As Nathan Reiber faced tax evasion charges and possible disbarment in Canada in the 1980s, he was already basking in a life of luxury in Miami Beach.   Read the entire article……………………………….

Q: Our condo association just sent out notice of a board meeting where the new budget for the upcoming year will be passed by the board, and it had the proposed budget attached to it. The proposed budget looks like it’s a significant increase in the amount of assessments. Isn’t that something that the unit […]

Management at a Kissimmee condo complex is working to make repairs after several buildings were deemed unsafe earlier this month.  According to Osceola County, Images Condominiums officials have pulled permits and hired a licensed contractor to work on repairs.   Read the entire article……………………………….

Emergency crews responded to downtown Tampa’s Element residential tower Friday morning due to flooding concerns.  At least one resident said there was a water break and multiple units had to be evacuated.     Read the entire article……………………………….

South Florida’s condominium industry is already feeling shockwaves from the Surfside building collapse last month, as industry experts say condo boards are lawyering up and safety-minded buyers are pausing or backing away from deals.   Read the entire article……………………………….

Teenager Jonah Handler was sitting in his room with his mother when the walls of their condominium in Champlain Towers South gave way two weeks ago.  “They free-fell to what they thought was certain death,” according to a lawsuit filed this week. “Stacie and Jonah landed several floors below and miraculously were still alive.”    […]

A concrete slab that supported the pool deck at Florida’s Champlain Towers South condo building, which collapsed last month and resulted in the deaths of at least 95 people so far, needed “concrete structural repair” to seal 500 feet of cracks in 1996, new documents obtained by the Miami Herald show.   Read the entire article……………………………….

As details continue emerging about what went wrong leading up to the Surfside condo building collapse, a general contractor is praising one Tampa Bay area property management group for doing everything right.   Read the entire article……………………………….

Q: What is an “MSTU”? My neighborhood association, which is voluntary, is considering getting one set up to maintain our roads.   Read the Q&A………………………………..

An official with a homeowners association in The Villages is worried about urns of ashes of the dead owners of a home found in violation of deed compliance.  The abandoned home at 611 Enconto St. in the San Antonio Villas was the subject of a public hearing Friday morning before the Community Development District 1 […]

Most unpaid, volunteer condo board members are not engineers or architects. Yet, they are charged with keeping fellow residents safe and navigating the red tape of local government. Now some are asking for help.   Read the entire article……………………………….

Residents of the North Miami Beach condo will be unable to return until the structural and electrical issues have been addressed, the Associated Press reported.  The building, about five miles from Surfside, where Champlain Towers South collapsed on June 24, must resubmit a new 40-year recertification report that addresses all structural and electrical issues.    Read […]

Issues were found at other buildings at the Images Condominium complex in Osceola County, but no other buildings have been deemed unsafe yet.    Read the entire article……………………………….

Condo owners around Florida face tens of thousands of dollars in unexpected bills to fix deteriorating buildings and avoid the type of catastrophe that struck Champlain Towers South in Surfside.   Read the entire article……………………………….

If your homeowner’s association prohibits fireworks — and if that language is in the official governing documents filed with the Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts — you can be fined (or more) if you set them off on Sunday.   Read the entire article……………………………….

The work to shore up support beams will take about a year at the River Run South six-story condominium complex, which sits on the Miami River. Unit owners have been hit with a nearly $1 million special assessment.  “Everybody knew there was something wrong and we fixed it right away,” said Bruce Aquila, a resident […]

The building collapse in Surfside concerned residents at Maison Grande Condominium who said they are worried about “unsafe structure” warnings. As the search for survivors at Champlain Towers South continued, the president of the Maison Grande Condominium Association blamed the delays on repairs on the city’s “slow” turnaround on permits.   Read the entire article……………………………….

Search-and-rescue teams hadn’t lost hope on Tuesday. More than 150 people remained unaccounted for after a portion of a 12-story building turned into a compact mountain of pancaked concrete in Miami-Dade County.  Gov. Ron DeSantis warned it could take years before investigators determined the cause of the Champlain Towers South tragedy early Thursday morning in […]

Most of the residents in the sister building to the Florida condo that collapsed last week have said they won’t leave their homes.  Champlain Towers South in Surfside collapsed on Thursday. Eleven people have been recorded dead, and dozens more are still missing.   Read the entire article……………………………….

Q: We have been experiencing an increase in the number of violations and the owners are pushing the Board to levy fines and suspensions. None of these owners are willing to serve on a committee to vote on the fines and suspensions. Can we collect a fine without a hearing?   Read the Q&A………………………………….

In an about face from a ruling just weeks ago, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks now says that a jury could reasonably infer that the Seven Bridges Homeowners Association discriminated against homeowner Deborah LaGrasso when it fined her $5,000 and then prohibited her and her family from using HOA amenities for a year.    Read the […]

A homeowner tripped and fell on a sidewalk in disrepair in the high-end 55+ community of Valencia Reserve. The HOA, according to the suit, knew the sidewalk was dangerous but was moving slowly to fix it, and did nothing to prevent homeowners from walking on it.    Read the entire article……………………………….

Demolition of unsafe houses at the Estates of Boynton Waters, a development west of Boynton Beach, came to a screeching halt last week after the developer stopped the county’s contractor from doing the work.  Read the entire article……………………………….