules designed to keep up property values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:59:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/green/Flower-Mound-HOA-Tries-to-Ban-Solar-Power-88878782.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Giant bee hive removed from Sarasota condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There's a buzz going around a Sarasota condominium complex...but it's not gossip.  A beehive more than three feet wide was found, and residents were ready for it to bee-gone.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:42:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=12182745</link>
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     <title>Courts and contractors fret over Chinese drywall fix</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Builders and homeowners afflicted with contaminated Chinese drywall hoped for direction regarding the cost and scope of fixing the problem from a federal trial that started March 15 in New Orleans.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:14:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/03/22/story6.html?b=1269230400^3051841&ana=e_vert]]></link>
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     <title>Canada: A pedophile and his condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA["What I’d like to know," says another middle-aged woman in the building who shares her condo with her daughter, and echoing the sentiments of many others, “is how the hell did Hardy get elected to the condo board,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:03:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ottawasun.com/news/columnists/earl_mcrae/2010/03/19/13293116.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Talking With Jennifer Waller: Best practices helped with fire response</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jennifer Waller, vice president of Central Florida operations for the Continental Group, property managers, was awarded a key to the city of Ocoee for helping families displaced by a January fire at the Bordeaux Condominiums.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:45:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-03-21/business/os-cfb-talking-with-apartments-20100321_1_fire-victims-arson-fire-red-cross</link>
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     <title>FL: Many condo bills are similar</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers are trying to push a host of condo bills through the Legislature, hoping to gain mileage with voters and address the long-standing crisis.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:22:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/21/1539637/many-condo-bills-are-similar.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Eight residents to move-out of West Cliff Drive condos for weekend</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ 50-year-old condominium on West Cliff Drive at Columbia Street was yellow-tagged by the city Wednesday, forcing eight residents to temporarily move out while improvements are made to the sagging roof, according to the homeowners association president.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:52:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14715472</link>
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     <title>DC: Condo board problems? It's more constructive to help out than withhold dues.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I live in a condo community that I bought into in 1989. The association and community were fine for many years, but about five years ago things really started to change.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:31:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031906401.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Theft, fraud suspect now faces lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Charged with theft and fraud, a 61-year-old Huntington man now faces a lawsuit stemming from thousands of dollars’ worth of charges on Covington Creek Condominiums’ credit card.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:31:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100319/LOCAL03/303199908/1002/LOCAL</link>
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     <title>MA: Condo rule enforcement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Would you live in an association with unenforceable rules (no fines)? Would you live in one where your neighbors can point a finger at you and get a fine imposed?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:23:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2010/03/condo_rule_enfo.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Community up in arms over neighbor's clutter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Venetian Way Homeowners Association President Pam Lucas said nobody much cared about the "nonconformity" until it began to create "an eyesore" that has brought on "an extremely dangerous situation."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:31:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2010/03/19/community-up-in-arms-over-neighbors-clutter.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Senate bill could make Rossmoor transfer fee permanent</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A state Senate bill could allow the Rossmoor community in Walnut Creek to make permanent a one-time fee that brings in millions of dollars for capital improvements and other expenses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:59:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14703687?nclick_check=1</link>
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     <title>Wells Fargo No Longer Loves Condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo, once the Hercules of condominium mortgage lending, is now apparently running from that faster than a runaway stagecoach]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:59:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.housingwatch.com/2010/03/16/wells-fargo-just-say-no-to-condo-loans/</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA leaders join forces</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So to resolve these issues on a larger scale, Daday organized the Oviedo Homeowners Presidents Association, uniting neighborhoods in a common purpose]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:27:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2010/03/17/4ba1427c1a978</link>
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     <title>CO:Bad fences make bad neighbors for the Cherry Creek Farm HOA and its residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The fight pitted neighbor against neighbor until association meetings became shouting matches that elicited numerous appearances by Arapahoe County sheriff's deputies.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:29:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.westword.com/2010-03-18/news/bad-fences-make-bad-neighbors-for-the-cherry-creek-farm-hoa-and-its-residents/</link>
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     <title>CO: An HOA battle in Highline Meadows</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The situation has created a bitter battle between residents of "Highline Ghettos," as they call it, and the HOA and its management company, Castle Rock-based TMMC. In fact, things have gotten so heated that the police have been called periodically to keep the peace at HOA meetings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:28:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.westword.com/2010-03-18/news/an-hoa-battle-in-highline-meadows/</link>
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     <title>NV: Neighborhood fights effort to create HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It may not be the Hatfields versus the McCoys, but Heritage Village Estates versus Beazer Homes of Nevada is shaping up to be a pretty good feud.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:34:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.viewnews.com/2010/VIEW-Mar-16-Tue-2010/anthem/34793123.html</link>
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     <title>MD: Bankruptcy Approved For Condos Facing Water Shut-Off</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of an Adelphi condominium complex have approved filing bankruptcy for their condo association in hopes they can prevent WSSC from cutting off water to the 200-unit property on Riggs Road early next week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:56:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=98610&provider=top]]></link>
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     <title>CT: Condo Association Appeals West Hartford's Orders On Repair Project</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A condominium association that is fixing a 20-unit building vacant since October after severe roof leaks says the town wants more than $40,000 in unnecessary repairs to the electrical system before any other interior work can continue.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:13:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://articles.courant.com/2010-03-16/community/hc-west-hartford-twinoaks-0317.artmar16_1_water-damage-appeal-building-department</link>
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     <title>WA: Homeowners board says no to fee to help SunLand golf club</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The SunLand homeowners association board of directors voted unanimously Tuesday not to provide any monetary support to the financially struggling SunLand Golf & Country Club]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:11:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100317/news/303179987</link>
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     <title>FL:  Property manager sentenced to 30 years for embezzling $856,126 from HOA's</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mitchell embezzled the money between 2006 and 2009 while she worked as a property manager for Montgomery Management Associates, which handled bookkeeping for homeowners' associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:06:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/mitchell-26909-money-people.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Homeowner association blocks guests when fees go unpaid</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As a result of such actions, Stoneybrook West's delinquency rate is 5 percent or 6 percent, Gustino said, but only because it has been aggressive in keeping residents up to date. Dozens of homeowners who face financial hardships have entered into payment plans, he said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:36:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-homeowners-association-stoneybrook-20100316,0,4987789.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Bankruptcy Considered For Condos Facing Water Shut-Off</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The residents of an Adelphi condominium complex are now considering bankruptcy for their condo association in hopes they can prevent WSSC from cutting off water to the 200-unit property]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=98610</link>
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     <title>MD: Eviction Threatened at 200 Condo Units in Adelphi</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Marylander Condominiums were warned today that they may be evicted if the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission makes good on its threat to cut water service to the 200 unit complex because the condominium association has run up a huge unpaid water bill.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:13:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=98546&catid=158]]></link>
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     <title>WA: Criminal indictment brought against former I-5 Shores condo treasurer</title>
     <description><![CDATA[According to the probably cause document, Maccarone embezzled $80,145 from association funds, while serving as a Treasure for the ?Maison Ville Condominium Home Owner's Association, over a term of four years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:49:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://capitolhillseattle.com/2010/03/15/criminal-indictment-brought-against-former-i-5-shores-condo-treasurer</link>
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     <title>CA: A Year Later, Losses Pile Up in Complexes Ravaged by Swindle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Little more than a year has passed since the first foreclosure notices started showing up on 81 North County condo units wrapped up in a massive real estate scam. Since then, the complexes have been reeling from the effects of vacancies and plunging property values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:19:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/housing/article_6e60f758-2819-11df-a420-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title>NC: UCity neighborhood hopes to fence out crime woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of University City’s Woodstone neighborhood are looking to protect their homes, though the price to do so may be a little out of their reach.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:13:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.carolinaweeklynewspapers.com/story/20100319/ucity-neighborhood-hopes-fence-out-crime-woes</link>
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     <title>NJ: Little Silver woman gets 5 years in prison for $1M embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Little Silver woman who admitted she diverted nearly $1 million from Aberdeen condominium owners with the help of her mother will spend the next five years in state prison.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:03:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.app.com/article/20100314/NEWS05/3140340/Little-Silver-woman-gets-5-years-in-prison</link>
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     <title>KY: Developers try to use loophole for condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ten Louisville developers hoping to overcome a tough credit market and get their stalled condominium projects back on track have come up with a novel approach for getting around tight national lending rules:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:01:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100315/BUSINESS/303150028/Developers+try+to+use+loophole+for+condos</link>
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     <title>CT: Waiting on an overdue dream, Highgrove buyers want out</title>
     <description><![CDATA["It's a big mess," said one frustrated buyer, who asked not to have his name published. "They didn't just mess with people's money. They messed with people's lives."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:15:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Waiting-on-an-overdue-dream-Highgrove-buyers-405852.php</link>
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     <title>FL: For Mundy Mill, it takes a village</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The stalled Mundy Mill development in Gainesville could easily be viewed as the epicenter of the housing market’s Armageddon.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/30700/</link>
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     <title>FL: Regulation rare for homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In 99 percent of cases in Manatee and Sarasota counties, homeowners associations go about their business of enforcing deed restrictions and taking care of common property in a quiet, smooth fashion,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:43:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/2010/03/14/2128782/regulation-rare-for-homeowners.html</link>
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     <title>PA: Mother fights association for right to hang family's clothes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A benefit of living near the highest point in Montgomery County is the ample breeze. But Patty Pozeynot's efforts to embrace nature's dryer fly in the face of her homeowners association's ban on clotheslines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:13:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5laundry.7196677mar14,0,5437221.story</link>
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     <title>MD: Ocean Pines resorts to home foreclosures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the first time in recent history, the Ocean Pines homeowner's association will begin foreclosure proceedings against property owners who owe several years of assessment fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:05:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100312/NEWS01/3120309</link>
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     <title>FL: Residents look for answers on water quality</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Covered Bridge, a 55-plus community in Lake Placid, complained that they occasional have dark, murky water and a chronic strong smell of chlorine]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:05:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2010/mar/12/la-residents-look-for-answers-on-water-quality/</link>
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     <title>FL: Disrepair remains in Key Marco’s ‘irreparable, irreplaceable’ habitat damage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Key Marco Community Association was slapped with fines and a requirement to mitigate what the code board ruled, about one year ago, was irreparable damage to protected habitat in Key Marco.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:03:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marconews.com/news/2010/mar/11/disrepair-remains-key-marcos-irreparable-irreplace/</link>
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     <title>IL: Ex-townhome assoc. head admits to ripping off homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former president of a Bolingbrook townhome association pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $100,000 from his fellow homeowners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:04:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/02/townhome-association-head-admits-to-ripping-off-homeowners.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: FHA rule changes threaten condo prices; local firm offers help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo owners could be looking at some changes in FHA lending rules that could negatively impact the price of their homes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:06:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100311/LIFE03/100311057/FHA-rule-changes-threaten-condo-prices-local-firm-offers-help</link>
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     <title>NC: Matthews subdivision fights judge's decision to allow goats as pets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners' association in Matthews isn't going to give up on their fight to rid their neighborhood of goats. Specifically, two dwarf goats named Fred and Barney.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Matthews-subdivision-fights-judges-decision-to-allow-goats-as-pets-87371337.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Court sides with homeowner in dispute over pickup</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The violation turned into a lawsuit in 2006. A year later, a Hillsborough circuit court ruled in Vizzi's favor. In 2009, the homeowners association appealed. On Wednesday, the Second District Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's ruling]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:15:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/mar/10/court-sides-homeowner-dispute-over-pickup/news-metro/</link>
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     <title>CA: Scottsdale residents vote to replace existing management</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The gated community, plagued by gangs and crime problems, has endured an internal war between two opposing resident groups that each claim the right to control the town house association's board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:11:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_14651093</link>
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     <title>SC: Mold for another Marina Inn condo owner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ferro said he’s now in foreclosure with the bank. He cannot sue due to a clause in his contract. He must instead handle any disputes through mediation and arbitration. He said his arbitration date is a year away. He said he just wants his money back.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.scnow.com/scp/news/on_your_side/article/mold_for_another_marina_inn_condo_owner/109069/</link>
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     <title>FL: Latest HOA fine sparks Jensen remarks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Schroeder-Manatee Ranch President and CEO Rex Jensen is calling for reason and common sense following the latest disputed homeowner’s association fine in Lakewood Ranch.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:10:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/east-county/Front-Page/031020104975/Latest-HOA-fine-sparks-Jensen-remarks</link>
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     <title>FL: Residents Upset By Bats In Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Deland family is frustrated because of the bats which have taken up residence in their home for the past week and a half. The problem started after crews did work on the roof of Tina Perron’s condo. When her house was exposed to the elements, bats got inside.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:06:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/22792487/detail.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Family of slain Linwood woman, 88, sues her condo association and manager</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Maggs, who also represents Nehmad, said Tuesday that his clients were seeking unspecified damages from The Village at Linwood Condominium Association and the property manager, Thompson Realty Co., of Atlantic City, "because both were well-aware that Mr. Milano was a danger to residents."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:31:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/article_24efa022-2bef-11df-ba5a-001cc4c03286.html</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[VA: Electronic communications bill for condos & HOA's goes to Gov]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[House Bill 1058 will authorize community associations that currently are governed by the Property Owners' Association Act and the Condominium Act to utilize new technologies to transmit notice and obtain signatures, votes, consents or approvals,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:05:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsleader.com/article/20100309/NEWS01/3090316/1002/news01/Bell-s-legislation-passes-Senate</link>
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     <title>FL: Vandals hit condos restricting beach access</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The battle over beach rights has gotten ugly. On the day a dispute over public and private beach property is set to go before county commissioners, a luxury condo is hit by vandals]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12109459</link>
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     <title>FL: Island Escape condos score 'final judgment' against fee scofflaw, again</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a case closely watched by other condominium associations, a small Clearwater Beach complex has moved a step toward evicting an owner who owes thousands of dollars in maintenance fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:59:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/island-escape-condos-score-final-judgment-against-fee-scofflaw-again/1078316</link>
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     <title>VA: Scandals put new focus on association books</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The treasurers of the Glenmore and Mill Creek homeowners associations, Michael Comer and Kevin Thomas O’Connor, respectively, have been accused of taking money from the groups’ coffers. Both associations have learned a lot about how they should manage their finances - information that these groups aren’t required to have.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:53:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/scandals_put_new_focus_on_association_books/53265/</link>
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     <title>FL: Rob Samouce: Should your common area walls have eyes?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There is a way to obtain indisputable hard evidence. It’s the eye in the sky or the fly on the wall consisting of high-tech surveillance cameras]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:23:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/08/rob-samouce-should-your-common-area-walls-have-eye/</link>
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     <title>ID:Bill gives homeowners associations more time to file liens against properties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Legislature has passed a bill making it easier for homeowner or condominium associations to file and record liens against property owners. The bill now awaits Gov. Butch Otter's signature.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:30:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/03/08/1109560/hed-hoa-law-extends-time-period.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Charlotte neighbors want to "fence out" crime</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors in the Woodstone community in north Charlotte are hoping that by fencing in the neighborhood, they can keep crime out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:17:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbtv.com/global/story.asp?s=12099377</link>
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     <title>FL: Floor collapses in S. Florida condo and hotel</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Authorities are investigating how the floor of a South Florida condo building and hotel collapsed, despite passing recent inspections.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:38:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100308/BREAKING/100309723/-1/NEWS?Title=Floor-collapses-in-S-Florida-condo-and-hotel&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Neighbors: Man's Home Decor Nuisance For Community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Volusia County home has become a nuisance for an entire neighborhood, and county code enforcement is now involved.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:30:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wesh.com/news/22758744/detail.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Homeowners relish dam decision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Jubilation is in the air at Lake of the Woods, where it looks as if the state Senate will join the House of Delegates in approving a bill that will allow the homeowners association to avoid costly dam upgrades.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:23:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/032010/03072010/532752</link>
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     <title>TX: Leadership dispute delays buyouts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association in an affluent West End neighborhood is accusing one of its members of falsely portraying himself as its president and signing documents that would release hurricane-damaged beach-front houses to the city in a controversial buyout program.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:17:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=d8de96a924bb1ad8</link>
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     <title>FL: Desperate condo, homeowner groups given new way to grab overdue fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new maneuver called reverse foreclosure helps condo and homeowner associations collect badly needed overdue maintenance fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:37:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/07/1516871/desperate-condo-homeowner-groups.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Displaced High-Rise Residents Beg For Help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A day after more than 300 residents were displaced because of a Miami high-rise fire, the city is stepping in to try and find those residents a place to stay]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:18:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs4.com/local/apartment.fire.miami.2.1541749.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Condominiums: Gateway to the Good Life?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The origins of the condominium concept stretch back 2,000 years to the Roman Empire. Condominiums involve individual ownership of units (living spaces) and joint ownership of common areas (such as siding, roofs and recreational areas).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:14:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/archive/2010/10-03/article15.aspx</link>
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     <title>IL: Tips on getting delinquent owners to pay up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Collecting assessments for your community association takes more than passing out coupon booklets and waiting for checks to roll in. That's the passive approach. Sometimes you've got to be downright aggressive about getting your money. If you aren't, you risk losing it forever.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:43:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/communities/ct-home-0305-condo-living-chomes-20100305,0,7363543.story</link>
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     <title>'Private' transfer fee on home sales can be long-term money machine</title>
     <description><![CDATA[How about this for a new and ingenious real estate money machine: Every time a house sells during the next 99 years, 1 percent of the price goes back to the original developer or is shared among investor partners. Ka-ching!!!]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:11:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=363252</link>
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     <title>AL: Alderbrook homeowners take proactive approach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[what's different about the Alderbrook Homeowners Association is the speed at which the Hunter Homes subdivision organized, pooled their resources, petitioned city hall and completed their first project, a sign at the entrance to the neighborhood.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:37:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/business/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/business/1267784198253100.xml&coll=1]]></link>
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     <title>CO: Losses tallied in alleged HOA embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Loggers Lane Owners Association is tallying its losses after officials say money was embezzled from the group’s coffers. Initial reports indicate $57,000 was stolen from an account.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:33:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2010/mar/05/losses-tallied-alleged-hoa-embezzlement/</link>
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     <title>FL: Inside Detroit Hotel, condo owners don't want historic tag from St. Pete</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The actual owners of the building don't want the designation. The building went condo in 2002, and all of the owners say the historic status would infringe upon their ownership rights.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:39:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/inside-detroit-hotel-condo-owners-dont-want-historic-tag-from-st-petersburg/1077252</link>
