CO:
HOA says mother of fallen
soldier has to take down
flag
Last
Friday, her homeowners'
association sent her a
notice telling her that the
display violates the HOA's
rules and regulations. The
notice stated that the flag,
which is placed on a "common
element," is not allowed. It
continued on to say that
Sims could pla...
CA:
San Carlos smoke suit goes
to court
A San Mateo County small
claims court commissioner on
Monday heard a lawsuit filed
by San Carlos resident Suzie
Parano seeking $7,500 in
damages because of
secondhand smoke from her
downstairs neighbor....
Toronto the condo king of
North America
Toronto is the busiest
condominium market in North
America and has already
shattered previous yearly
sales records despite rising
prices....
N.C. coastal fight builds
The Figure Eight homeowners
association has spent
$15,000 this year on three
lobbyists, including former
Democratic Lt. Gov. Dennis
Wicker and Peter Hans, a
former top adviser to
Republican U.S. Sens.
Richard Burr and Elizabeth
Dole, according to state
records...
FL: New condo conversions
bring broken promises
Their first home should be
their joy. But Michelle
Fernandez and her fiancé,
Efrain Uribe, are bitterly
regretting buying a place
from a developer converting
a high-rise apartment
complex into condos in North
Miami Beach....
CO: A solution that holds
water
Conserving rainwater is a
common-sense solution for
renewable water needs in new
developments and areas
relying on nonrenewable
groundwater supplies. Today,
it is simply illegal to put
a cistern on your property,
capture precipitation and
use it to water your ...
CA: From dreams to debt
Residents of Copper Canyon
in Murrieta watched in
astonishment as a group of
investors snapped up homes
in their middle-income
community last year, paying
$50,000 to $100,000 more
than the sellers wanted.
Today, the front yards are
browning, overgrown with
wee...
IA: Showdown looms over
Village Cooperative
Village Cooperative vs. the
Pebble Creek Homeowners
Association. They're
combatants in a boxing
match, punching and
counterpunching, bobbing,
weaving, jabbing, each
looking for the opportunity
to land a haymaker....
CA: Behind the gates: When
you make a deal, stick with
it
In homeowner associations,
much like anywhere else in
society, agreements for
improvement projects are
made and, for what ever
reason, changes to the
design are made after the
contract is signed and
before the project is
finished. Everyone believes
there is a ...
MO: Cheated residents' group
will inherit man's condo
The 88-year-old is now a
felon as well, who avoided
prison after agreeing Friday
to deed his own condo to the
association after his death
to repay money he stole from
owners' dues....
TX: Cypress group wants to
ban sex offenders
A Cypress homeowners
association wants to ban
registered sex offenders.
Keeping out sex predators
might seem like a slam-dunk
proposal, but at least one
woman in the Cypress Point
and Cypress Point Lake
Estates subdivisions thinks
it's a bad idea....
AZ: Home Owners Association
Debate
A new rule created by a Home
Owners Association (HOA)
board in an eastside
neighborhood has many
families upset. The rule
bans play and sports
equipment, like basketball
hoops, trampolines, and
skateboard ramps, from being
located in the front yard of
homes i...
MS: Right to rent homes at
stake in Northbay suit
When Madison residents Andy
and Lorrie Bourland had
difficulty selling their
house in Northbay in 2006,
they did what they say would
come naturally to any
homeowner: they decided to
lease it out. The board
members of the subdivision's
homeowners association ha...
NY: Airmont residents upset
over condominium repairs
A dispute between residents
and the developer of the
Retreat at Airmont has led
the village to withhold the
developer's letters of
credit, which it had posted
to guarantee parts of the
project....
AZ: Continental Ranch in
garbage dispute
Something stinks in
Continental Ranch, and it's
not just the garbage cans.
In Marana's largest
neighborhood, a battle is
brewing among residents, the
community association and
two trash-hauling outfits
over whether homeowners have
the right to choose who
picks...
FL: Grabbing politics by its
brown grassroots
But for me, the most
important election on my
personal calendar is just
heating up. That's right,
it's election season for my
homeowners association....
FL: Condo owners lose bid to
void bills for bulk cable TV
service
Paying for cable TV will
continue to be mandatory in
condo and homeowner
association communities
where the boards have signed
contracts for bulk
service....
