Question: Is there a way to make a resident stop feeding ducks when their neighbors object? I live in a community of villas which are reasonably close together. There is one resident who insists on feeding ducks on a regular basis. This has brought a great deal of consternation to surrounding neighbors who find duck […]

Q: A large percentage of the owners in our condo building live out of town for at least part of the year. The board posts notices of all meetings on the bulletin board in one of the common area rooms of the building. Is the Board required to give these notices to the owners who […]

Some South Florida condo owners are in deep trouble.  Three years after the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., regulations meant to prevent another building disaster are coming into effect — and look set to cost condo owners, especially those living in aging buildings.    Read the article…………………………….

The 92.4-acre wetland, considered Florida’s largest remaining Cypress Hammock, has been the center of a decades-long legal dispute between Wellington and developer Glenn Straub.  Now Straub is suing the property owner’s association of Palm Beach Polo Golf & Country Club over the same claims that the village filled against his company for years: failing to […]

Question: Our HOA board hired a resident of the community to be the HOA’s property manager. This individual was the HOA president (for several years) and resigned his board position to take the paid property manager position. He completed his certification immediately preceding taking the position. He had no previous property manager experience and services […]

Florida condominium owners are getting buffeted from every direction and it’s starting to hurt. Flooding, hurricanes, soaring insurance premiums, and now a new state law designed to protect residents physically but which could kill them financially, are intensifying into a powerful storm of consequences of past inaction.   Read the article…………………………….

Question: I am troubled by your recent advice concerning condominium association insurance requirements. Your response stated that “the Condominium Act, at Section 718.111(11), provides that the association must secure ‘adequate’ property insurance, which insurance must be based on the replacement cost of the property …”    Read the Q&A………………………………..

Question: I live in a condominium, and there is an issue regarding the use of our pickleball courts. Some of the owners are allowing residents of other nearby communities to regularly join them in using the courts. Due to the limited number of courts, the use of the courts by outside guests is preventing unit […]

A financial cliff may await Florida condo owners at the end of the year, as new regulations may cause association maintenance fees to skyrocket. Condo owners can take matters into their own hands to avert being shoved off the edge — but the window of opportunity is rapidly closing.  Read the article…………………………….

Florida condo owners are stuck in a rut as prices drop and mounting insurance rates and condo fees are scaring away buyers. It’s led to more condos sitting on the market for longer than single-family homes according to realtors in the Bay Area.   Read the article…………………………….

Coconut Creek homeowners association leaders recently came to the city asking for help.  Tree replacement in Coco Lakes is estimated to cost $200,000.   And there were more.  They were looking for assistance to replace dying trees and resolve other tree issues in their communities.  Those costs have fallen on homeowners through HOA assessments because of […]

On top of the high cost of property insurance, condo and homeowners are complaining about their local HOA fees increasing by hundreds of dollars each year, if not monthly.  “It’s no longer the big metro areas in the state seeing higher homeowner fees, it’s also hitting the smaller rural counties as well,”    Read the article…………………………….