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     <title>NJ: Former Condo President Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former North Wildwood condo association president Thursday, March 4 admitted embezzling over $50,000 from the group’s coffers, which she had been trusted to protect.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:16:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/59734-former+condo+president+pleads+guilty+embezzlement</link>
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     <title>MN: Firefighters: Courtyard complicated Little Canada fire fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The design of a Little Canada condominium complex made fighting a deadly fire especially difficult, according to firefighters]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:16:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1447646.shtml?cat=206</link>
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     <title>TX: Can HOA Force You To Buy Vacant Lots?</title>
     <description><![CDATA["He told us both times he would not use his majority votes he would do what the subdivision wanted," Sweetman said. "And yet at the time of every meeting he turns around and slaps those 160 votes out and leaves."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:13:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/investigates/can-hoa-force-you-to-buy-vacant-lots</link>
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     <title>FL: Sailwind Condo Assn. loses money to embezzler</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gulf Breeze condominium association is refocusing its oversight practices after an estimated $114,000 was embezzled from its coffers by a former business manager.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:40:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2010-03-04/Front_Page/Sailwind_Condo_Assn_loses_money_to_embezzler.html</link>
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     <title>UT: Vigilante mentality or public opinion? What's the difference?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner Association President, Norman Lawlis, claims he did not remove the ribbons or fliers and said the association hired an outside company to do the job. While he may have hired an outside company to take down most of the ribbons and fliers]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:36:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-34328-Seattle-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m3d3-Susan-Cox-Powell-Vigilante-mentality-or-public-opinion-Whats-the-difference-Slideshow</link>
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     <title>IL: Ivan Krpan charged with stealing from homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local developer Ivan Krpan has been charged with theft after police say he took money from the homeowners association of a development he owns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:13:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2010/03/03/45299931/index.xml</link>
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     <title>NC: In gated community: Don't pester hunters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[CHAPEL HILL Residents of Governors Club, a gated community in northern Chatham County, have been told to take down their no trespassing signs and stop harassing the hunters.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:00:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/03/03/1284898/in-gated-community-dont-pester.html</link>
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     <title>HOA Rules - Why is it Necessary in Home Buying</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Being a member of a homeowners association can give you a lot of benefits. As soon as you enter into such group, you can be assured of a safe and orderly community to live. This organization is tasked to look after the homeowners, enforce rules and asks the residents to pay certain fees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:21:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/contents/20100303/hoa-rules-why-necessary-home-buying.htm</link>
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     <title>NM: Condo owners have watched their water - and money - leak away.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Peter Baston, a middle-aged consultant with intense blue eyes, hauls out a box of corroded pipes to illustrate what’s wrong with the plumbing under Villa de la Paz, the quiet adobe condo complex near the intersection of Agua Fria and Henry Lynch roads.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:33:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfreporter.com/stories/pipe_nightmares/5400/</link>
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     <title>CA: Issue of missing Oceanside streetlights not close to solution</title>
     <description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Monday’s Just Fix It report about an Oceanside development where dozens of streetlights have been removed brought a correction from one of the parties involved in the matter — and some additional information about the unresolved dispute between the city and a homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:12:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/03/issue-of-missing-oceanside-streetlights-not-close/</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOAs learn how to make a difference</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members from about 20 homeowners associations in Green Valley turned out to learn how they might apply for a grant to help beautify areas within their HOA and how they might adopt a public median.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:03:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2010/03/02/news/06hoas0303.txt</link>
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     <title>CT: Condo Accountability</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Attorney General Blumenthal wants that to change, and he testified last month before the General Law Committee to urge the creation of a state Office of Condominium Ombudsman, a self-funded state commission that would review complaints concerning violations of state condominium laws]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:49:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16977</link>
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     <title>NC: Dozens report melting vinyl siding after I-Team report</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One real estate agent e-mailed to alert a homeowners' association that he had seen melted siding "over and over" in a neighborhood near Ballantyne.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Windows-focus-sunlight-like-a-big-magnifying-glass-and-melt-vinyl-siding--86023697.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Law Gives Tenants Rights During Foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some of the biggest victims of foreclosures in Central Florida don't even own homes, they rent. Florida doesn't have any laws to protect renters if the homes go into foreclosure, but a new federal law does.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:01:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/22708109/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CO: Strong associaions maintain good practices in tough times</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I've been in the homeowners association management business for more than 25 years and have seen tough economic times hit many of my clients. When times get tough, there is one thing strong associations do - maintain solid business practices as if the economy was good.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:53:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20100301/BIZ/100309968/1078/RSS</link>
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     <title>As loans dry up, builders work for banks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Home builders in some of the nation's hardest-hit housing markets are going to work directly for banks, in a little-used arrangement that is helping to ameliorate conditions in some battered local economies]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:47:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703494404575082141756140602.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop</link>
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     <title>CA: Dispute keeps Rancho del Oro streets in the dark</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A letter to residents in December from the Villages of Rancho del Oro Homeowners Association attributed the removal to the city’s maintenance budget, but it left many questions unanswered. Snow asked Just Fix It "who’s responsible" for safely lighted streets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:58:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/01/dispute-over-light-fixtures-keeps-rancho-del-oro/</link>
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     <title>NV: Lake Las Vegas: A shining lakeside oasis loses its luster</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But with homes costing millions of dollars plummeting in value and a posh hotel saying it will lock its doors in May, residents may be questioning the wisdom of investing in a community tucked out of view 17 miles from the Strip.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:34:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/01/shining-lakeside-oasis-loses-its-luster/</link>
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     <title>SC: 150+ Wedgefield residents want POA leaders recalled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ More than 150 concerned citizens from Wedgefield Plantation gathered Sunday afternoon to begin a fresh push to remove the president and vice president from the board that governs their community]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:52:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://topicInfoLink</link>
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     <title>CO: Northgate drainage issue stirs controversy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When Rick and Alisha Cuevas bought their home in November of 2005, they didn’t except to find themselves in a battle with their homeowners’ association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:49:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.coloradocommunitynewspapers.com/articles/2010/02/28/tri_lakes_tribune/news/03_mo_hoa_suit.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Shores neighbors at each others' throats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A long-simmering hostility between angry St. Augustine Shores homeowners and that development's management company is bringing to boil an ugly soup of personal vendettas, accusations of corruption, character assassination, unpleasant confrontations and lawsuits.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:16:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-02-28/shores-neighbors-each-others-throats</link>
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     <title>GA: Homeowners, governments spar over needed flood repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They seek instead to shift the burden to homeowners associations, which sometimes try to foist it on the unlucky resident with the flooding problem — even when the cause is community-wide runoff.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:08:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/homeowners-governments-spar-over-320744.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Disgruntled homeowner jailed for stalking</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Friday, however, Goldstein was taken into custody by Sheriff’s deputies who obtained sworn affidavits from five people at the Riverview Club who allege that Goldstein has become more and more aggressive in his harassment of them since it was determined that a trespass warning, Goldstein had previously been given, was issued in error.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:57:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.historiccity.com/2010/staugustine/news/florida/disgruntled-homeowner-jailed-for-stalking-2678</link>
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     <title>FL: LWR board holds firm on landscaping rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Restrictions and enforcement keep home values high, and the Summerfield/Riverwalk Homeowners Association will seriously strive to keep things that way, the group’s president said in a statement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:47:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bradenton.com/2010/02/27/2090905/lwr-board-holds-firm-on-landscaping.html</link>
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     <title>What to do when a bank is a deadbeat? (Audio)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominiums depend on owners of their units chipping in for common expenses like fixing the roof. But what happens when the deadbeat owner next door is a major bank.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:15:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/02/26/mm-condos/</link>
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     <title>CA: Beach mural's days are numbered</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Judy Lee Parson's beach mural sadly will have to be painted over following a mediation session with the board of directors for the Sierra Dawn Estates senior neighborhood in Hemet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:16:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_ebob26.3c30ccd.html</link>
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     <title>MA: Children’s play restrictions spur suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On several days last June, a photographer snapped shots of children playing Wiffle ball in the grassy common area of their 78-unit condominium complex. The pictures were not intended for a family album, authorities say, but as evidence that five families were violating a rule prohibiting organized sports on the grounds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:57:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/02/26/childrens_play_restrictions_spur_suit/</link>
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     <title>FL: Outcome of condo bills could affect millions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As Florida's 60-day legislative session prepares to kick off on Tuesday in Tallahassee, a plethora of bills that will impact millions living in common-interest-ownership communities are already being discussed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:28:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/os-ed-donna-berger-022610-20100225,0,6919019.story</link>
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     <title>SC: Old Dam In Danger Of Bursting - Dozens Of Homes At Risk</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Civil liability, should the dam break falls on the homeowners association as well.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:46:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/feb/25/old-dam-danger-bursting-dozens-homes-risk-ar-45865/</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo activists on Galt Mile still fighting sprinkler deadline</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Representatives of Florida condominiums are hoping the third time's the charm as they prepare for the next round in their ongoing battle to push back, or eliminate, the deadline for older buildings to retrofit their common areas with fire sprinklers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:44:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-hrb-sprinklerveto-0225-20100225,0,883849.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Residents helpless as wild hogs roam exclusive Plantation neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Packs of wild pigs are roaming the streets and digging into the manicured lawns of Plantation Acres, one of the city's most affluent neighborhoods, but residents haven't been able to get rid of them.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:29:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/plantation/fl-wild-hogs-plantation-20100225,0,2347856.story</link>
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     <title>NE: Lawmakers expand association clout</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nebraskans who belong to homeowners associations soon will likely have another reason to pay dues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:21:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.omaha.com/article/20100225/NEWS01/702259764/0/SPECIAL1002</link>
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     <title>IL: Chicago Takes on Bad Developers, With Mixed Results (NPR Audio)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Just a few years ago, homebuyers stampeded into brand-new condos all over Chicago. Then, reality hit. Water started leaking in. Mold crept up the walls. Elevators stopped working. Now the city of Chicago is trying to clean up the mess by chasing after developers responsible for shoddy work]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:15:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=40224</link>
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     <title>VA: House again says no to clotheslines</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last year Sen. Toddy Puller, D-Fairfax County, sponsored a bill to prohibit community associations from banning "wind energy drying devices," otherwise known as clotheslines. The measure passed the Senate but died in the House.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:47:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/237837</link>
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     <title>CO: Committee agrees: HOAs need reining in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A legislative committee agreed yesterday that homeowners associations need reining in, but the lawmakers wouldn’t OK a plan to create a state ombudsman’s office for homeowners until revisions are made to the proposal]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:38:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=7431</link>
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     <title>FL: Woman claims bipolar disorder led to embezzlement of $856K</title>
     <description><![CDATA[She spent a "horrendous amount of money" on Mary Kay products that she sold as a side business. She became one of the company's big sellers, a distinction that comes complete with a cotton-candy-pink Cadillac.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:36:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/ensley-25924-856k-led.html</link>
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     <title>CO: Meadow Village group mulls limit on pot outlets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As medical marijuana dispensaries continue to open throughout the Big Sky area, the Meadow Village Center Condo Owners Association (MVCCOA) voted unanimously to create a 90-day moratorium to survey the owners and possibly amend the Meadow Village Center Condominiums Owners Covenants to restrict or prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries within the MVCCOA]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:16:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lonepeaklookout.com/articles/2010/02/24/news/news2.txt</link>
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     <title>VA: Kingsmill police arrive at critic’s door</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After law lecturer Don Tortorice challenged the legality of the governing association in a letter to residents and threatened to sue for homeowner control, the Kingsmill Community Services Association responded with an intimidating legal threat of its own.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:28:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vagazette.com/articles/2010/02/24/news/doc4b844416dac30813319359.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Ranch's renting dilemma</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lakewood Ranch resident Leo Mascitto doesn’t think so and maintains the policy infringes on his rights as a property owner and profiles people based on credit]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:33:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/east-county/Front-Page/022420104708/Ranchs-renting-dilemma</link>
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     <title>PA: Western Pa. condo manager claims firing over fat</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man claims he was fired as manager of some Pittsburgh-area condominiums because he is obese.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:22:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/35559048</link>
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     <title>TX: Shifting Land Causes Headaches In Cibolo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners said they've been getting the runaround while trying to figure out who is to blame. The homeowners association, subdivision developer Ryland Homes and the city all claim the other is responsible]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:29:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ksat.com/news/22650908/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo Owners Left Out in the Wind</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Her payments went from 900 to 1700 dollars a month. The reason: her condo association allegedly stopped paying her windstorm insurance, which was previously included in the $370 monthly payments she makes to the association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:27:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35549439/</link>
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     <title>NV: Homeowners associations face lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of disgruntled investors has hit Southern Nevada homeowner associations with a class action lawsuit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:17:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2010/02/22/news/iq_34360507.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Ex-townhome assoc. head admits to ripping off homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former president of a Bolingbrook townhome association pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $100,000 from his fellow homeowners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:55:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/02/townhome-association-head-admits-to-ripping-off-homeowners.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Power May Get Cut At Condo Complex Again</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ More than 300 Orange County residents could be forced out of their condos again because of unpaid power bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:23:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/22635088/detail.html</link>
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     <title>TN: Condos Shuttered</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the first local public nuisance action against a set of condominium owners, Environmental Court judge Larry Potter ordered the Wooddale Condominiums property in Fox Meadows temporarily secured, after authorities found signs of illegal dumping, gang graffiti, and numerous fire, health, and code violations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:16:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.memphisflyer.com/TheDailyBuzz/archives/2010/02/22/condos-shuttered</link>
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     <title>CO: Small HOAs seek relief from big-government mandates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Doran, HOA attorney Lenard Rioth and others will testify before the House Local Government Committee in favor of a bill to exempt small HOAs from many of the mandates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:30:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/vogrin-94466-side-streets.html</link>
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     <title>NM: Landowners confused by association newsletter</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When members of the Rio Communities Association (RCA) and Tierra Grande Homeowners Association began receiving the six-page newsletter earlier this month, many of them called their respective association presidents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:44:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-bulletin.com/nb/index.php/news/1610-Landowners-confused-by-association-newsletter.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Kingsmill control is under scrutiny</title>
     <description><![CDATA[During four decades, residents of Kingsmill have largely been content with Anheuser-Busch’s control and management. Today, rising angst since the InBev deal has spawned a move for more homeowner control and transparency.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:38:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vagazette.com/articles/2010/02/20/news/doc4b7f1fb0ac65d255561547.txt</link>
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     <title>IL: Car mistakenly towed, nearly crushed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Before leaving on an extended trip to Israel Aug. 28, Kurt and Susie Philipp parked their Mitsubishi in Space 48 of their condo building's garage. It didn't stay there long]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:25:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/problemsolver/ct-biz-0221-problem-philipp-20100221,0,7544602.column</link>
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     <title>VA: Mill Creek Homeowners Association suspects $93,000 missing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Calculating the exact amount of money missing from the Mill Creek Homeowners Association is an ongoing process, but the group believes about $93,000 is gone, according to its annual meeting minutes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:23:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/crime/article/mill_creek_homeowners_association_suspects_93000_missing/52536/</link>
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     <title>FL: Second Dist Affirms Conclusion That Bank Not Liable For Past Due Assessments</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In Coral Lakes Community Association, Inc. v. Busey Bank, N.A. (2D08-5062), the Second District affirmed the trial court's conclusion that the bank was not required to pay delinquent assessments due to the condominium association and affirmed the trial court's entry of a summary judgment in foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:50:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.floridalegalblog.org/2010/02/second-district-affirms-conclusion-that.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Pet goats allowed to live in Matthews subdivision</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The neighborhood association determined that the goats violated two covenants of the neighborhood by-laws and ordered the Steiners to remove them from the backyard. Fred and Barney moved to a farm in Union County where they stayed for the past 10 months. Last week, a judge agreed with the Steiners assessment and granted their petition for relief]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:18:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Pet-goats-allowed-to-live-in-Matthews-subdivision-84753772.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Pinellas County homeowner, condo groups haunted by theft case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[From at least 2006 to 2009, McMullen stole from the accounts to cover bills for herself and her family, police say. During most months, between $25,000 and $35,000 was going in and out of McMullen's bank account, police records show.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:37:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/pinellas-county-homeowner-condo-groups-haunted-by-theft-case/1074284</link>
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     <title>FL: Flesh-Eating Vultures Descend on Luxury Condo Building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Vulture funds have been a key player in the financial crisis but one luxury condo building in downtown Orlando is being taken over by ACTUAL vultures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:30:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/35460133/</link>
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     <title>FL: City calls on Academy Hills homeowners to make repairs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Concerned for the safety of residents at the Academy Hills duplex community after a series of roof collapses, Tamarac officials have ordered homeowners to make necessary repairs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:05:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/tamarac/fl-tf-hills-0217-20100218,0,5529054.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Woman pleads guilty to embezzlement of $856K</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Mitchell lined her pockets with $856,126 embezzled from five local homeowners associations between 2006 and 2009 while she worked as an association representative for Montgomery Management Associates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:01:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pnj.com/article/20100218/NEWS01/2180317/1006/NEWS01/Woman-pleads-guilty-to-embezzlement-of--856K</link>
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     <title>NV: Gov. budget to take HOA ombudsman's funding (bottom of article)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But he criticized the proposal to sweep the reserve fund that pays for the homeowner association Ombudsman’s Office, a position in the state Real Estate Division that resolves association disputes that Schneider worked to establish in 1997.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:51:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/cqP1iO</link>
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     <title>ID: Subdivision keeps maintenance of streets - for now</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sunset Ridge Homeowners Association will still maintain the streets in the subdivision at the southeast corner of Chase and Poleline. For now, at least.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:07:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_0eedaa4a-724e-53c6-af18-3b3a352197b3.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Homeowners sue EWEB after 9-foot geyser erupts in development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Perry's frustration stems from a July 27 incident in his community, Edgewood Mountain Townehouses, in which three water pipes burst.  The homeowners association is suing EWEB, seeking 140-thousand dollars for repairs to the hillside beneath Perry's home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:58:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kval.com/news/local/84526647.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Reporter's first-hand account of condo explosion</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Newscenter 16's Ryan Famuliner was on the scene covering a gas leak when a condominium he was standing near exploded around 1:00pm Tuesday. This is his first-hand account:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:16:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/84527012.html</link>
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     <title>MA: Jury rejects condo owner's claim that broker misled her about smoker</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Suffolk County jury today rejected a Boston woman's claim that her real estate broker misled her by concealing that a resident in the condominium below the one she bought for $405,000 smoked cigarettes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:53:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/02/jury_rejects_co.html</link>
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     <title>CT: Bushnell Still Twisting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Imagine paying $400 to $500 a month into a condo association where you live and having no idea what is happening to your money, whether or not it's going toward maintaining your building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:00:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hartfordadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16749</link>