AZ: Senior Life: What's your
HOA up to? Do you even know?
OK, before you get your
shorts in a knot reading the
headline, let me explain the
reason for preparing this
column. It seems that
election mania is under way,
and homeowners associations
(HOAs) are in the thick of
it this time of year....
FL: Homeowners sue to lift
veil of secrecy
Homeowners in Cory Lake
Isles, an exclusive New
Tampa community with
brick-lined streets and a
sandy beach, have paid more
than $4.6-million in the
last five years for
maintenance and operations.
Yet some of them say they do
not know how their money is
being s...
NC: Carborro Condo Cuts Down
Water Consumption
If you've every wondered
whether one person can make
a difference in saving water
during the drought, someone
did just that at a
condominium complex in
Carrboro....
HI: Disabled access dispute
resolved with settlement
A disabled resident of the
Menehune Shores and the
condominium owners
association have resolved an
access dispute in which the
owners association will pay
$200,000 and promise to
maintain nondiscriminatory
policies....
NV: Is your street light
draining your pocketbook?
About 25 percent of the
homeowner's dues go to pay
the gas bill. Too much for
Rob Rovere. "Gas is
expensive. With gas lamps
always on 24/7 in the bright
summer, bright sun,
running... which means your
gas meter is running. Chi
ching. That's the same sound
I he...
CO: HOA-basher mostly
silent, but she vows to keep
fighting
On Oct. 24, 4th Judicial
District Judge Thomas
Kennedy issued a damning
judicial smackdown to
Jackson, 75, a retired
administrative assistant.
Kennedy rejected her claim
the board had illegally
changed neighborhood
covenants and increased
dues. And he upheld ...
FL: Condo fraud cases prompt
calls for advice
With more than 100,000
people serving on at least
30,000 condominium and
homeowner association boards
in Florida, it's not
surprising that a few have
tried to take advantage of
their position....
IL: Marina Towers Owns You
Because of the architectural
significance of our
building, the condominium
association holds a common
law copyright on the use of
the association name and
building image. This means
under federal and Illinois
law, advertisers,
movie-makers, and others
cannot u...
NJ: Hovnanian Loses 40% of
Deals ; Tighter Loan Market
Blamed
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc.,
New Jersey's largest home
builder, said 40 percent of
its customers canceled
contracts to buy homes in
the fourth quarter as
stricter lending standards
made it tougher to obtain
mortgages...
IL: Vintage condo owners
seek sprinkler relief
Owners of condominiums in
Chicago's vintage
residential buildings urged
a City Council committee on
Thursday to relax a
three-year-old high-rise
sprinkler ordinance that
relatives of those who died
in a Loop high-rise fire
have argued is too weak
already....
MD: Kettering residents
battle with association
With eight days left before
ballots must be turned in
for the Kettering Community
Association's board of
directors, controversy is
swirling around the upcoming
election....
TX: Homeowners associations
may team up on gas leases
Several large south Fort
Worth homeowners
associations might team up
to try to negotiate a gas
lease offer as a group...
IL: Next-door condo owners
in dispute with Spire
developer
The condo owners in the
River View complex next to
the proposed Spire
skyscraper are fighting a
plan by Irish developer
Garrett Kelleher to build a
portion of the tower's
foundation on a narrow strip
of land owned by their
condominium association....
IL: No-stroller rules in
condo elevators banned
On Tuesday, the council's
human relations committee
approved a Burke-sponsored
ordinance that makes it a
crime, punishable by a $500
fine, for condominium
associations and landlords
to declare passenger
elevators off-limits to
people pushing strollers....
AZ: Shores hits the courts
THE ISSUE: Homeowners in the
Shores community, a
subdivision in the Ventana
Lakes Property Owners
Association, and the
association board are
disputing over who is
responsible for the
maintenance of the
shorelines in the
neighborhood....
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this article to the women of our industry. And
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a lot about what makes people tick. From
managers I’ve heard complaints, stories,
excuses, and heroic efforts to make things work
for themselves and others. I’ve spent a lot of
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and a lot of time providing them a place to
vent. It has been a fascinating window in to
people’s psyches. Over half of those people are
women. And as you can imagine, there is a great
difference between men and women in what they
do, want, think and vent about. And there is a
huge gap between the two when it comes to
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