MD: As Number of Homeowners
Associations Grows, So Does
Number of Complaints
Complaints against condo and
homeowner's associations
across the state are
becoming increasingly
frequent as more and more of
these common-ownership
communities are built, state
officials said....
NC: Man at Odds With
Homeowners' Association Over
Clothesline Not
everyone is laughing,
though. Reck recently
received a notice from his
Wake Forest neighborhood's
homeowners' association
saying that a neighbor had
complained about the
clothesline and that the
association does not allow
them....
CO: Boulder Housing
Authority may go smoke-free
Boulder County is
considering snuffing out
smoking inside Boulder
Housing Authority-managed
apartment, condominium and
townhouse complexes - and
health officials would like
homeowners' associations to
weigh similar bans in
private buildings...
WA: Condo owners struggle
for views as Seattle rises
This tale of two towers
raises questions about the
city's rules for tower
spacing, the process for
notifying neighbors and
reviewing potential effects,
and the obligations of a
developer to tell buyers
about plans for adjacent
projects....
CO: Village Seven residents
roll up sleeves to improve
area So Ballard
had an idea. Instead of
forcing people to cut their
grass, kill weeds, fix
fences and paint their
homes, the board would help.
The "Neighbors Helping
Neighbors" program was
born....
FL: Can mother be blamed for
adult's driving?
A legal battle between a
homeowners association and a
resident is fun to write
about when one side is
clearly nutty and the whole
dispute seems trivial....
Canada: Condo owners sue
over cigarette fire
Several condominium dwellers
are suing a neighbour couple
and the City of Edmonton
after a fire allegedly
caused by a cigarette
damaged their homes and
property....
MO: Three Alarm Condo Fire
In Shrewsbury
Firefighters from several
departments responded to the
scene of a three alarm fire
at a condo complex in
Shrewsbury Saturday
night....
IL: A Case of Christmas
A Loretto Towers Condominium
resident has bolstered the
building's history by adding
annual Christmas cheer. More
than a decade ago, resident
Bob Case took up with gusto
where a few past residents
left off with Christmas
decorations in and around
the building...
NY: Housing discrimination
hits disabled hardest
Sydney Germansky's case was
close to a hearing before it
was resolved. His condo
complex for seniors in
Airmont wouldn't give the
World War II veteran a
parking place that
accommodated his van with a
wheelchair ramp. He had to
fight to be moved from a
spot whe...
FL: Condo Complex Settles
Lawsuit Against Insurer
A hurricane-damaged
condominium complex in
remote southeast Polk County
has settled a lawsuit with
its insurer and finally can
start on millions of dollars
in repairs, its attorney
said this week....
Housing Counsel:
Foreclosures, Unpaid Dues
Strain Condo Boards
I'm hearing a lot these days
from condominium board
members who are under stress
because of financial
problems at their
associations....
NY: Drawing a Line on
Outdoor Clothes Drying
Since the 1950s, the Census
Bureau has documented the
increasing number of women
in the workforce and the
lengthening of the typical
commute, which reduces the
time available for household
chores. But today, even
those in the suburbs who
want to hang laundry a...
NY: Former judge proposes
condo and co-op 'bill of
rights'
Samuel Levine was a
single-family homeowner for
more than four decades
before moving into a
cooperative building in Long
Beach in 1999. Confronted by
what he calls secrecy in the
operation of condo and co-op
buildings, the former judge
decided to take action....
AZ: Judge rules in Shores
case
After more than a year of
turmoil, the Shores conflict
at Ventana Lakes in nearly
closed. A judge ruled Nov.
19 in favor of residents of
the neighborhood within the
Property Owners Association,
who sued the association
over the maintenance of
their shorelines...
VA: Owner of wall faces
foreclosure
A Spotsylvania man continues
to accrue thousands of
dollars in debt because of a
crumbling retaining wall on
his property that has been
in disrepair for more than a
decade....
TX: Actions of community
association disputed
Last year, the homeowners
association required each of
the 92 homeowners to pay
$4,000 for road, taxiway and
runway repaving. But one
homeowner said only part of
the job was done. "As it
turned out, none of the
roads got done. It seems
like the runways and tax...
FL: More condo owners in
South Florida failing to pay
fees It's the
neighbors who must make up
the money when condo owners
don't pay their share of
maintenance fees and special
assessments....
FL: Buttocks Sign
Rejuvenates Neighborhood Cam
Battle
Fleming said the homeowner's
association president told
him that it was going to
take up legal action to have
the signs removed, the
report said....
CA: Condo owners feeling
crunch of increased
association costs
After 22 years in a
condominium in San Mateo,
it's not the mortgage
payments that are weighing
on Moxi Posner. It's the
homeowners' association
dues....
CA: Smoking suit fails in
small claims
A woman has lost a legal
battle against her
homeowners' association over
secondhand smoke from her
neighbor's condominium...
The Right to Dry A
simple piece of rope hangs
between some environmentally
friendly Americans and their
neighbors. On one side stand
those who have begun to see
clothes dryers as wasteful
consumers of energy (up to
6% of total electricity) and
powerful emitters of carbon
dioxi...
OR: Builders put heat on
buyers with cold feet
Facing a painful sales
slump, two of Portland's
largest condo developers are
taking a hard-nosed stance
toward buyers trying to back
out of their purchase
agreements....
AZ: Neighbors fear group
home
Residents of Quail Hallow in
Apache Junction fear the
addition of a halfway house
near thier homes may disrupt
the neighborhood and could
lead to a variety of
potential problems....
CA: Oceanside woman takes
Robert's Rules seriously
Before each homeowners
association meeting during
which she takes minutes,
Willeen Hasler has before
her on the table a copy of
Robert's Rules of Order, a
copy of the association's
rules and regulations, and a
kitchen timer....
VA: Norfolk man charged with
theft, fraud worth $72,000
Summers then used funds from
the condo association's bank
accounts to pay some of the
initial credit card bills,
the court papers say. Later,
the bills went unpaid....
UT: Eagle Mtn. family fights
lien on home
The Nielsons moved into
their home in July 2006 and
received a notice of default
from The Ranches at Eagle
Mountain Homeowners
Association in November of
that same year. Heather
Nielson sent the
association's attorneys a
letter saying she was sorry
for the mis...
TX: Neighborhood Bars
Convicted Sex Offenders
An Amarillo, Texas,
subdivision has barred
convicted sex offenders from
owning or living in any new
home in the community....
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