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     <title>NE: Lawsuit settled in Omaha, Neb., housing bias case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Omaha condominium association and its former president have agreed to pay more than $127,000 to settle allegations of discrimination against families with children.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:55:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11993807</link>
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     <title>CT: Condo Owner Protection Legislation Proposed by Conn AG</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in testimony submitted today to the state General Law Committee, urged creating a state Office of Condominium Ombudsman after his office received hundreds of complaints from condominium owners over the past year involving disputes with condominium associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:35:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ctwatchdog.com/2010/02/16/condo-owner-protection-legislation-proposed-by-conn-ag</link>
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     <title>CA: Homeowners, associations battle over turf</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Rocky Wilson figures that just by landscaping his small front yard with artificial turf, he could save enough water annually to take a five-minute shower daily for about six years. If only his homeowners association would let him.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:45:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/feb/16/hoas-homeowners-turf-battle/</link>
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     <title>CO: Can HOAs stop marijuana grows?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[They're quietly popping up in homes, in warehouses, and in other mostly discreet buildings around the metro area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:43:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=132830&catid=339]]></link>
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     <title>AZ: 'Walking away' comes with drawbacks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The government, financial industry, media and other "social-control agents" have fomented a culture of fear and shame about foreclosures that's preventing many people from abandoning properties, contends Brent White, an associate law professor at the University of Arizona.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:20:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2010/02/13/20100213biz-MortgageDefault0214.html</link>
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     <title>South Florida condos being tested for safe, cheaper Chinese Drywall removal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As Florida and other parts of the nation continue to get their hands around the problems caused by home and condo units constructed with Chinese Drywall, there is some promising testing happening in South Florida that may  lead to less costly treatments than having to rip out the drywall and rebuilt.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:20:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2010/02/south-florida-condos-being-tested-for-safe-cheaper-chinese-drywall-removal.html</link>
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     <title>AZ:  'Walking away' comes with drawbacks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The government, financial industry, media and other "social-control agents" have fomented a culture of fear and shame about foreclosures that's preventing many people from abandoning properties, contends Brent White, an associate law professor at the University of Arizona.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:58:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/2010/02/13/20100213biz-MortgageDefault0214.html</link>
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     <title>FL: 'Stand Your Ground' civil suit is a surprise</title>
     <description><![CDATA[She's seeking damages in excess of $15,000 from Podany, the Bay Hills Condominium Association Inc., which owns the mobile home park, and its management company, The Vanguard Management Group]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:43:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/14/na-stand-your-ground-civil-suit-is-a-surprise/</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo owners must cover fees for deadbeats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Like Island Escape, many condo associations are starting their own actions to evict owners because of the long delays in bank foreclosures.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:56:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/condo-owners-must-cover-fees-for-deadbeats/1072819</link>
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     <title>MA: Chelmsford businessman settles suit over property funds</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Chelmsford businessman Samuel Poulten has reached an agreement that settles a lawsuit brought by a homeowners association that alleged he misused $12,000 of the association's money in order to pay property taxes on his Chelmsford home and on another parcel, according to court documents]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:50:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_14396287</link>
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     <title>FL: New state bills will change the landscape</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Near the end of 2009, two senate bills were passed that could have an impact on anyone who enjoys landscaping their yard, is on a homeowner association board or landscaping committee or who works as a landscaper]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:49:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100213/LIFE/2130306/1005</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA rule forces Pasco homeowners to dismantle docks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A community deed restriction is costing some homeowners big bucks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:27:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2010/2/13/582857.html?title=HOA+rule+forces+Pasco+homeowners+to+dismantle+docks</link>
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     <title>FL: Woman battles condo association to keep dog</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A South Florida woman is battling her condo association to keep her dog.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:40:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI143284/</link>
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     <title>MA: Due diligence and "do-or-die" features</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Attorney Richard D. Vetstein. covered the legal issues of the second-hand smoking case. Today, I want to look at the agent issues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:59:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2010/02/due_diligence_a.html</link>
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     <title>IL: How to peek the peace on association boards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many associations have a problem getting enough people to serve on the board due to apathy, but that is another subject, for another column, on another day.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:46:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=358203&src=118]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Foreclosures and nonpaying owners creating perfect storm for assn's</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The worst housing crisis and economic crash since the Great Depression have created a dangerous financial storm that threatens to destroy thousands of shared ownership communities (condominiums, co-ops and homeowners associations) throughout the United States.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:43:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/feb/11/gary-ryan-poliakoff-foreclosures-and-nonpaying/</link>
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     <title>WA: Sequim homes closer to falling into strait</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than anything, the landslide shook the nerves of residents in the tight-knit community and took a portion of their commons area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:36:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011055333_apwaerodingbluff.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Activists file DBPOA recall petition</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A coalition of property owners has filed a petition to recall six of the seven board members of the Discovery Bay Property Owners Association (DBPOA), accusing the board of - among other things - mandating membership in what some believe is an illegal association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:35:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thepress.net/view/full_story/6060275/article-Activists-file-DBPOA-recall-petition-?instance=top_stories2</link>
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     <title>IL: Algonquin dog waste case finally over after lawsuit dismissed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The long-running saga surrounding a dog waste receptacle and the Algonquin woman who didn't want it outside her home finally appears at an end.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:29:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=358526</link>
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     <title>FL: Foreclosures forcing homeowners to pay extra fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some Florida homeowners who pay association fees aren't happy because they're paying extra, picking up the slack from foreclosures. But help could be on the way, in the form of a proposed state Senate bill]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:28:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=11971790</link>
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     <title>NH: Woman indicted on charges she stole funds from Portsmouth condo accounts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Berwick, Maine, woman has been indicted on charges she stole more than $30,000 from two local condo associations while working as their bookkeeper.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:52:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100211/GJNEWS_01/702119743/-1/FOSNEWS</link>
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     <title>NC: Woman's battle with HOA extends to her fence</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last month Eva Farkas' attorney received a letter from an attorney representing Hidden Pointe - the homeowners association with which Farkas has feuded for more than a year was ready to settle]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:16:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100210/ARTICLES/100219969/-1/LIVING09?Title=Woman-s-battle-with-HOA-extends-to-her-fence</link>
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     <title>NY: Co-op / Condo Bank Accounts Victims of Low-Tech Scam</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Veteran manager Howard Kupferberg of LCC Realty in Rockville Centre, Long Island, who handles a number of tony buildings in New York City, got a call in early February that was both welcome and frustrating: A bank teller at Chase's Pelham Parkway branch had had a hunch that something was odd when a woman tried to cash a $914.58 check from one his buildings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:48:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.habitatmag.com/publication_content/2010_february/web_exclusives/low_tech_banking_scam</link>
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     <title>FL: Summerfield resident challenges HOA rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Within days, Summerfield resident Joani Ellis should know whether the $1,600 fine levied against her for having too many decorations in her front yard will be enforced.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:37:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/east-county/Front-Page/021020104453/Summerfield-resident-challenges-HOA-rules</link>
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     <title>CA: Neighborhood pulls together to keep street beautiful</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Steele and the HOA cut a deal with Valley Tree Service of Lodi. If 100 residents signed up, the cost would drop from several hundred dollars per tree to $100.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:35:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100210/A_NEWS0803/2100313/-1/a_news05</link>
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     <title>CO: Plea possible in alleged Broomfield HOA theft</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The attorney for a woman accused of embezzling several hundred thousand dollars from Broomfield homeowners associations on Tuesday said he expects the case "to resolve itself" before trial]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:27:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/ci_14368059</link>
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     <title>FL: Cameras bring steep fines to HOA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Pasco County code enforcement officers issued a citation to the association. It turns out the cameras and the poles on which they were mounted were illegal. They were placed in a county right of way.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:24:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/208-cameras-bring-steep-fines-to-hoa</link>
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     <title>AZ: Marana HOA helping members get healthy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When you think of your home owners association, your H.O.A., of course the fees you pay come to mind. You might think about speedbumps or street lighting and trash pickup. Fitness probably does not come to mind.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:43:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kvoa.com/news/marana-hoa-helping-members-get-healthy/</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA Taking Bank To Court Over Unpaid Fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many local condos went into foreclosure when owners couldn't pay up in Seminole County. WFTV found one condo Homeowners’ Association [HOA] in Seminole County that's now going to court to protect owners from paying the fees that bank foreclosures owe.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:24:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/news/22514042/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Investigation of condo management company leads to arrests</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It took almost two years, but an ABC Action News investigation has resulted in the arrests of a local couple on charges they stole rent money from primarily out of town condominium owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:18:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/taking_action_for_you/investigations/story/UPDATE-Investigation-of-condo-management-company/ckFH6TjyXUWOWqdDHJu4lQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>NJ: Fire hydrant water bills remain unpaid</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The township attorney disagrees with a local attorney representing a homeowners association as to who should pay water bills for Heritage Green fire hydrants.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:37:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://examiner.gmnews.com/news/2010-02-10/Front_Page/Fire_hydrant_water_bills_remain_unpaid.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Report targets homeowner associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Millions of people live under the control of homeowner associations in Florida. But no one knows how many people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD01REAL020910.htm</link>
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     <title>MA: Suit over secondhand smoke targets real estate broker</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Alyssa Burrage says she was smoked out of her new $405,000 condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:01:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/09/suit_over_secondhand_smoke_targets_real_estate_broker/</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo $50K Behind On Power Bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Progress Energy says the management at Blossom Park Condos off of Landstreet Road made a partial payment Monday, so crews will turn the power back on.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:05:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cfnews13.com/Business/LocalBusinessHeadlines/2010/2/8/condo_50k_behind_on_power_bill.html</link>
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     <title>WY: Suspect in Fox Park case to stand trial</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gillette woman charged in connection with a massive embezzlement scheme involving the Fox Park subdivision has been ordered to stand trial.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:02:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2010/02/08/news/today/news04.txt</link>
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     <title>NJ: New rule will make condo loans harder to get</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Federal Housing Administration rule that went into effect last week will make it more difficult to obtain mortgage loans on condominiums, according to an attorney]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:44:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://njbiz.com/industry_article.asp?cID=2&aID=07122462.1120219.1046890.1101435.7109323.560&aID2=80521]]></link>
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     <title>OH: Wall collapses, smashes 10 cars</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Amy Macdonald, a secretary on the condominium association’s board, said the board had recently discussed raising association fees and tucking aside some additional money to replace the wall.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:03:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100207/NEWS01/100208001/Wall+collapses++smashes+10+cars</link>
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     <title>CA: Stolen Access</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two recent car break-ins at a downtown condo garage have residents concerned for their vehicles and personal property. Despite having a gated residential parking area that requires a remote fob for entry, thieves have still managed to gain access.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:32:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/feb/06/stolen-access/</link>
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     <title>IL: Safeguard your association against fraud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Many community associations these days are besieged by owners who are delinquent on their assessments. That's only one recessionary woe. Boards need to be extra alert for fraud and embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:52:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0205-condo-community-fraud-chomes20100205,0,866579.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Woman Accused of Pocketing More than $300,000 Via Fraud</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While preparing for a board meeting at the Park Plaza condominiums in Riverside last month, the treasurer noticed some unauthorized transactions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:30:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=151663&catid=3]]></link>
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     <title>Owner says anti-leasing bill would force sale of unit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q I own a rental town house in a local community. The board of directors of the homeowners association has put to a vote of homeowners a proposal that would forbid any owner from renting his or her unit once the current lease expires]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:25:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0205-rental-benny-kass-chomes-20100205,0,190517.story</link>
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     <title>FL: HOA won’t let North Naples couple ‘go green’ with their roof</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The roof would save energy, but the Wilshire Lakes architectural review board has turned down the plans on the grounds that a metal roof would violate the homeowners association’s rules.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:24:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/feb/05/homeowners-association-Wilshire-Lakes-metal-roof/</link>
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     <title>IL: Fox Mill sues former board for $70M</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowners association has filed suit against its former board seeking nearly $70 million in damages.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:16:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcchronicle.com/articles/2010/02/04/84787122/index.xml</link>
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     <title>NY: Condo coughs up $1M for rape victim of hushed-up crime spree</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Bronx condo has agreed to pay almost $1 million to a woman who was raped by a serial attacker and claimed the building hushed up the crime spree.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:14:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/02/05/2010-02-05_condo_coughs_up_1m_for_rape_vic_of_hushedup_crime_spree.html</link>
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     <title>LA: Employees say developer filched condo deposit account</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two former employees of Jim St. Raymond, the would-be developer of a failed $350 million condo-retail project, say he improperly used escrow deposits to help cover overwhelming costs]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:01:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dolanmedia.com/view.cfm?recID=564028</link>
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     <title>MA: One guilty finding linked to Paradise One raises questions for others</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three years after being taken to the cleaners, a group of prospective condominium buyers who lost a combined $146,000 in deposits at the failed Paradise One development are still wondering what happened to their money - and whether authorities will do anything about it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:23:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/02/04/condo-limbo</link>
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     <title>TX: HOA Cameras Help Catch Alleged Home Invaders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two accused armed robbers are locked up after allegedly targeting the only subdivision in Sugar Land with a police-sanctioned surveillance camera system.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:29:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100203-hoa-home-invasion-cameras</link>
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     <title>MD: Lawmakers Push Bill to Prevent Limits on Clotheslines</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A measure pending in the Maryland state Senate that would give all Marylanders the right to dry their clothes the old-fashioned way.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/03/maryland-lawmakers-push-right-use-clotheslines/?test=latestnews</link>
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     <title>MD: Bill would mean no restrictions on flag, signs displays</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A Maryland bill would prohibit restrictions on homeowners or tenants who want to display flags, posters, signs or banners on their premises or contact their neighbors about upcoming elections or issues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:03:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100203/NEWS01/100203004</link>
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     <title>NC: State lawmakers study homeowners associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thousands of North Carolinians live in neighborhoods with homeowners associations. Now, North Carolina lawmakers are studying the nonprofit organizations and what rules they have to follow.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:40:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news14.com/charlotte-news-104-content/top_stories/621459/state-lawmakers-study-homeowners-associations/</link>
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     <title>FL: That Stinking Condo: Quantum on the Bay Renters Are Sick of Smelling Poop</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But then, a couple of days after moving in, he noticed a godawful odor. "It was atrocious," he says, "a really, really strong sewage smell."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:37:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2010/02/that_stinking_condo_quantum_on.php</link>
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     <title>MD: State stepping in on Shabbat elevator squabble</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The state of Maryland has stepped in to deal with a controversy over a Shabbat elevator in a Baltimore condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:21:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://jta.org/news/article/2010/02/01/1010417/state-steps-in-over-shabbat-elevator-controversy</link>
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     <title>TX: Suit Filed to Stop Drilling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The first gas well application in Colleyville has prompted a lawsuit from a neighborhood group that says the proposed drill site would violate its lease with Titan Operating]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.star-telegram.com/southlakejournal/news/story/1942209.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Community association bills tackle problems caused by foreclosures, delinq.</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The deadline for Florida lawmakers to introduce new legislation is a month away, and about a half-dozen pending condominium and homeowner association reform bills have already been filed]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:04:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/condos/fl-bills-pending-condocol-20100202,0,1416464.column</link>
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     <title>Rising FHA default rate foreshadows a crush of foreclosures</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The share of borrowers who are falling seriously behind on loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration jumped by more than a third in the past year, foreshadowing a crush of foreclosures that could further buffet an agency vital to the housing market's recovery]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:02:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020103527.html?hpid=topnews</link>
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     <title>WA: Banks take over where builders left off</title>
     <description><![CDATA[AutumnWood at BrookTree in Tacoma, a gated development for "active adults age 55 or better," had just seven or eight houses on its 117 lots when City Bank repossessed it last year. Rather than trying to sell the mostly empty project as is, City Bank hired builders and is gradually filling it in]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:01:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010931132_timeswatch31.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Elevator in 32-floor Fort Myers tower gets stuck, busted for violation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Oasis elevators' certificate of operation expired six months ago and management has been unable to get another because of code violations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:17:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20100201/COLUMNISTS40/2010361/1075/Elevator-in-32-floor-Fort-Myers-tower-gets-stuck-busted-for-violation</link>
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     <title>VA: Glenmore embezzlement: Once-missing Comer will plead guilty</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former Glenmore Country Club president and homeowner’s association treasurer who disappeared July 1 moments before an audit was in Albemarle Circuit Court Monday to set a date to enter a guilty plea on five counts of embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:13:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/glenmore-embezzlement-once-missing-comer-will-plead-guilty/</link>
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     <title>FL: Foreclosures hit Brevard condos, associations hard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Arlington Pines Townhomes in Palm Bay, the trash spills over the Dumpsters. The swimming pool water is a murky green. Shingles are falling from the mansard roofs. Water shutoff notices hang from a dozen doorknobs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:08:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tallahassee.com/article/A9/20100201/BUSINESS/100201008/1003</link>
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     <title>GA: Soak up the sun</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the homeowners association selected a new president who was more open to the technology, Bapat put the sun to work.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:49:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/home/2010-01-30/soak-sun?v=1264972897</link>
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     <title>FL: Pending bills would help protect associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: I have been reading some articles and see that there are some proposals to help associations recoup their lost revenues due to foreclosures. What will it take to get these bills passed?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:30:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20100131/COLUMNISTS16/1310328/1076/Pending-bills-would-help-protect-associations</link>
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     <title>CA: HOA maintains Old Orchard beauty (board response to news story)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s amazing how the malcontent always gets the media coverage, not the majority who are generally happy, albeit mostly silently, with the way things are run on their behalf.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:24:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/23961/</link>
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     <title>CT: Sword-bearing man arrested at Monroe meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brown, who claimed to have a permit for the sword, told police that he had brought it to the meeting for his protection, claiming condo owners were trying to have him killed]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:01:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newstimes.com/policereports/article/Sword-bearing-man-arrested-at-Monroe-meeting-342165.php</link>
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     <title>FL: With foreclosure, concern over mold</title>
     <description><![CDATA["These particular units in this association are the worst I've ever seen," said Kathy Bramhall, who manages the complex for a company called Condominium Associates. "The units are uninhabitable and would cause respiratory problems for anyone living in a surrounding unit."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:41:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/nature_coast/129-foreclosure-mold</link>
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     <title>TX: Landslide lawsuit filed</title>
     <description><![CDATA["What our investigation has revealed is that the builder became part of the homeowner's association before he sold the property," Hilliard says. "Then he voted on the arbitration clause on the contract as a homeowner even though he was a builder."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:32:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Landslide-lawsuit-filed/MJsfUF9i-k6WDX_FnNAmNA.cspx</link>
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     <title>FL: New landscaping law supersedes homeowner association rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gov. Charlie Crist signed Senate Bill 2080, also called the Water Rights Bill, on June 30 because lawn and landscape irrigation uses a tremendous amount of water, seriously impacting the Floridan aquifer, which provides the state's drinking water and feeds its springs and other ecosystems]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:07:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://jacksonville.com/community/shorelines/2010-01-30/story/new_florida_landscaping_law_supersedes_homeowner_association__0</link>
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     <title>FL: Cleanup Planned For Rat-Infested Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowners' association at a Margate condominium complex will enter and clean a rat-infested unit on Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:33:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.justnews.com/news/22369770/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CO: HOA election produces 'Woodmoor Miracle'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[the Woodmoor Improvement Association has dethroned its controversial president George McFadden, electing an opposition slate of candidates.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:29:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/miracle-93355-streets-massachusetts.html</link>
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     <title>CA: HOA says staircase is life threatening, city says not its property</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A staircase serving as a pedestrian walkway near one of the city's largest homeowner associations poses a life-threatening risk, HOA officials said.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:13:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/-231588--.html</link>
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     <title>HO6 home insurance coverage now required by most lenders for condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lenders are becoming stricter on individual unit condo policies because all conforming loans require a policy equal to 20% of the appraised value of the unit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:12:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-6691-SF-Real-Estate-Examiner~y2010m1d27-HO6-aka-Wallin-home-insurance-coverage-now-required-by-most-lenders-for-condominiums</link>
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     <title>FCC taking comments on antenna installation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nashville TN resident Craig Wirth apparently would like to install an antenna outside his condominium, but has run afoul of the Nashville Westchester LLC Condominium Homeowners Association, which prohibits such endeavors. He is seeking FCC intervention]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:49:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rbr.com/media-news/washington-beat/20602.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Hoses may have exposed residents to contaminants</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some residents in nine buildings in Laguna Woods might have been exposed to contaminated water after a supply line broke Sunday and maintenance crews temporarily restored service using garden hoses]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:38:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/hoses-231434-water-residents.html</link>
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     <title>MD: Village vexed by Verizon</title>
     <description><![CDATA[said that much of the recent work violated the easement it gave Verizon to place its access boxes on community property at the end of each row of townhouses, not in homeowners' front lawns]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:17:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/01272010/montnew213314_32550.php</link>
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     <title>NV: Foreclosure investors suing over HOA, collection fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Depending on who is doing the talking, investors buying foreclosed homes in the Las Vegas area are either being gouged by greedy homeowners associations or are contributing to neighborhood decay by failing to maintain their newly purchased properties.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:52:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/28/what-cost-property-value/</link>
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     <title>WA: Tempers flare over daycares at Renton homeowners' meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Candlewood Ridge Carriagewood Homeowners Association shut down one state-licensed in-home daycare and is now after at least two more. But some residents are fighting to stop the association and save the daycares.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:43:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.komonews.com/news/local/82765892.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Flooded townhome's foreclosure forces HOA to step in</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An even bigger shock came when she called the property managers. They told her the owner of her unit--a landlord from California--is in the process of foreclosure, and because of it, won't pay to clean up the townhome.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:27:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Flooded-townhomes-foreclosure-leaves-no-one-to-clean-up-82755022.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Reverse foreclosure could put more responsibility on banks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new court ruling has major implications for local communities, hit hard by rising foreclosure rates. It would force banks to pay association fees on homes they take possession of, instead of making neighbors pick up the tab.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:13:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=11884168</link>
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     <title>FL: Community associations find ways to thrive</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In many ways, the Melrose Point at Monarch Lakes condominium community offers a beacon of hope - and a host of lessons - for scores of financially struggling South Florida associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:07:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/condos/fl-awards-condocol-0127-20100126,0,4663214.column</link>
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     <title>VA: 3 Beach condo owners suing homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Three homeowners at a large condominium complex in Virginia Beach are suing their homeowners association over a special assessment levied on the condo owners last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:01:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/3-beach-condo-owners-suing-homeowners-association</link>
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     <title>FL: Florida Predicted to Have a Rough Year in Housing Market</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A new report from the Community Association Leadership Lobby says 86 percent of Florida condominium and homeowner associations expect foreclosures to stay the same or increase this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:46:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/82656172.html</link>
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     <title>MO: Lake condo market navigates Freddie, Fannie hurdles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The condo business at the Lake of the Ozarks is navigating a patch of rough water largely cause by a Sunami of change flooding the nation from a quake with an epicenter stretching from Washington D.C. to Wall Street.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:44:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2010/01/25/top_news/06.txt</link>
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     <title>KY: Slander Claim Against Condo Attorney Revived</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Kentucky Court of Appeals granted a condominium owner the chance to prove that the attorney of his condo board slandered him in a letter to the Kentucky attorney general.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:42:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/01/26/24065.htm</link>
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     <title>MD: Garrett residents wait for temporary bridge to be placed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a private community in Garrett County awaited returning to or leaving their homes after downpours and melting snow caused a bridge washout Monday morning.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:32:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_026141216.html</link>
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     <title>NE: homeowner associations could have more muscle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A bill (LB736) given first-round approval by lawmakers on Tuesday would allow associations to have financial liens on homes for unpaid association dues and fines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:53:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11882296</link>
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     <title>FL: Miami judge grants reverse foreclosure</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Attorneys for the Keys Gate Homeowners Association in Homestead have won a legal victory in a case that could set a precedent for banks that drag their feet in taking title to homes facing foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:44:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/01/25/daily10.html</link>
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     <title>NJ: Condo parking rules could put brakes on Branchburg man's job</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dobranski is required as part of his position to take home a company van so he can easily reach jobs in Central Jersey. But the condominium development where the family lives, Cedar Brook at Branchburg, bans the parking of commercial vehicles, and those who govern the complex aren't budging on that rule.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:32:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100124/NEWS/100124028/-1/newsfront/Condo-parking-rules-could-put-brakes-on-Branchburg-man-s-job</link>
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     <title>FL: Building manager charged with stealing from condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police arrested the building manager of a Naples high-rise on theft charges for stealing from residents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:29:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=11875596</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[VA: Mr. Stuart & Old Glory]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[IN AN OUTBURST of patriotic fervor, state Sen. Richard Stuart has introduced a bill allegedly strengthening the ability of Virginia homeowners to fly the American flag. Mr. Stuart's bill is worthless, but that is not the worst thing about it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:28:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/012010/01242010/523039</link>
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     <title>CA: How condo developments helped spur a renaissance in SoMarket</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Since its first condominium projects emerged in the late 1980s, perhaps no neighborhood in San Francisco has seen such a dramatic transformation as the South of Market (SoMa) district.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:20:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/23/RET01BKTDL.DTL</link>
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     <title>FL: Geothermal power making its way into Palm Beach backyards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[.. these heat-exchange systems have helped condominiums, communities and private clubs keep pools warm in winter and cool in summer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:15:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/content/news/2010/01/23/GeothermalPools.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Foreclosed homes leave remaining owners to pick up the tab</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tom Beard knew that he would be paying homeowners association dues when his family moved into a new Tivoli Village town house in east Orlando. But he never thought he would be footing the dues owed on dozens of empty homes, most in the process of foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:41:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-homeowners-fees-rising-0124,0,5087958.story</link>
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     <title>CO: HRCA board member fights proposed ouster</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Highlands Ranch delegates could soon decide whether there is enough evidence of misconduct to support the removal of a community association board member]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:46:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://coloradocommunitynewspapers.com/articles/2010/01/23/highlands_ranch_herald/news/28_cm_dinsmore_hr.txt</link>
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     <title>FL: Flood Relief on Horizon for Timberlake, Not Soon Enough</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Concerned residents in Tallahassee's Timber Lake community gathered for an emergency meeting tonight to talk about flooding and stormwater issues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:45:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/82442272.html</link>
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     <title>CO: Homeowners in tussle with nonprofit over development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[they are the only residents of Wine Valley Estates - fear the reasons they moved into their homes could be scuttled, and their property value is at risk.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:00:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2010/01/22/012210_1a_Wine_Valley_Estates.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Novato HO with driveway sink hole calls on city to fix drainage problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city has told her that the drain pipe is on private property and it does not have jurisdiction. The homeowners association has been advised to stay out of it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:24:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_14249167</link>
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     <title>IL: The challenges of self-management</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Self-management can be a satisfying and cost-effective endeavor for a community association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:23:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-home-0122-condo-living-chomes-20100122,0,6328077.story</link>
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     <title>OH: Landings residents get electric shock</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners of approximately 100 homes in The Landings got a shock when they opened their FirstEnergy (Illuminating Co.) electric bills this month to find they had doubled, and in some cases, almost tripled]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:30:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/88Euzd</link>
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     <title>TN: All Children Street Signs Must Be Removed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ "Slow -- Children Playing" signs. It said the signs don't work, provide a false sense of security for parents and make city and county governments liable when accidents happen]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:17:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wsmv.com/news/22305840/detail.html</link>
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     <title>PA: Pennsylvania man denied permission to install solar panels</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Caffro’s homeowners association in his neighborhood in Chester County west of Philadelphia denied his request to install the low-profile rooftop solar panels that he’d arranged to buy at Home Depot.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:48:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.greenrightnow.com/kabc/2010/01/21/pennsylvania-man-denied-permission-to-install-solar-panels/</link>
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     <title>IL: Residents angered by new fees for curbside recycling pickup</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Some homeowners associations and local residents are upset about new village fees that will be charged for curbside recycling pickup in Vernon Hills starting Feb. 1]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:35:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/vernonhills/news/1997161,vernon-hills-recycling-012110-s1.article</link>
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     <title>FL:Naples residents sound the alarm over cost of condo sprinkler system retrofit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Naples homeowners aren’t happy about the potentially staggering costs associated with complying with the Florida Fire Prevention Code.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:44:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/20/naples-residents-leaders-sound-alarm-over-cost-con/</link>
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     <title>PA: Next-door neighbors say music isn’t so nice</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People who live in mass houses shouldn’t throw tones. At least, that’s the opinion of one Franconia couple.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:51:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2010/01/20/souderton_independent/news/doc4b56a1b431ce6729402850.txt</link>
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     <title>NY: Condo complex fined $10,000 for barring mezuzah</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A Jewish woman from Long Island who claimed her condominium complex discriminated against her by stopping her from displaying a 4-inch mezuzah on her front door has won a settlement after a state investigation.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:56:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/ny_metro/long_island/68827367.html</link>
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     <title>DE: Nottingham Meadows residents say flooding problems ignored</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the Nottingham Meadows subdivision west of Dover, residents say it’s not that simple — their basements, yards, sidewalks and streets remain inundated for days, sometimes weeks, after the storm has passed.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:43:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.doverpost.com/news/x532585955/Nottingham-Meadows-residents-say-flooding-problems-ignored</link>
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     <title>CA: Risk manager says every resident needs insurance</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the Jan. 14 fire in Third Mutual, the homeowner's association board and managing agent staff stressed to residents the importance of homeowner's insurance at Tuesday's board meeting.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:40:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/fire-229889-residents-insurance.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Shades of beige</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Annoyed with his homeowner’s association, man paints house in stripes]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:58:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/23441/</link>
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     <title>FL: Date with destruction: hurricane-scarred condo is set for explosive collapse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After numerous delays, West Palm Beach officials are preparing for a Feb. 14 implosion of the hurricane-damaged tower at 1515 S. Flagler Drive. The structure, vacant for five years]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:03:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/a-date-with-destruction-at-long-last-hurricane-182787.html</link>
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     <title>CO: Total allegedly stolen from Broomfield HOAs grows</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The amount of money allegedly embezzled from Broomfield homeowners associations by a former management company employee continues to grow.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:51:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/ci_14202552?source=most_emailed</link>
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     <title>FL: Public vs. private: Who pays in the end?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In October, Connolley asked city staff to take over maintenance of both the retention pond and the lift station. But he was told that the city would not do so because they were not built to city standards.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:46:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ocala.com/article/20100117/ARTICLES/1171020?p=1&tc=pg]]></link>
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     <title>CT: Bushnell Condo Owners Want Answers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly two dozen Bushnell on the Park condo owners have been granted the right to join the ongoing foreclosure case involving the signature downtown Hartford property]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:33:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news11593.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Winter months are the time to fine-tune irrigation systems</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners associations, for their part, are also seeing the merits of investing in water-saving irrigation rotors, since they have large areas of turf and other landscaping, which can be costly to maintain.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:46:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thevalleychronicle.com/articles/2010/01/15/news/doc4b50cb9fec683568438513.txt</link>
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     <title>NH: Flawed law means condo owners don't see abutter notices</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners are not being notified of public hearings that could impact their views, increase neighborhood traffic, block their sunlight and diminish property values]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:40:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100115-NEWS-100119840</link>
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     <title>VA: Bill may help flag fliers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[His bill would allow homeowners to "properly display" the flag according to federal rules on that subject. Homeowners associations would have to prove that flying the flag would create "substantial harm" to the community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:27:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/012010/01152010/521206?rss=local</link>
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     <title>CO: HOA Thefts Raise Questions About Financial Controls</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recent theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from two separate Homeowners Association accounts is raising questions about financial controls.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:04:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22243059/detail.html</link>
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     <title>WA: Neighborhood bans home daycare</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Running a business in the home is against the rules of the Candlewood Ridge Homeowner's Association and Johnson isn't the only one doing it]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:06:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwcn.com/news/washington/Neighborhood-Bans-Home-Daycare-81596717.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Documentary captures pet owners struggles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hoping to garner more attention to her organization and its cause, Citizens for Pets in Condos founder Maida Genser is producing a documentary she said she plans to debut at the Delray Beach Film Festival in March.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:36:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/delray-beach/fl-hrb-movie-0114-20100114,0,1929045.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo project manager to plead guilty in asbestos case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The project manager for an Indian Shores condominium conversion has agreed to plead guilty to a federal crime for helping cover up asbestos violations]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:15:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jan/14/condo-project-manager-plead-guilty-asbestos-case/</link>
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     <title>New FHA guidelines could aid condo sales</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New Federal Housing Administration condo-loan guidelines that took effect Dec. 8 could make it much easier for condo buyers to get a loan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:14:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/realestate/announcements/81428982_New_FHA_guidelines_could_aid_condo_sales.html</link>
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     <title>TX: Teed-off homeowner sues association over distant golf course fee</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Spring homeowner is suing his homeowners’ association and the developer, over a $60 per year fee that he says is being used to maintain a golf course that’s 41 miles away.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:06:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khou.com/home/Homeowner-sues-association-over-golf-course-fee-81360882.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Coaching program has condos helping condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Hoping to help neighboring community associations that are still feeling the pinch of a slow economy, the United Condominium Association of Hallandale Beach has created a free service to enable its members to share resources and services.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:00:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/hallandale/fl-hrb-coach-0114-20100114,0,6312028.story</link>
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     <title>TX: Judge Prohibits Assaults On Hans’ Bier Haus</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the owner of Hans’ Bier Haus testified about a deluge of water on Dec. 13 cascading from a neighboring condominium and flooding his beer garden, the 113th Civil Court experienced a sort of flood of its own.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:21:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://instantnewswestu.com/2010/01/13/7400/</link>
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     <title>D.C. woman wins court battle with smoker</title>
     <description><![CDATA["This case represents the first known recognition by a District of Columbia condominium association of a non-smoker’s right to be free from the unhealthy effects of secondhand smoke in a multi-unit dwelling,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:15:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.smokefreedc.org/2010/01/d-c-woman-wins-court-battle-with-smoker/</link>
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     <title>CO: Forget the governor's race, check out this HOA election</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The campaign for governor may be heating up, but the most contentious political race in the region is the scramble for three seats on the board of the Woodmoor Improvement Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:04:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.com/news/governor-92316-race-scramble.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Discovery Bay homeowners panel manipulated court ruling, some members say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board of the Discovery Bay Property Owners Association is trying to expand its powers by manipulating a court ruling that it violated a state law when fining a member, some residents say.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:18:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/real-estate-news/ci_14172977</link>
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     <title>FL: Seeking solutions to condo foreclosure crisis</title>
     <description><![CDATA[How would you answer the million-dollar condo question: What can be done to keep community associations financially afloat in face of widespread foreclosure and owner delinquencies?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:00:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-sachsgroup-condocol-20100112,0,6339874.column</link>
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     <title>IL: Condo owners lose garbage service, ask for zoning change</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Village trustees and condominium owners continue to disagree about zoning status and whether village services like garbage pickup should apply to facilities like condos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:45:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rrstar.com/communities/x1560338240/Condo-owners-lose-garbage-service-ask-for-zoning-change</link>
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     <title>CO: Insurance won't cover Broomfield HOA losses</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Insurance payments will not cover the losses Broomfield HOAs suffered after a former management company employee allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars over a period of years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:52:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/ci_14174110</link>
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     <title>AZ: Peoria, HOA near showdown over $570K unpaid water bill</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Peoria Finance Department has rejected the Desert Harbor Home Owners Association's protest of payment on a more than $570,000 water bill, an accumulation of over two years of non-payment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:04:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/peoria/articles/2010/01/12/20100112gl-peohoa0112-ON.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Lenders should pay up</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When current or former owners of condominium units don't pay monthly fees, the remaining owners -- not a faceless corporation or distant government -- make up the shortfalls.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:27:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100112/OPINION/1121034/-1/NEWSSITEMAP?tc=ar</link>
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     <title>TX: Wave to Big Brother as you hit the beach</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Beach goers choosing the stretch of sand in front of the Pirates Beach subdivision will soon have their license plates and faces photographed as they make their way to the Gulf of Mexico]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:21:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6808668.html</link>
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     <title>IN: Bill: Allow political signs in restrictive areas</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A proposal in the Indiana Statehouse would stop homeowners' associations from banning political signs in members' yards and windows near elections.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:45:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=11805209</link>
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     <title>IL: Addison condo treasurer charged with stealing up to $100,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Addison woman remained jailed Monday on charges of looting up to $100,000 from her condo association while serving as treasurer]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:36:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350159</link>
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     <title>FL: Owners laud ex-chief as condo savior</title>
     <description><![CDATA["If it wasn't for Charlie, Waterside would be an abandoned shell now," said Steven Haber, a board member of the Condominiums at Waterside Inc. homeowners association. "We've turned a corner now."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:42:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100111/ARTICLE/1111023/2112/BUSINESS?Title=Owners-laud-ex-chief-as-condo-savior&tc=ar]]></link>
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     <title>AZ: Police, Surprise community fight crime at condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Police and residents are hoping to improve a Surprise community condemned as one of the city's most crime-ridden.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:24:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/surprise/articles/2010/01/11/20100111gl-nwvsunridge0109.html</link>
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     <title>TX: What can homeowners do about those nagging HOA fees? (Video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you're like a lot of folks, the one bill you really hate to pay -- and most don't even know where that money goes -- is your Homeowner's Association fee. In some places, you just can't get around it. Or can you? Attorney Rebecca Young talks about your options]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:30:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kens5.com/news/consumer/What-can-homeowners-do-about-those-nagging-HOA-fees-81098627.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Residents of landmark Miami condo building at war over windows</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shortly before the Christmas holidays, residents of Miami's landmark Palm Bay Towers condo -- found a letter taped to their doors outlining what one unit owner later called ``extremely unpleasant' news: The city had condemned the building. Water and power would be cut Jan. 3, and the building would be torn down.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:11:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/residents-of-landmark-miami-condo-building-at-war-171965.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Community Helping Condo Fire Victims</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ the Ocoee community set up the Fire Victim's Task Force and held a meeting at the condo complex to discuss what needs to be done.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:26:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/1/9/community_helping_condo_fire_victims.html?cid=rss</link>
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     <title>CO: Alleged Broomfield HOA theft totals at least $157K</title>
     <description><![CDATA[McKay Landing residents are looking for answers after at least $157,000 was allegedly embezzled from their homeowners associations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:05:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/ci_14151715</link>
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     <title>AZ: HOAs may weaken, but not cut, social ties</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of faculty and students at Arizona State University's West campus surveyed six neighborhoods to test whether home owner associations stifle neighborly behavior]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:16:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/peoria/articles/2010/01/08/20100108gl-neighbors0109box.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo resident helps keep water on, neighbors in homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Toro has spent the last several months working with several of her fellow owners at the Atlantic Palms complex in Margate to keep the community's water on, garbage picked up and fire alarms working.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:07:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/margate/fl-mcf-mely-0107-20100108,0,5922265.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Man in neighborhood dispute threatens violence in letter to state attorney</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Tarpon Springs man who threatened to kill his neighbors had written a letter to Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe last spring, saying he would use deadly force if McCabe didn't help him.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:57:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/tarpon-springs-man-in-neighborhood-dispute-threatens-violence-in-letter-to/1064157</link>
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     <title>FL: With foreclosures come more crime</title>
     <description><![CDATA[While urban decay posed the biggest challenge for police in the 20th century, the decline of the suburbs and the abandonment of single-family homes will be the larger problem in coming decades, Florida says.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:52:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/with-foreclosures-come-more-crime/1064045</link>
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     <title>OH: Newtown Woman Accused of Setting Condo on Fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[She actually faces four arson charges, because officials say she created a danger for firefighters and endangered a neighboring family.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:39:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Newtown-Woman-Accused-of-Setting-Condo-on-Fire/-VbNpiemKkGNr3lZb7wt2w.cspx?rss=30</link>
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     <title>MA: Homeowner’s insurance 102: condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo homeowner’s insurance is a little different than insurance bought by the sole owner of a single or multifamily house.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:36:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2010/01/homeowners_insu_1.html</link>
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     <title>OR: Eagle Point homeowners can put up Young Marine signs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ A homeowners association that drew the ire of a former Marine for prohibiting lawn signs that support the local Young Marines unit has changed its policy]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:41:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100107/NEWS07/1070330</link>
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     <title>VA: Grand Jury To Hear Embezzlement Charge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former treasurer of the Mill Creek subdivision Homeowners Association is heading to a grand jury for alleged embezzlement]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:38:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=11786547</link>
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     <title>Fannie Mae to bend rules for some Florida condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fannie Mae, the largest funder of U.S. home mortgages, on Thursday said it is making it easier for some Florida condo buyers to qualify for loans in a bid to stabilize one of the worst-hit real estate markets.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:21:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0720137220100107?type=marketsNews</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo board members should be required to take classes, majority says</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There was a wonderful mass of responses to my blog question: Should condo and homeowner association board members be required to take classes on state law? And majority says: YES.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:48:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2010/01/condo-board-members-should-be-required-to-take-classes-majority-says.html</link>
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     <title>CA: Getting the SCV off the grid with the help of HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[So it is not out of character for our community that, following the election last year, two Santa Clarita residents independently came up with ideas to involve local homeowner associations in getting on the environmental bandwagon being touted by most politicians on both sides of the aisle.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:24:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/22982/</link>
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     <title>OH: Snow Traps Seniors Inside Homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of seniors living at Parkshire Commons Condominiums contacted 10TV News about their dilemma.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:07:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2010/01/06/story-columbus-condominium-snow.html?sid=102</link>
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     <title>FL: Editorial: Fire safety .. condo blaze should ring warning bell for all of us</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There was a lot of luck for residents amid high danger for firefighters late one night over the holidays as fire broke out in a low-rise Old Naples condominium.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:07:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/05/editorial-fire-safety-condo-blaze-should-ring-warn/</link>
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     <title>MI: Condo Owner Backs Decision To Keep Dog, Despite Rules (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Penny Bickham says the Lab-Great Dane mix has improved her autistic son's quality of life -- even though condominiu.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:57:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wnem.com/video/22146881/index.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Lawsuit over age restriction rules forces Florida homeowner out</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When the health of Regina Eschenfelder's father began to weaken, she and her 5-year-old daughter, Nicole, spent nights helping her parents at their home in Pinellas Park.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:57:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/lawsuit-over-age-restriction-rules-forces-florida-homeowner-out/1063333</link>
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     <title>FL: Resident: HOA Threatens To Break Into Home</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A South Florida couple said their homeowners' association has threatened to break into their home to remove a sign posted in a window]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:47:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.justnews.com/news/22141699/detail.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In-depth article on the origins and impact of Chinese drywall in South Florida]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:49:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-01-07/news/chinese-drywall-has-screwed-thousands-of-south-florida-homeowners</link>
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     <title>CT: Woman enters not guilty plea in embezzlement case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former business manager of a Ledyard condominium association who police said stole $226,000 and had a serious gambling habit entered a not guilty plea Monday in New London Superior Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:18:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/crime/x1793471477/Woman-enters-not-guilty-plea-in-embezzlement-case</link>
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     <title>FL: False Craiglisting: Man charged with renting condos he didn't own</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man who posted advertisements on Craigslist for a condo for rent subsequently was accused of torching it and scamming at least 10 people out of more than $16,000. He was caught on local banks’ surveillance footage cashing checks from unsuspecting renters.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:13:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/05/false-craiglist-man-charged-renting-condos-he-d/</link>
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     <title>TX: Pub, condo feud near Kirby bubbles over into lawsuits</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A long-standing feud between Rice-area bar owners and their neighbors in a high-rise condo has escalated from egg throwing, water spraying, laser pointing and name calling to assault lawsuits]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:08:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6798686.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Suicidal man may have caused massive C. Fla. condo fire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A massive fire at a Central Florida condominium complex late Monday night may have been started by a man who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, FLORIDA TODAY news partner WKMG Local 6 reports.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:06:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100105/BREAKINGNEWS/100105012/1006/NEWS01/Suicidal+man+may+have+caused+massive+C.+Fla.+condo+fire</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo groups in financial pain</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The continuing foreclosure flood is creating severe financial problems for condominium associations across Florida, and members are complaining that banks and mortgage companies are doing nothing to help.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:02:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100104/article/301049999</link>
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     <title>NJ: Red Cross helping families after fire ravages Piscataway condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Everything in the house is gone," Preeti Padasalgi said Sunday morning, hours after a four-alarm fire that started in a neighbor's apartment spread through the 10-unit building on Jesse Way. "There's nothing left."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:48:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100104/NEWS/100104008/-1/newsfront/UPDATE-Red-Cross-helping-families-after-fire-ravages-Piscataway-condo-complex</link>
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     <title>CO: Couple gets unwanted gift of raw sewage</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The homeowner's association is trying to pin it in the builder, the builder is no where to be found]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:08:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=130015&provider=top&catid=188]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Homestead community has car-towing issues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A homeowner's association towed a renter's car because the owner of his town house owes the association money.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:01:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/communities/south/story/1405505.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Community Life: Ten resolutions for board members and owners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The New Year marks a chance to reflect on past successes and failures. Of course, the customary way to shoot for success in the upcoming year is the New Year's resolution. Here are 10 resolutions for community associations, five for owners and residents, five for the board.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:58:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20100103/RE/1030328/1014/business/Community-Life--Ten-resolutions-for-board-members-and-owners</link>
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     <title>FL: Lee County, SW Fla. condo, homeowners' associations play hardball</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tough times are especially tough on Southwest Florida's condominium and homeowners' associations, often faced with massive defections from the quarterly dues payments that provide the lifeblood of a community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:57:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20100103/RE/1030329/1014/business/Lee-County--SW-Fla.-condo--homeowners--associations-play-hardball</link>
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     <title>FL: Tampa Bay Golf-Country Club residents planning to sue homeowners association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Just weeks before Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club is slated to be sold, a group of homeowners has sued the developer-controlled homeowners association over its decision to hike fees by 73 percent]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:48:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jan/01/wp-tampa-bay-golf-country-club-residents-planning-/</link>
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     <title>FL: Fire causes $250k in damage to condo complex -no working detectors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Where there was smoke, there was no smoke detector.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:26:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/31/fire-causes-extensive-damage-naples-condo-complex/</link>
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     <title>FL: Granddaughter in age-restricted community unwraps Xmas gifts from supporters</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nationwide media outlets in October quickly picked up the story of Kimberly Broffman, who the Stottlers care for in their 55-and-up age-restricted community against the association's wishes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:18:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/granddaughter-in-age-restricted-community-unwraps-christmas-gifts-from/1062348</link>
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     <title>GA: Residents of Georgetown community decry faulty construction</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Of primary concern is a lack of proper weatherproofing or "flashing" on the exterior of the townhomes, in vulnerable areas such as the framing surrounding their garages and doorways.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:21:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://savannahnow.com/news/2009-12-31/residents-georgetown-community-decry-faulty-construction?quicktabs_3=1</link>
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     <title>TX: SAWS, Walden Meadows work to reduce subdivision’s water use</title>
     <description><![CDATA[San Antonio Water System has teamed up with Walden Meadows Homeowners Association on a plan to reduce water use in the subdivision and save residents money on their monthly bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:19:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=ACBJ&date=20091231&id=10952894]]></link>
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     <title>FL: Will Florida see condo and HOA reforms in 2010?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But with three months to go before the start of the 2010 session - and with many community associations on the brink of financial disaster - there are signs legislative leaders will press for change.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:06:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-condo-laws-condocol-1230-20091229,0,1838388.column</link>
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     <title>MD lawmaker looks to outlaw rules banning clotheslines</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Maryland homeowners should be free to hang their clothes outside to dry, according to a state delegate who is proposing legislation that would prohibit homeowners associations from banning the use of clotheslines.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:06:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Md_-lawmaker-looks-to-outlaw-rules-banning-clotheslines-8697399-80292402.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Legionnaires bacterial threat possible at 4 other Miami-Dade buildings</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease was found in the Epic Hotel's water, health officials say. And at least four other local buildings have similar water filtering systems that can strip away protective chlorine.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:26:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1401400.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Carbon Monoxide Evacuates Bridgeport Loft Building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Bridgeport neighborhood condo building was evacuated early Tuesday when dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide were detected inside.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:08:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs2chicago.com/local/carbon.monoxide.leak.2.1395223.html</link>
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     <title>NY: Condo Residents Tossing Eggs at Dogs in Park Slope</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For the second time this month, some egg-head in a condo overlooking a Park Slope dog run has bombed a dog owner (and dog) with an egg. It appears to be the latest method of vigilante after-hours park enforcement]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:06:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Condo-Residents-Tossing-Eggs-at-Noisy-Dogs-in-Park-Slope-80269897.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Bad bets: The condo meltdown in Las Vegas mirrors Miami's</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Though Las Vegas' problems are on a much smaller scale, the boom and bust is fairly similar. Some blame South Florida developers, in part, for whipping up the frenzy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:22:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/1400245.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo assns are turning to receiverships to collect rent on foreclosed units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The decision will allow an independent company to collect rents directly from tenants living in Palm Beach Grande condos, bypassing the unit owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:17:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/real-estate/condo-associations-are-turning-to-receiverships-to-collect-151193.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Homeowners group wants $30,000 siding removed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[He had replaced nearly all the siding for $30,000. Now it looks like he will spend an additional $30,000 to tear it down and replace it with materials that meet approval.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:58:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/local/article/E-SIDE27_20091226-183607/313672/</link>
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     <title>CA: Rusting street lights coming down in Ranch Del Oro</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Dozens of decorative street lights in Oceanside's Rancho Del Oro community are being removed because they've become a safety hazard, but the question of who pays to replace them is unresolved.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:51:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/oceanside/article_ce687a40-266f-57f7-8df5-8e913e74f6cb.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Pasco retirees at work against fee hike that props up golf club</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At Tampa Bay Golf, where modest, cottage-style homes are arranged neatly on private roads, homeowner governance is on hold until the last 373 lots are sold, a situation that frustrates Gualtieri and his followers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:58:55 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/article1061228.ece</link>
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     <title>FL: Foreclosures take toll on condo complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ The Belmont condominium complex in Zephyrhills feels a lot like a ghost town.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:34:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/nature_coast/pasco-condo-foreclosures-122409</link>
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     <title>GA: Virginia-Highland condo residents say meter cheated them</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The city’s Department of Watershed Management counters that it was only partly wrong, fixed the meter and will return $1,696.78. But the board estimates it has overpaid about $22,000 in the past decade]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:21:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/virginia-highland-condo-residents-255493.html</link>
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     <title>FL: peacocks come home to roost, residents tire of patio poop/pecked-on paint</title>
     <description><![CDATA["I don't hate the birds, but I know 80 is too many for a tiny village," said Michael Drake, president of the homeowners' association on the section of Longboat Key that is plagued by the peacocks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:01:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-peacock-problems,0,4170672.story</link>
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     <title>HI: Wild donkeys damage golf course, homes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Village's homeowner's association recently revealed a four-part plan to eradicate the small group of strays after reports surfaced that they had killed a small pet, acted aggressively towards homeowners and children, caused near-fatal car accidents and destroyed landscaping on the golf course and around homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:51:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2009/12/23/read/news/news06.txt</link>
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     <title>UT: Saratoga Springs HOA waiting for judge to decide who's in charge</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 700 homeowners in Saratoga Springs will have to wait for a court ruling to find out who's in charge of their subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:02:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/north/saratoga-springs/article_5c6f7c18-aede-5a5a-a39c-f0eab745711a.html</link>
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     <title>OR: FountainCourt homeowners win $2.1 million verdict against subcontractors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in Beaverton's FountainCourt  development have won a $2.1 million verdict against the subcontractors who built their European-style community early this decade.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:52:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/12/fountaincourt_homeowners_win_2.html</link>
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     <title>NC: Man accused of stealing from homeowner group arrested</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Lee County deputies returned to North Carolina Wednesday morning with a man accused of stealing nearly $315,000 from his homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:03:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/6678534/</link>
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     <title>NJ Condo Association Settles Disability Bias Cases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[State civil rights officials say they've resolved two discrimination complaints brought against an Ocean County condominium complex for seniors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:42:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnewsnj/NJ.condo.association.2.1388196.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Couple hit Seminole condo association with disability discrimination lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A husband and wife are suing Mayor Jimmy Johnson and the other officers in their condo association, claiming they have discriminated against the couple because of the woman's chronic lung disease.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:51:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/couple-hit-seminole-condo-association-with-disability-discrimination/1060596</link>
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     <title> Cautions of Filing 1120-H or 1120</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Homeowners Association has the right to either file a Form 1120 or Form 1120-H provided]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:21:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2515137/homeowners_associations_cautions_of.html?cat=17</link>
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     <title>WI: Condo case could stymie development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developers stand to lose no matter which way the state Supreme Court rules in a case prompted by a condominium project in the town of Pacific.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:29:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://dailyreporter.com/blog/2009/12/21/condo-case-could-stymie-development/</link>
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     <title>FL: Jacksonville condo manager pleads guilty in embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The manager of a Jacksonville condominium association has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $167,000 from its bank account over a seven-year period.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:35:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2009-12-21/story/jacksonville_condo_manager_pleads_guilty_in_embezzlement</link>
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     <title>IL: Park Ridge Pointe pond project recognized</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Park Ridge Pointe Homeowners Association was recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chicago Wilderness for a landscaping and conservation project on the grounds of the multi-family development.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:11:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/parkridge/news/1950583,park-ridge-pointeaward-122409-s1.article</link>
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     <title>OH: West Chester condo group attempts to seize ORP assets</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Lakewood Condominium Association of West Chester Township is one of four associations currently suing ORP Realty Management in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, and has taken the lead in attempting to recover some of the $830,000 they allege was stolen from them by blocking the sale of motor vehicles by ORP President Steven Sykes Valentino.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:53:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.examiner.com/x-31591-Cincinnati-White-Collar-Crime-Examiner~y2009m12d21-West-Chester-condo-group-attempts-to-seize-ORP-assets</link>
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     <title>NY: Suffern condo treasurer charged with stealing $130G from association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Authorities have charged the Sussex Condominium III treasurer with stealing $130,345 from the association during the past six years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:48:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lohud.com/article/20091221/NEWS03/912210362/-1/newsfront/Suffern-condo-treasurer-charged-with-stealing--130G-from-association</link>
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     <title>FL: Condo Line: Fireproofing action worth the cost</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Fire Life Safety Codes have been in existence for many years and are considered very important. I have a national news service that sends me articles on condominiums each day and almost every week I receive news about fires in condominiums]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:07:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/story/1386947.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Should community associations foreclose?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Currently, community associations have the right to use foreclosure as the ultimate delinquent assessment collection tool when owners in the community do not pay their apportioned share of the common expenses and reserves. Foreclosure is the enforcement device that allows a creditor, in this case a homeowners association, to force the sale of an owner’s condominium or single family home to collect a delinquent association assessment.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:09:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.historiccity.com/2009/staugustine/news/florida/should-community-associations-foreclose-2287</link>
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     <title>CA: A power struggle in Carson</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Southern California churns with homeowner association disputes, but the one that has consumed a sprawling complex of town homes in Carson is in a whole different stratosphere]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:26:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/6it5pH</link>
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     <title>Ancient HOA Rules from 14th century England</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Such meticulously planned communities are generally thought to be a modern phenomenon, but a recent archaeological excavation near England&rsquo;s Hamme-on-Rye unearthed a 14th-century document that suggests otherwise]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:31:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/66GtRa</link>
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     <title>FL: Kissimmee Condo Complex Gets Makeover</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But now families have a nicer place to live. It is a new beginning at Cascades condo complex. The place used to be a dump with a long list of issues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:03:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wftv.com/countybycounty/22008917/detail.html</link>
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     <title>VA: Flagging Attention</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Whether or not we, Col. Barfoot or anyone else agrees or disagrees with its rules, we all should respect its right to institute them]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:58:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://bit.ly/4YS4Oh</link>
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     <title>CA: Fire victims say new trees are new hazard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A handful of outspoken residents are demanding that the homeowners' association move the trees farther from homes - or remove them all together.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:15:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/trees-224665-fire-new.html</link>
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     <title>FL: 'A travesty': Crews working to correct major flaws to condo community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Every resident is living through the same headaches as the buildings in the East Naples community off Rattlesnake Hammock Road are getting a major overhaul because of structural defects.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:50:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/17/florida-condos-building-flaws-toll-brothers/</link>
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     <title>CA: Westlake woman gets 4 years for embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Westlake Village woman was placed in handcuffs Tuesday and taken to jail after being sentenced to prison for stealing more than $457,000 from a homeowners association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:34:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/dec/15/westlake-woman-gets-4-years-for-embezzlement/</link>
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     <title>OR: Cedar Brook association dispute leads to lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The article in question states that future improvements for the homes will be consistent with initial improvements in terms of quality construction. However, issues have arisen regarding the foundations of those homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:29:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.illinois-valley-news.com/archive/2009/12/16/story-cedarbrook.html</link>
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     <title>IL: Water damage main cause for legal action</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neva Manor Condominium Board President Adriana Burcheri said due to the difficulties she has experienced with PB Development and Peter Filipek for at least one year, she is now pursuing legal action]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:08:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pioneerlocal.com/norridge/news/1939373,norridge-nevamanor-121709-s1.article</link>
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     <title>TX: City may pay $25,000 to move legal billboard, blocks condo views</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The City of Austin on Thursday will consider paying a billboard company $25,000 to move a sign the company legally erected next to a condominium building near downtown earlier this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:59:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/12/15/1215billboard.html?imw=Y</link>
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     <title>NC: NAACP takes on Myers Park over "Whites Only" deed</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The lot hereby conveyed shall be used for residential purposes only and shall be owned and occupied by people of the Caucasian race."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:31:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/NAACP-takes-on-Myers-Park-over-Whites-Only-deed-79275782.html</link>
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     <title>FL: Man accused of choking neighbor over Christmas lights</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The president of a local homeowners association says he was choked by one of his neighbors after a disagreement over Christmas lights Monday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:28:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=11680418</link>
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     <title>OH: Condo group wants manager's vehicles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge has approved a request from West Chester Township condo association calling for the sheriff's office to seize nearly a dozen vehicles owned by the community's former property manager, Avondale-based ORP Realty Management.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:34:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091214/BIZ01/912150336/Condo+group+wants+manager+s+vehicles</link>
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     <title>FL: Largo woman had help stealing from homeowner groups, lawyer asserts</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Catherine McMullen, the woman accused of stealing as much as $1 million from about 20 homeowners groups in Pinellas County, didn't pull it off by herself, according to her new attorney,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:21:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/largo-woman-had-help-stealing-from-homeowner-groups-lawyer-asserts/1058140</link>
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     <title>VA: Colonel thanks backers, but flagpole saga may not be over</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But a Sussex Square resident last night with knowledge of board deliberations, stressed that no decision has been made about how the board intends to proceed, if at all.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:14:08 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/FLAG10_20091209-222607/310650/</link>
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     <title>CA: Verdant revolt achieves lusher look-greener, but more water</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But residents of the 3,900-acre, 835-unit upscale community in the state Route 56 corridor said they wanted more green and, despite the current water shortage, have spent more than $1 million to plump up their common areas]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:35:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/13/verdant-revolt-achieves-lusher-look/</link>
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     <title>IL: High-rise fire: Resident angry that residential units lacked sprinklers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The tragedy revived criticism of city building codes by local fire experts. Marley joined their cause, appealing to both her condominium board and city officials to retrofit her building for sprinklers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:30:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-fire-sprinklers-13-bddec13,0,7595403.story</link>
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     <title>AZ: Back yard burial creeps out neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[HOA rules may be far-reaching, but in Sahuarita they apparently stop at the grave.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:55:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2009/12/11/news/66ashes1213.txt</link>
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     <title>IN: Company sues to dissolve new business</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Indianapolis company has sued to dissolve a homeowner association management business it set up with an Ohio attorney and his company in July.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:48:51 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.indystar.com/article/20091211/BUSINESS/912110346/Company-sues-to-dissolve-new-business</link>
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     <title>FL: In community landscaping, hard-working teams, logical plans critical</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Around this time of the year, many homeowner associations (HOAs) dream of lovely events called a general membership meeting. As part of this process, the HOA committees want to know when the time is right to make common area improvements. Let’s look at some of the issues, in no particular order.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:21:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/10/make-it-green-community-landscaping-hard-working-t/?partner=yahoo_feeds</link>
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     <title>IL: High-Rise Residents Describe Fire As Pure Terror</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Imagine being trapped inside a high-rise while one of the units is going up in flames. One woman was killed and 12 others injured in a fire Thursday morning at 260 East Chestnut.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:16:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs2chicago.com/local/high.rise.fire.2.1361970.html</link>
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     <title>MA: Condo Common Area In Methuen Off Limits For Kids</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The single mother of three is already facing hundreds of fines after her kids played outside when the condo association said they should not.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:20:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wbztv.com/local/condo.association.discrimination.2.1356849.html</link>
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     <title>AZ: Grandson to stay; HOA apologizes to widow</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Mesa homeowners association has apologized to the family of an 88-year-old widow after it tried to eject her 37-year-old grandson from living with her as a caregiver.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:27:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/articles/campbell-10949-groth-family.html</link>
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     <title>IL: FHA push: Good for condos? Critics say no</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Administration began enforcing new rules Monday that it said will help more condominium buyers qualify for mortgages.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:46:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/business/1926391,CST-FIN-condo08.article</link>
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     <title>Why Renewable Energy Developers Must Win Community Support</title>
     <description><![CDATA["This verdict is a vindication of the right of homeowners associations to protect the communities they manage and to balance the need for renewable energy with the integrity of their communities,"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:40:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/12/why-renewable-energy-developers-must-win-community-support/</link>
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     <title>CA: Etiquette coach in hot water over gesture</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An etiquette coach for "The Real Housewives of Orange County" acknowledges in a letter to residents of her Dana Point gated community that she gave "the finger" to a man during a homeowners association meeting where she was serving as a board member.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:07:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/news/poulson-222966-etiquette-board.html</link>
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     <title>KS: In court: man v. Big Wheel</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Children aren't supposed to ride on the sidewalk, Bogan said, citing the rules and regulations of the Huntington Condominium Association passed on Oct. 20. The rule also applied on Aug. 30, 2008, he said.  "These children broke the rule 100 percent," he said\]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:24:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cjonline.com/news/local/2009-12-08/in_court_man_v_big_wheel</link>
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     <title>VA: HOA Drops Legal Action Against WWII Vet</title>
     <description><![CDATA["The Sussex Square Homeowners Association Board has agreed to withdraw legal action previously announced for Friday, December 11, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. against Colonel Van T. Barfoot regarding the flagpole located on his property."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:17:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-col-barfoot-lawsuit-update,0,186608.story</link>
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     <title>MA: Andover Condo Board, Management Co., Charged With Discrimination</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Andover condominium association, a property management company and two people have been charged by the Department of Housing and Urban Development with discriminating against families with children.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:32:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news135916.html</link>
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     <title>NY: TriBeCa family sues neighbor in luxury condo over second hand smoke</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a landmark lawsuit, a TriBeCa family is suing a neighbor over his secondhand cigarette smoke they say is wafting into their $2.1 million luxury condo and causing them various health problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:28:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dnainfo.com/20091207/soho-tribeca-nolita/tribeca-family-sues-neighbor-luxury-condo-over-secondhand-smoke</link>
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     <title>CA: FHA's condo financing rules already scuttling projects</title>
     <description><![CDATA[New lending rules for condominium buyers are already forcing some developers to change or scrap plans for new projects for fear too many buyers will be shut out.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:21:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-condo-construction-new-rules,0,1872222.story</link>
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     <title>FL: Luxurious Comfort or Relentless Conflict?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Her protest at The Grand started in 2004, and includes lawsuits filed by and against her, as well as legal fees costing her upward of a half-million dollars]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:51:33 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.biscaynetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=449:condo-life-luxurious-comfort-or-relentless-conflict&catid=50:community-news&Itemid=166]]></link>
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     <title>NV: Nazi flag sparking not so neighborly debate</title>
     <description><![CDATA[That's the analogy Eldridge-Murphy is trying to resonate in her community. She says she's been wronged by her HOA and lashing back is her first amendment right.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:40:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11631631</link>
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     <title>MD: Statute of limitations saves couple from some $45,000 in fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[For more than 33 years, Joseph and Shirley Poteet ignored annual Columbia Association bills and later threats of possible foreclosure for not paying the community's unofficial property tax fees that accumulated to more than $45,000]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:35:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bal-md.ho.poteet06dec07,0,6504420.story</link>
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     <title>IN: Parking restrictions divide neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The recent enforcement of a street parking prohibition in a neighborhood near Lafayette has some residents seeing red and others welcoming the change.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:39:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.jconline.com/article/20091206/NEWS/912060356</link>
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     <title>CT: Embezzling gambler: 'I couldn't control it.'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A news story last month about the latest person around here accused of embezzling to feed a casino habit prompted a lot of reader response, most of it harsh and unsparingly critical of the woman charged with stealing $294,000 from a Ledyard condominium association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:30:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.theday.com/article/20091206/NWS05/312069913/-1/NWS</link>
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     <title>HI: Surveillance Cameras At Waikiki Condo Help Catch Criminals</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Waikiki condo has gone high-tech to ensure the safety of their residents and guests.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:19:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Surveillance-Cameras-At-Waikiki-Condo-Help-Catch/-UHMDdnQVUii6tjqtBJ64A.cspx</link>
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     <title>NY: Condo king dethroned</title>
     <description><![CDATA["He is a developer who tried to ride the real estate wave and was unsuccessful," says Marc Held of law firm Lazarowitz & Manganillo, who is representing the Rector Square tenants. "Unfortunately, with his mistake, a lot of condo owners got hurt."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:16:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20091206/SMALLBIZ/312069973</link>
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     <title>CA: Bears overrunning a Duarte neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA["We have this brand-new population of bears because of the fire and they're hungry and they're getting used to people," said Carie Osburn, who sits on the board of directors of the Duarte Mesa Homeowner's Association. "They're all over the place now."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:07:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13936376</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NJ: Deck the halls? Not so fast ...</title>
     <description><![CDATA[It’s that time of year again, when we drag out the lights and tinsel to show our neighbors just how much we appreciate the holidays. But for the 60 million Americans who live in a shared ownership community, or SOC (condominium, co-op or HOA), arguments about religious decorations can make the season a lot less festive.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:11:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/community/house_gardening/78581427.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Family of Dead Teenager Sues Everyone</title>
     <description><![CDATA[County documents show each homeowner on the lake is responsible for lake maintenance [but no association-ed. note]. Alters points out, "That same platte, restriction and covenant requires them to maintain the lake and remove hazards from the lake]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:09:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Lets-Sue-Everyone-78571552.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NM: Eldorado homeowners' association account pilfered in 2-month blitz</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The longtime bookkeeper for the Eldorado homeowners' association has been arrested for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the organization, according to the group's president]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:02:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Eldorado-Group-s-account-pilfered-in-2-month--blitz-</link>
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     <title>CAN News- MN: Solar panels pit homeowners against associations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[On a cloudy day like today, it might be hard to see the benefit of solar panels.  But the Greeman family, of Burnsville, thinks solar panels could help the environment and nearly eliminate their electric bills.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:57:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=829784&catid=391]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- TN: Neighborhood Nuisance Gets Attention</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors in a South Nashville community are frustrated by a home that's been empty for more than year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:44:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wztv.com/newsroom/top_stories/wztv_vid_2167.shtml</link>
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     <title>CAN News- IL: City prevails in dispute with homeowners</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A DuPage County judge has ruled in the city of Aurora's favor in a dispute with an East Side homeowners association regarding maintenance sharing]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/foxvalleysun/news/1922067,2_1_AU05_SUIT_S1-091205.article</link>
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     <title>CAN News- AZ: No charges likely in Las Sendas audit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A police investigation of more than $75,000 in questionable spending identified in a Las Sendas Community Association audit will not result in criminal charges.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:20:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/12/04/20091204mr-lassendas1205.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CA: Little love for HOA members</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the world of shared communities, where local government is closer than the curb. Homeowners associations run everything from maintenance to landscaping to cleaning up the goose poop. Volunteering to serve on a board can be a rewarding – but also thankless – job]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:36:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/board-222565-association-associations.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NJ: State may be asked to step in on Fair Lawn dispute</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fair Lawn officials are considering whether they will ask the Legislature to intervene for a second time in a dispute between residents of the historic Radburn neighborhood and their homeowners association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:31:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/78495217.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- AZ: Rancho El Dorado HOA files claim against Orbitel Communications</title>
     <description><![CDATA[However, tensions concerning the collection and remittance of these fees have spawned a community lawsuit between the homeowner’s association and Orbitel, with the HOA seeking more than $1 million in damages and dissolution of their 30-year cable contract.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:29:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.inmaricopa.com/NEWS/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=430&&ArticleID=7172]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- VA: Deadline extended in flagpole case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[D-Day has been extended a week for a Medal of Honor recipient fighting to keep his flag flying atop his Henrico County front-yard flagpole.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:43:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/FLAG03GAT_20091203-183803/309353/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- OH: Condo Conundrum</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Ever since ORP Realty closed its doors suddenly last month, former employees, condo associations and their lawyers, and former business associates have been trying to get to the bottom of some missing funds]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:42:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/I-Team-Condo-Conundrum/ALDEV2TcIEC4mE1gq9NB9w.cspx</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Proposed settlement would reduce fines for Key Marco assn</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Fines could be reduced for a Marco Island association and landscaper that destroyed protected habitat, including mangroves and an Indian mound.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:29:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.marconews.com/news/2009/dec/03/settlement-reduce-fines-key-marco-mound-mangroves/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CO: Baca Grande property owners asked to divert POA dues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As the result of a civil lawsuit against the Baca Grande Property Owner’s Association (BGPOA) for violations of POA covenants, a petition to dissolve BGPOA was presented to the POA board of directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:37:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.centerpostdispatch.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=1114]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- NM: Neighbors pinched by conflicting rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of a northeast Albuquerque neighborhood are caught in a rift between their homeowners association and Albuquerque police]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:28:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1288875.shtml?cat=516</link>
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     <title>CAN News- SC: Look at HOAs that run well</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I have been collecting all of the past articles on homeowners associations and the proposed law covering HOAs in Columbia.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:16:27 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thesunnews.com/opinion/story/1196068.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- AZ: Viewpoint Lake HOA takes Sun City (RCSC) to court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The members of the Viewpoint Lake Homeowners Association are seeking an order of contempt against the Recreation Centers of Sun City for failure to properly maintain Viewpoint Lake.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:12:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/lake-10785-homeowners-viewpoint.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- PA: Mother, daughter are facing charges in stealing $75,000</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A mother and her daughter charged with stealing about $75,000 from both a condominium association and homeowners association board in Upper Chichester are scheduled for formal arraignment in Common Pleas Court today]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:42:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2009/12/03/news/doc4b1743d4ed7a2233026109.txt</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL:  Legislature poised to add condos to Special Session?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rep. Julio Robaina's office reports this morning that Florida House of Representatives Speaker has assigned a bill number to his draft legislation on condominium reform, a move that could lead to a hearing on whether to add the bill to the special session which begins today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:14:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2009/12/breaking-news-florida-legislature-poised-to-add-condos-to-special-session.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- LA: Maintenance of Parkside Landing hits a roadblock</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Homeowners Association (HOA) that was never established and property never picked up on the tax assessors roll, appears to be only a portion of a multi-part roadblock regarding the public maintenance of Parkside Landing subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:39:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17290&Itemid=57]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- VA: Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Col. Van T. Barfoot, a local Medal of Honor winner, is under the gun from his Henrico County community's homeowner association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:26:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/POLEGAT02_20091202-091201/309031/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- MD: Woman charged with 14 counts of theft (scroll down)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A former employee at an Indian Head homeowners association was charged with stealing more than $6,000 in dues paid by residents, according to court documents.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:18:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.somdnews.com/stories/12022009/indytop95758_32354.shtml</link>
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     <title>CAN News- AZ: Residents vent frustration, concerns to Arizona Corp Comm</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The rate increase is one that many of the HOA presidents and board members say could cripple their ability to stay afloat]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:11:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.inmaricopa.com/NEWS/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=430&&ArticleID=7184]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Judge close to ruling on validity of sewer fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo associations up and down the Keys are likely anxiously awaiting Acting Circuit Court Judge Ruth Becker's decision in a sewer-fees case pitting the city of Marathon against Keys RV.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:07:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/165349.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- MT: Subdivision wants refund of sums paid for wastewater services</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Gallatin County attorney is looking into a request by the homeowners' association of a Belgrade-area subdivision to release almost $300,000 collected from lot sales to pay off a debt to the community's developer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:23:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.belgrade-news.com/view.php?article=11700</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CT: Condo Complex Plays the Role of the Grinch</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The board at the LaMirage Condominium complex says they got a lot of complaints. Some people said the display was gaudy. Hayes says the board eventually relented and let him put lights on just one tree]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:58:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Condo-Complex-Plays-the-Role-of-the-Grinch-78262442.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Perfect Storm: Foreclosures, Budget Shortfalls and State Mandates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Results of the most recent survey of Florida's condominium, homeowner and other community association property owners show no immediate end in sight to mounting foreclosure-related financial pressures that have resulted in increasing budgetary restraints and falling property values in community associations across the State.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:32:39 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/the-perfect-storm-foreclosures-budget,1068455.shtml</link>
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     <title>CAN News- VA: Indictment day? Comer faces grand jury</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Michael D. Comer, 45, the former treasurer of Glenmore Community Association who disappeared on the day of an audit last summer, along with an alleged $666,000 of the homeowner association’s money, goes to an Albemarle grand jury December 7 on five counts of embezzlement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:51:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/01/indictment-day-comer-faces-grand-jury/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- OH: Homeowners' group sues own residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nearly 600 residents of Miami Trails subdivisions were sued Monday in Clermont County Common Pleas Court by their homeowners' association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:55:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091130/NEWS01/912010315/Homeowners++group+sues+residents</link>
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     <title>CAN News- TX: Neighbors pay legal debt</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Neighbors thought they’d never be able to pay up, said Karen DeVinney, treasurer of the West Oak Area Homeowners Association. Over the years they chipped away at the bill through fundraising auctions, barbecues, garage sales and other doings.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:32:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_West_Oak_1130.306d9d876.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CA: Solar panels causing some storms</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even as California and the federal government encourage solar power, homeowners often have to fight homeowners associations for their right to install the systems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:11:16 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar-panels30-2009nov30,0,5567208.story</link>
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     <title>CAN News- TX: Ivanhoe HOA not to be dissolved with new Incorporation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After the story appeared in the newspaper, IPOIA Board of Directors member, and one of the newly elected City Commissioners, informed the Booster that our information was incorrect. She said that the IPOIA had not been dissolved, nor was their any intention of ever dissolving it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:05:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.easttexasnews.com/Booster/News/Ind/November2009/story6.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Community divided over tougher homeowners standards</title>
     <description><![CDATA[At the Bridgewater community in Wesley Chapel, Mark Spector, the president of the homeowners association, has instituted a new zero-tolerance policy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:04:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2009/11/28/552550.html?title=Community%20divided%20over%20tougher%20homeowners%20standards&cid=rss]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- NV: Holiday lights, legal fees and a wind chime concern readers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: Four homeowners, including me, want to put up Christmas lights in an area we share. One owner e-mailed the president of the board with the information and got the response that it is too much of a liability to have these lights behind those houses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:16:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/holiday-lights-legal-fees-and-a-wind-chime-concern-readers-77077877.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Condominium boards must think way ahead</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium owners and their owners’ associations are facing the test of a lifetime: the non-payment of condo maintenance fees by some of the owners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:37:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/27/condominium-boards-must-think-way-ahead/</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[CAN News- CA: Pioneer neighborhood growing angry over homeowners' CC&R violation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Do the rules apply to everyone? Not when you lack an agency or legal body to enforce them, according to numerous residents in a Mace Meadow subdivision in Pioneer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:24:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=263105</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Rain Creates Pre-Thanksgiving Mess For Families</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Clayton Toney is one of the residents of the Village Home and Condos and he woke up to ankle high water Wednesday morning. He says the flooding couldn't have come at a worse time, one day before Thanksgiving.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:18 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs4.com/local/Palmetto.Bay.flooding.2.1334007.html</link>
     <author>http://cbs4.</author>
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     <title>CAN News- OH: 3rd condo assn. accuses ORP of taking money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A third local condominium association has filed a lawsuit against ORP Realty Management, alleging that the Avondale-based firm stole funds from its reserve bank account that could amount to more than $500,000.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:56:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091125/BIZ01/911260346/1076/BIZ/3rd+condo+accuses+ORP+of+taking+money</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: The battle at Bridgewater</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As he tries to rehabilitate his struggling neighborhood, Mark Spector, president of the Bridgewater homeowners association, has taken a "zero tolerance" approach toward people who break his community's rules]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/22/pa-the-battle-at-bridgewater/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CO: Condo Owners Sore Over Sorrel Ranch Backtaxes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo owners living in an area north of Southlands Mall said they were shocked to learn they were part of a special taxing district called Sorrel Ranch Metropolitan District.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:33:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21705420/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CA:City extends traffic enforcement to private roads in gated community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Between the dirt bike riders, speeders and parked cars blocking the neighborhood mailbox bank, the Tierra Shores homeowners association had seen enough.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:02:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sstreets22.44f92dc.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Woman Says HOA Won't Let Her Take Care Of Rat Problem</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A South Florida woman said she returned to her Boca Raton home Friday after spending a few months in New York to discover it was overrun by rats, and she claims the president of her homeowners association is preventing her from taking care of the problem.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:54:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wpbf.com/news/21709675/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- OH: Condo tenants sue ex-building manager</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Ingleside Condominiums in East Walnut Hills have filed a lawsuit in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court claiming its former management firm stole $215,000 from the condo association's bank account.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:27:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091124/BIZ01/911250319/1076/BIZ/Condo+tenants+sue+ex-building+manager</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: The Case of the Exploding Corpse</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A condo association in Jupiter, Fla., let a corpse sit undiscovered for so long that it exploded, ruining a neighboring apartment with putrid effluvia, a woman claims in Palm Beach County Court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/24/The_Case_of_the_Exploding_Corpse.htm</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CO: Woman Accused Of Stealing $300K From HOA For Gambling</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A manager of a Cherry Creek luxury condo-owners association has been charged with stealing $308,000 from the group's bank account and using thousands in ATM withdrawals to gamble at Black Hawk casinos.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21705020/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- WI: SOS: Condo association tells resident to take flag down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Pond understands that as part of a condo association, she’s bound by association rules, which commonly limit what a unit owner can do to the outside of her property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:55:41 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>CAN News- SC: HOA foreclosures high in Myrtle Beach area as dues fall behind</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The number of foreclosures by homeowners associations has jumped in the past few years - another byproduct of the recession. Some of those who have been foreclosed on say they had no idea an HOA had that kind of power,]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:50:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thesunnews.com/142/story/1179265.html?storylink=omni_popular</link>
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     <title>CAN News- VA: Hard times for homeowner groups</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As planned communities have grown in Washington's outer suburbs, some of their homeowners associations have evolved from groups that handle mundane tasks such as collecting trash and scolding the owners of unkempt lawns into quasi-governments that control multimillion-dollar budgets with little outside scrutiny.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:46:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112004045.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- IL: Ownerless pond the ire of residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Another subdivision is looking for city help dealing with a detention pond that is virtually abandoned.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:06:06 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1896114,4_1_JO21_EDGECREEK_S1-091121.article</link>
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     <title>CAN News- Condos' reserve funds deserve more scrutiny</title>
     <description><![CDATA[If you plan to buy into a condominium association -- or if you already own and plan to refinance the mortgage -- you should be aware of the new rules published by the Federal Housing Administration.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:25:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111904720.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- AZ: Sun Lakes HOA faces recall election</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sun Lakes Homeowners Association # 1 Inc. has been asked to call for the removal of the association's board of directors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:21:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/11/20/20091120cr-sunlakes1118.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- IL: Woman sues for fees in dog waste can case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Algonquin woman who once faced theft charges for removing a doggie waste container is suing her homeowner’s association for costs associated with her defense.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:13:21 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/20/79910686/index.xml</link>
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     <title>CAN News-VA: Treasurer Charged with Embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The treasurer of the Mill Creek Subdivision Homeowner's Association in Albemarle County is facing an embezzlement charge]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=11546469</link>
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     <title>CAN News- MD: Water Shut-Off at Harford County Complex</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The water was shut-off until two-thirds of the residents voted in favor of that assessment. Enough votes came in Thursday morning. The checks were cashed, and the water was restored.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:49:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Water-Shut-Off-at-Harford-County-Complex/NAELFvBWM02nZUVhiTC3tQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL:Ridgeway residents watching lawsuit that could end w/ changes to POA</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A resident is alleging the property owner’s association has been acting without proper authority — collecting fees and enforcing restrictions — for almost 20 years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/19/ridgeway-residents-watching-lawsuit-that-could/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- OH: ORP Condo Association Investigation Expands</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The number of condo associations involved in the investigation into a local management firm has doubled. The condos cover much of the Tri-State, from West Chester, to East Walnut Hills, to California. Millions of dollars are possibly missing. Workers are worried about their paychecks.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:10:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/ORP-Condo-Association-Investigation-Expands/6lfTJf054025wJkVmIvaOg.cspx</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL Bad condo pet owner! Are bad owner habits to blame for no-pet rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[No one likes to step in dog poop while tooling around their condo or homeowner complex. But don't blame the dog, owners should take their picker-upper duties seriously.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:16:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2009/11/my-entry.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- IL: Candlewick Lake seeks water, police help</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With its 1,806 homes, the gated Candlewick Lake community is larger than some of its neighboring villages. But the community that places residents’ privacy at a premium and shuns outside attention wants some new neighbors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:13:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.rrstar.com/news/x1076977353/Candlewick-Lake-seeks-water-police-help</link>
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     <title>CAN News- SC: Shannon Forest HOA sues over annexation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Shannon Forest Homeowners Association has filed a lawsuit alleging the city can't annex some properties in that area based on several grounds.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:49:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.goupstate.com/article/20091119/ARTICLES/911191063/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Shannon-Forest-Homeowners-Association-sues-over-annexation&tc=autorefresh]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Homeowner associations raise needed money for county park</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The park cost about $181,000, with the associations raising about half the money, according to a news release from the county.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:42:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/park-22756-associations-raise.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- GA: Some use clotheslines to save energy</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Because her neighborhood has a homeowners association, Tara's home came with certain restrictions, including one that prevented her from drying her clothes outside on a clothesline.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:39:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091118/ARTICLES/911189877/-1/MAGAZINE?Title=Some-use-clotheslines-to-save-energy</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CO: Partially-deaf Fort Collins woman battles HOA over 'service dog'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Her homeowner's association has a bone to pick with her, because there are no pets allowed in her Fort Collins condo building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:37:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-dog-hoa-battle-111809,0,3649163.story</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: River Club residents win round one of cell tower fight</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The River Club Homeowner’s Association is celebrating a minor victory as it braces for its final battle against a proposed cell phone tower in the heart of its community]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:58:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.yourobserver.com/news/east-county/News/111820093029/River-Club-residents-win-round-one-of-cell-tower-f</link>
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     <title>CAN News- IL: Condo Owners Struggle to Salvage an Almost-Empty Building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Today we continue our series, Facing the Mortgage Crisis, with a report on a couple of condo owners determined to salvage their building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:52:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=38199</link>
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     <title>CAN News- OH: Condo Owners Say Management Co. Embezzled Money</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Their condo association had discovered just one day before that the $215,000 they had in reserves had vanished.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:45:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wcpo.com/mostpopular/story/Condo-Owners-Say-Management-Co-Embezzled-Money/uZ5lw5lPRkG_e-Pmw4sWPA.cspx</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Ocean Breeze residents question if they were defrauded</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Residents of a mobile home park are questioning the actions of two residents who raised thousands of dollars to sue the homeowners association but settled out of court.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/17/ocean-breeze-residents-question-if-they-were-by/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NJ: Court hears appeal on Radburn neighborhood association</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The appeal, filed by a group of 16 residents of the planned community, argues that state Supreme Court Judge Robert B. Contillo was wrong when he ruled in 2008 that the law does not require democratic procedures within planned residential communities.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:25:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.northjersey.com/news/111709_Court_hears_appeal_on_Radburn_neighborhood_association.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NV: Job's Peak residents fight water rate hike</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Job's Peak Ranch Community Association is suing Douglas County in response to a reported 400 percent increase in monthly water bills for the 55 users of the water system.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:17:43 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20091118/NEWS/911179977/1062&ParentProfile=1049]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News- CA: HOA: Library closure breaks city’s deal with Mission Viejo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[One local neighborhood association says a 1973 pact with the city prevents the city from closing a branch library slated for closure by the end of the year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:07:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.aurorasentinel.com/articles/2009/11/18/news/doc4b038ec64a679243198311.txt</link>
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     <title>CAN News- CT: West Hartford Condominium Repairs Expected To Take Months</title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 40 people displaced last month from an Oakwood Avenue condominium building when heavy rains poured through a roof under repair probably won't be able to return to the building for several months.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:40:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-west-hartford-damage1117.artnov16,0,3509221.story</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Erosion threatens condo building</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Waves batter a condo building's foundation and this isn't even high tide. South Palm Beach Mayor Marty Millar says, "Right now we have a serious situation."]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:36:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wptv.com/content/news/southpbc/story/Erosion-threatens-South-Palm-Beach-condo-building/nMiRvPEDBUSaiQq62ju5SQ.cspx</link>
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     <title>CAN News- OH: Bacteria from line collapse responsible for death, homeowners say</title>
     <description><![CDATA[He said there are roughly 30 people involved in the suit, including those represented by a homeowner's association connected to the Fairway 12 Condominiums]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:28:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/11/17/news/mj1902183.txt</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NM: Gun Pulled At Neighborhood Meeting</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Albuquerque homeowners meeting turns dangerous, when a man is accused of pulling a gun on his neighbor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:24:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.koat.com/news/21623905/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-NC: Residents Outraged Over Plan to Turn Condos Into Subsidized Housing</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Housing Authority recently purchased 14 condominiums with the intent of turning them into subsidized housing, a move that outraged residents who paid full price and are now worried about their property values.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:21:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfox8.com/news/wghp-housing-authority-buys-condos-091116,0,7902460.story</link>
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     <title>CAN News- FL: Seminole Co. HOA, Family Clash Over Pit Bull</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Seminole County woman admits her family dog is pretty intimidating, but she says he's really a sweetheart. Her Home Owner's Association, however, does not agree.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wesh.com/news/21631892/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NC: Dam creates waves for neighbors</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ Both sides stand to lose money in the battle over a dam that divides them]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:09:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/11/15/article/dam_creates_waves_for_neighbors</link>
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     <title>CAN News- IL: Court date set over berm woes</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Lakelands Community Homeowners Association got its way when it threatened to sue the village for blocking construction of an anti-flooding berm near the neighborhood.  Now the association is defending itself in a lawsuit]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:48:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1885932,4_1_JO16_PBERM_S1-091116.article</link>
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     <title>CAN News- Will FHA Rule Change Benefit Condo Market?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is giving the condo market something it hasn’t had for a while—a little breathing room.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:21:37 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://rismedia.com/2009-11-15/will-fha-rule-change-benefit-condo-market/</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: N River Shores assn rules cast neighbors on two sides of the fence</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Eight years after dueling lawsuits pitted neighbor against neighbor in North River Shores, the subdivision north of the Roosevelt Bridge has evolved in a crazy-quilt pattern]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:50:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/nov/14/eve-samples-north-river-shores-association-rules/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NY App Ct extends individual board member protection</title>
     <description><![CDATA[even if the board had acted improperly, members could not be sued as individuals unless the complaint laid out specific allegations of wrongful conduct by each of the individuals sued.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:10:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/realestate/15deal2.html?_r=1</link>
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     <title>CAN News- More Trouble Ahead for the Condo Market?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[After an already turbulent two years, there could be more trouble on the horizon for the housing market]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:03:57 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/real-estate/trouble-ahead-condo-market/</link>
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     <title>CAN News- PA: Saw Creek 'outraged' by power-line ruling</title>
     <description><![CDATA["Saddened and outraged," were words used a statement from Saw Creek Estates Community Association Board of Directors in response to the latest setback in the community's effort to stop the construction of a high-voltage transmission line through the development.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:54:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091114/NEWS/911140335/-1/NEWSMAP</link>
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     <title>CAN News- Make yours a real neighborhood</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Having moved in nearly a year ago, I'm pretty new to my neighborhood. About three months after moving in, we had a break-in, so I went to the safety presentation at the homeowners association meeting in the spring.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:53:00 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-myers_14edi.State.Edition1.c537ff.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Tropical Storm Ida leaves a half mil damage bill for Destin Pointe</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Although the former Cat-2 hurricane dwindled to a tropical storm by the time it made landfall, Ida caused about $500,000 in damage to Destin Pointe, according to owner association President Ron Johnston.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:43:54 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/destin-11932-pointe-ida.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- NV: Vegas Condo Buyers Offered Partial Money Back</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bloomberg is reporting that condo owners of the still underconstruction Cosmopolitan Resort on the Vegas strip have sued the owner, Deutsche Bank, to get their deposit money back]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:23:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/hotproperty/archives/2009/11/vegas_condo_buy.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News- IL: Court revives Chicago ‘mezuzah’ case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A federal appellate court today revived a Jewish family’s lawsuit against a Chicago condominium association that repeatedly removed a mezuzah from the family’s doorpost.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:18:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1882674,chicago-mezuzah-case-revived-111309.article</link>
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     <title>CAN News-3 ways to save your condo community</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condominium associations across the nation are struggling to pay their bills as cash-strapped owners fall behind on monthly dues]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:50:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.bankrate.com/finance/mortgages/3-ways-to-save-your-condo-community-1.aspx</link>
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     <title>CAN News-IL: Association suits, claims prevalent</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Community associations have a big legal headache these days. They, or their representatives, are spending increasing amounts of time on lawsuits and liability claims. Some of the action is initiated by boards, and some by residents. The disputes vary, but many are prompted by the economy]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:48:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-condo_chomes_1113nov13,0,4928012.story</link>
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     <title>CAN News-TX: Neighbors question, fight HOA changes (video)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[People who live in one Missouri City subdivision were able to table some HOA changes and deed restrictions Thursday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:16:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7115716]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-WA: City proposes reduced sewer rates for condos</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Following much discussion with local condominium owners, the city of Blaine has proposed amending its sewer rates to allow condominium owners to access discounted rates for qualified seniors, handicapped and low-income individuals]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:34:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thenorthernlight.com/news/article.exm/2009-11-11_city_proposes_reduced_sewer_rates_for_condos</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Condo flag fight needs common sense</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Just before Veterans Day, a tearful Sarasota woman called about a dispute between condo dwellers over display of American flags. Yeah, that one again. How many times have we read about such disputes?]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:44:11 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091112/COLUMNIST/911121054/-1/NEWSSITEMAP?&tc=autorefresh]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-NC Court: Religious Developments Can Impose Otherwise Illegal Fees</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Do special rules apply for property developments associated with religious groups? The answer, according to the N.C. Supreme Court, appears to be 'yes', with the high court finding]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:23:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lincolntribune.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14739</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL:American flag fight: A teaching moment for condo association battles</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The lesson: If your board or management company asks you to remove your American flag, you should first look to the statute to be sure you are in compliance.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:58:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2009/11/american-flag-fight-a-teaching-moment-for-condo-association-battles.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Homeowners Association Chat Transcript</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local 6 and ClickOrlando.com hosted a Web chat with a homeowners association expert on Monday to help homeowners with any questions they had. This is a copy of the transcripts of the chat.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:48:26 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.clickorlando.com/news/21572736/detail.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-AZ: HOAs prepare for battle against proposed Global Water rate increase</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Members from the governing boards of four homeowners associations gathered Monday night to strategize against a proposed rate increase from Global Water Resources, which could leave their communities having to make tough decisions about when to turn on the water.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:32:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.inmaricopa.com/NEWS/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?mid1=430&&ArticleID=7042]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-CA: Condo to become Palm Springs' first residential historic district</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Royal Hawaiian Estates Condominiums in South Palm Springs is poised to become the city’s first official residential historic district, following lengthy debate Tuesday.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:29:31 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.mydesert.com/article/20091110/NEWS01/91110033/Condo+complex+poised+to+become+Palm+Springs++first+residential+historic+district</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Flag flap doesn't deter south Fort Myers veteran</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tucker says state law 718.113 allows for the display of a portable United States flag in a respectful way on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day. The flag cannot be larger than 4 1/2 feet by 6 feet.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:26:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-press.com/article/20091111/COLUMNISTS02/911110402/1075</link>
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     <title>CAN News-MO: Man who stole $109,000 from St. Louis condo association sentenced</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A man who stole more than $109,000 from his condo association was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in federal prison.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:25:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/st-louis-crime-beat/2009/11/10/man-who-stole-109000-from-st-louis-condo-association-sentenced/</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: My condo association removed my American flag, can they do that?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Art of Delray Beach, a former U.S. Air Force medic and veteran of the Korean War, called me to complain that his condo association recently forced him to remove his American flag from his porch - a flag he has flown for the past nine years without incident.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:16:53 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/condoblog/2009/11/my-condo-association-removed-my-american-flag-can-they-do-that-.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-AL: Woman Hangs Flipped Flag in Protest of Healthcare Reform (in HOA)</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But it is Orr's outspoken statement of protest that's raising a red flag with the community home owner's association and several neighbors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:32:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-flipped-flag,0,1988842.story</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Homeowners furious over fee increase</title>
     <description><![CDATA[HOA members say they are $250,000 in the hole and can't pay their bills. Fifty percent of the units are delinquent in their fees, and another 20 percent are in foreclosure.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:17:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/110909-Homeowners-furious-over-fee-increase</link>
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     <title>CAN News-AZ: Neighbors join to spruce up common areas</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What started as a project to enhance the entrance and streetscape of Canoa Estates II has taken seed and grown into a beautification committee of nine in the 124-home community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:13:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2009/11/09/news/28canoa1111.txt</link>
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     <title>CAN News-SC: HOAs Frustrate Members</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowner’s associations (HOA) and the ability of residents affected by them to get treated fairly has become an increasing matter of debate in both Horry County and around the state in recent years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:27:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myrtlebeachalternatives.com/op-ed/hoas-frustrate-members</link>
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     <title>CAN News-AZ: Ancala community wins award for wildfire-prevention work</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A gated community in Scottsdale is the first in Maricopa County to earn recognition from the National Firewise Communities Program for its wildfire prevention efforts, officials said]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:37:59 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2009/11/09/20091109abrk-ancalawest.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-OH: Jail time for man convicted of embezzling $44K</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A 49-year-old Maineville man was sent to jail for 60 days and ordered to pay the remainder of the $44,029 he stole from the Fosters Pointe subdivision.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:30:25 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/jail-time-for-man-convicted-of-embezzling-44jail-time-for-man-convicted-of-embezzling-44k-269680.html?&imw=Y]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-FHA Issues New Condo Guidelines for Reverse Mortgage Lenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The US Department of Housing and Urban Development issued new condominium lending guidelines that go into effect Dec. 7, 2009.  However, the agency is making several temporary exceptions to the new rules due to the "volatility" in the condo market.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://reversemortgagedaily.com/2009/11/09/fha-issues-new-condo-guidelines-for-reverse-mortgage-lenders/</link>
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     <title>CAN News-ID: Lawsuit claims federal fair housing law violations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Intermountain Fair Housing Council is suing The Orchards at Fairview Condominium Association, claiming the company and its real estate firm violated federal housing discrimination laws two years after the council explicitly warned the developer about the marketing of the condo project.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:58:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.idahobusiness.net/archive.htm/2009/11/09/Lawsuit-claims-federal-fair-housing-law-violations</link>
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     <title>CAN news-TN: Landing's Ponds Get Big Upgrade</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When the banks of the ponds throughout their neighborhood started falling in, the residents of Heritage Landing banded together to fix it.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:12:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/news_display/137191599.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-AZ: Age restrictions stay tough in tough times</title>
     <description><![CDATA[From all over the United States and beyond, men an women nearing retirement age dream of packing up their belongings and moving to the clean, safe, well-regulated, age-restricted community of Sun City]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:07:14 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/EJMontini/66963</link>
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     <title>CAN News-NV: HOA can fine for barking dogs but procedure must be followed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Q: One of my readers has a problem with their homeowners association that has fined them pertaining to the alleged violations of their dog. The reader wanted to know their rights as property owners in their association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:47:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.lvrj.com/real_estate/hoa-can-fine-for-barking-dogs-but-procedure-must-be-followed-69451652.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-NC: Homeowners association dues leads to home foreclosure threats</title>
     <description><![CDATA[What’s more important: collecting HOA dues on time, or offering more leniency to prevent the area from filling up with foreclosed homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:42:13 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gastongazette.com/news/susan-40096-homeowners-association.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CA: Lending a Hand: Condominiums represent an added risk to lenders</title>
     <description><![CDATA[From a layman's perspective there are three primary forms of homeownership: the traditional single-family residence, the planned unit development -- often referred to as a townhome -- and the condo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:25:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_13735378</link>
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     <title>CAN News-SC: Homeowners want more HOA regulations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners inside the Sugar Mill Plantation subdivision say their HOA is not keeping up its end of the bargain.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:18:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=11461118</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CA: Tension behind the gates</title>
     <description><![CDATA[However, the poor economy has meant that some of the neighbors can't keep up - and this hits homeowners associations in a unique way. Neighbors are financially yoked together, and problems for one can mean problems for all the rest]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:14:40 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pay-don-neighbors-2640857-people-hoa</link>
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     <title>CAN News-IL: Your property manager ripped you off - now what?</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Over the last few years there has been a virtual epidemic of property managers who have taken their clients' money, and up until now, there has been little recourse.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:10:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=334384&src=118]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-OH: Private golf club can open to public</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Todd Hicks, attorney for the Tanglewood Lake Association homeowners, said the association wants the club to succeed, but noted that it has always been private. He expressed concern that it would be a public course in the middle of a residential area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:53:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://ewatch.prnewswire.com/rs/display.jsp?a=55302-760163939-1623872287</link>
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     <title>CAN News-NH: Stratham condo association lawsuit against developer delayed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two of the parties in a lawsuit alleging the developer of the Hills at Crockett Farms has exceeded the legal time limit to build any more condominiums on the site are asking a judge to rule on the merits of the case.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:40:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20091106-NEWS-911060317</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CT: Ledyard condo manager charged with embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The former business manager at Lakeside Condominium Association in Ledyard was arrested Thursday on charges she embezzled money from the association for several years.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:55:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.norwichbulletin.com/homepage/x1972893021/Ledyard-condo-manager-charged-with-embezzlement</link>
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     <title>CAN News-VA: CountrySide's Home-Based Business Activists Call for Committee</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The CountrySide board of directors heard a call last week, Oct. 28, for an ad hoc committee to be formed on the contentious issue of home-based businesses, but took no action on the suggestion.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:42:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=334785&paper=83&cat=104]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-MN: Northfield residents overcome alleged Petters scandal</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of Northfield residents feels grateful to have their homes in tact one year after the Petters scandal threatened the financial security of their condominium building.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:37:45 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=827842&catid=391]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-AL: Federal condo lawsuits come to a close</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Mississippi couple who claim they were bilked into paying an inflated price for a Plash Island condominium have withdrawn allegations of racketeering and fraud that they leveled against Gulf Shores Realtor Shirlee Poulos and Carney Realty in a federal lawsuit.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:38 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.al.com/news/press-register/metro.ssf?/base/news/1257416138264730.xml&coll=3]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-FHA delays new condo rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Administration is delaying implementation of new rules for condo approvals until Dec. 7 and will reportedly pull back from some changes that critics said would have delayed or derailed many condominium sales.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:27:49 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.inman.com/news/2009/11/5/fha-delays-new-condo-rules</link>
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     <title>CAN News-TX: Couple Battles Homeowners Association Over Bricks</title>
     <description><![CDATA["We have spent thousands of dollars in legal fees and haven't been able to get any response," Kroth said. "And as soon as Randy and you guys show up, you attended the meeting, you confronted them and within 24 hours they had dropped it and the board president resigned"]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:27:23 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/investigates/091103_homeowners_association_bricks</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CO: Residents Of Lochbuie Subdivision Feel Shunned</title>
     <description><![CDATA[When a number of people bought homes in the Lochbuie subdivision called Bella Vista several years ago, they never thought that it would literally fall apart.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:22:58 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://cbs4denver.com/local/Lochbuie.subdivision.streets.2.1290281.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-MA: Water Main Break Destroys South End Condo</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The burst main had unleashed a tidal wave down Claremont Park, inundating cars on the street and washing out stretches of sidewalk as it funneled toward the Rizzo's.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:40:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://wbztv.com/local/watermain.break.boston.2.1288220.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-GA: Chicken-for-eggs enters another coop</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The great Dunwoody chicken debate moved from the city’s council chambers to the Sunday night meeting of the board of the Dunwoody Homeowners’ Association.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:37:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thecrier.net/articles/2009/11/03/front/dha.txt</link>
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     <title>CAN News-Fl: Condo assn says half its owners are behind on a total of $675k</title>
     <description><![CDATA[With 50 percent of its owners owing a total of more than half-a-million dollars in overdue maintenance fees, a suburban West Palm Beach condo association wants to seize control of delinquent units, bypass owners when it comes to rent collection and possibly even rent units through a third party.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:11:24 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2009/11/03/grande1104.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Town hall draws crowd, questions about condos, HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Here is what is most clear after last week's Sun Sentinel Town Hall Meeting on Condos & HOAs: Many owners and board members from community associations across South Florida are frustrated and fearful about finances, foreclosures and other festering issues.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:09:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/condos/sfl-town-hall-condocol-110409,0,5747753.column</link>
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     <title>CAN News-IL: Homeowners making the best of life in unfinished subdivisions</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Of the 38 homes ranging from $500,000 to $1 million that were planned for the subdivision, the Gullivers have the only one that's been built on the 44-acre site]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:56:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=333679</link>
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     <title>CAN News-WA: Belltown Condo Has Balconies Repossessed</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The slogan for Belltown's Moda condominiums is "Fashionable living. With money left for life." There is not, apparently, money left to pay the subcontractors who installed the balconies]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:16:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://thesunbreak.com/2009/11/03/belltown-condo-has-balconies-repossessed</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Trump Tower Tampa buyers to argue Donald misrepresented his role</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of at least 20 disgruntled former Trump Tower Tampa buyers plans to sue Donald Trump, accusing the New York tycoon of falsifying his role in the $300-million project that went bankrupt last year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:25:46 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/trump-tower-tampa-buyers-to-argue-donald-trump-misled-them/1048842</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Homeowners with defective drywall take the offensive</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners with defective drywall are taking matters into their own hands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2009/11/02/a6b_drywallcrusaders_1103.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-AZ: Ahwatukee HOA on-street parking battle continues</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of Ahwatukee's Center Court subdivision near Ahwatukee Country Club remain at odds over their homeowners association's tough enforcement of rules against on-street parking in the 420-home community.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:15:22 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/2009/11/02/20091102ar-hoa1102-ON.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-WA: Geese Create Nuisance in New Gig Harbor Development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Olson has knocked on all the doors he could think of: Quadrant Homes, United Western, the homeowners association, the city of Gig Harbor. Each entity is pretty much pointing fingers the other way]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:35:17 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/02/geese-create-nuisance-gig-harbor-new-development/?story_detail_gig-harbor=1</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Collective effort saves Cascades</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But several parties got together to save the community. In the process, they helped preserve the homes of many residents who had invested their life savings in their property.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:34:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.staugustine.com/stories/110209/news_2134818.shtml</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Hindu family in US asked to remove religious flag</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Hindu family in the American state of Florida has been asked to remove a religious flag from outside their home or face a fine of up to $100 a day.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:08:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/accountant-nid-22777.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CO: Downed trees raise ire</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Trees have been falling in Centennial, when no one is there to hear it, and homeowners are making a sound - a loud one.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:02:52 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.coloradocommunitynewspapers.com/articles/2009/10/31/centennial_citizen/news/23_pj_xcel_trees_ce.txt</link>
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     <title>CAN News-Raised concrete poses tripping hazard</title>
     <description><![CDATA[I am a member of the board and according to the last contractor at our property, we have approximately 50 areas of raised concrete throughout our complex that are trip hazards. Recently one of the homeowners complained that she almost fell as a result of one of the raised areas]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:55:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/20218/</link>
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     <title>CAN News-NV: Hate messages spray painted on a N. Las Vegas neighborhood wall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Karen Lampe of the Shadow Ridge Homeowners' Association says swastikas and racial slurs weren't the only disturbing signs]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:49:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11417039&nav=menu498_2_5]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-OH: Disagreement over condo flag settled</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An Army veteran and a Northeast Side condominium-owners association have decided to compromise after a nearly four-year fight over how to fly an American flag.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:17:01 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/30/CONDO_FLAG.html?sid=101</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CA: East Bay woman fighting to keep home, dog</title>
     <description><![CDATA[She has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression since being brutally beaten in 2007, according to letters from her doctors. She can't work. Her doctors agree she needs Manny, records show.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:03:41 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.contracostatimes.com/pets-animals/ci_13679590</link>
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     <title>CAN News-NY: Dix Hills condos fined $10,000 in religious bias case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Jewish woman from Dix Hills who says her condominium complex discriminated against her by stopping her from displaying a 4-inch mezuzah on her front door has won a case taken on by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:47:36 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/dix-hills-condos-fined-10-000-in-religious-bias-case-1.1558072</link>
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     <title>CAN News-WA: Twin Lakes tackles the country club conundrum</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Twin Lakes community will soon vote on whether to double their homeowners association dues to help preserve the Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:37:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/news/67698147.html</link>
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     <title>CAN News-AZ: Pole, antenna anger Gilbert homeowner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A Gilbert man is looking for answers after the town installed a 36-foot metal pole and antenna in McQueen Park - about 15 feet behind his back fence.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:14:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146449</link>
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     <title>CAN News-NJ: Dev. has "operator liability" in HOA ground contamination case</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The principle of "polluter pays" for environmental contamination and the activity of land development have always been uneasy bedfellows.  The most recent example of a sleepless night can be found in the New Jersey federal district court case of Bonnieview Homeowner’s Association v. Woodmont Builders, LLC.  In a foreshadowing of things to come]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:47:56 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.iowaenvironmentallawupdate.com/2009/10/articles/case-law/cercla-operator-liability-a-tragedy-in-one-act/</link>
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     <title>CAN News-WY: Two charged in Fox Park embezzlement</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two people have been arrested in connection to a massive embezzlement scheme involving a former bookkeeper for the Fox Park Homeowners Association]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:57:03 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/articles/2009/10/29/news/today/news01.txt</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CA: Tensions flare at Fairbanks Ranch meeting over Chanukah party issue</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Each December, the exclusive, gated neighborhood of Fairbanks Ranch holds a holiday party in the community clubhouse, complete with a decorated tree, a costumed Santa Claus, holiday cookies and songs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:44:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-29/local-county-news/tensions-flare-at-fairbanks-ranch-meeting-over-chanukah-party-issue</link>
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     <title>CAN News-MD: Developer responds to criticism, accusations</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Cameron Grove developer Stephen Stavrou said the recent allegations made by nearly 150 residents in the Upper Marlboro community about shoddy construction are management, not developer, concerns and that they need to take responsibility for their homes.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:34:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.gazette.net/stories/10292009/landnew170507_32534.shtml</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Lake Worth woman fights for therapy dog</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Condo bylaws around here state no dogs are allowed and it seems a doctor's prescription and the documentation isn't enough.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:31:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.wptv.com/content/news/centralpbc/lakeworth/story/Lake-Worth-woman-fights-for-therapy-dog/fBftFaIfbkKZ8pHFhtBpQQ.cspx?rss=762</link>
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     <title>CAN News-FL: Seffner homeowner, association at war over fence, boat</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The boat and the fence violate the homeowners association's rules, according to a lawsuit the association filed last spring.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:12:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/seffner-homeowner-association-at-war-over-fence-boat/1047647</link>
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     <title>CAN News-MO: Legal action sought against home association at Lake of the Ozarks</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has asked the Missouri Attorney General to take legal action against a Lake of the Ozarks homeowners association for violating the Missouri Clean Water Law.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.news-leader.com/article/20091029/BREAKING01/91029009/Legal+action+sought+against+home+association+at+Lake+of+the+Ozarks</link>
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     <title>CAN News-VA: Families face ruin dealing with Chinese drywall</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Homeowners in 27 states now complain that the drywall emits a corrosive gas that damages household electrical systems and causes respiratory problems.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:31:50 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/families-face-ruin-dealing-chinese-drywall</link>
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     <title>CAN News-CO: A Tale of Two HOAs</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Long Run and Short Run are both older condominium projects in the mountains of Colorado. The units are owned by individual homeowners, but the exterior of each building, including the windows, siding, decks, and parking areas are "common elements" owned by all the unit owners (which is typical in a condominium).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:26:05 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091028/NEWS/910279991/1078&ParentProfile=1055]]></link>
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     <title>CAN News-IL: Willow Lake Estates turning a corner</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A formerly contentious relationship between residents of the Willow Lake Estates manufactured home community and the company that owns the land upon which those homes stand has taken a decidedly positive turn this year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:38:44 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1849687,Willow-Lake-Estates-improvements_el102809.article</link>
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     <title>CAN News-SC: Wedgefield Plantation dredging suit heads to court</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The question of who owns the canals at Wedgefield Plantation and who is responsible for paying the $1 million to dredge them is headed to court for answers.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:32:12 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/s