When Kauai’s Kalihiwai Reservoir was built in 1920, its value was tied to sugar cane, the economic engine that propelled Hawaii into statehood before competition from cheap foreign labor forced the industry to flee the state. Read the entire article……………………………….
Orangeburg taking over neighborhood’s sewer; DPU plans to improve system (SC)
Residents of Orangeburg’s Northwood Estates have long been concerned about the aging sewer system in the neighborhood. The help they were seeking finally came during a recent Orangeburg City Council meeting, when members agreed to take over the private system. Read the entire article……………………………….
Pine Top residents promised help; multiple failures causing problems, city official say (SC)
Unlike most of the roads in the city, which are owned by the state, the city took over the roads in the subdivision shortly after it was developed in the 1990s. The only exception is the road over the dam, which is the responsibility of the subdivision’s homeowners association. Read the entire article……………………………….
Condos push back on sewer inspection proposal (NH)
A proposal to have condominium and homeowner associations inspect and report the condition of their sewage systems needs further study before any decision can be made whether to implement it, the City Council has agreed. Read the entire article……………………………….
Fire Hydrants in community associations, what you don’t know can cost you
Fire Hydrants are in every community association. Do you own yours? Or does someone else, the city, county? Find out for sure. If you own yours, you have to pay to have them tested/inspected/tagged annually. The liability to know and document that fact is real, and up to the board of directors and/or management. Watch […]
Stormwater detention planned for Cypress Creek (TX)
Cathy Dunn was among the first residents to move into the Norchester neighborhood in 1973, and her home had never flooded until the Tax Day flood of 2016. She rebuilt, thinking it was a one-time event, only to see her home flood again during Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. Wanting to advocate for her 400-plus […]
Homeowners from Kennetta Lane meet with Towamensing officials (PA)
Kennetta Lane is a private road located in Skyview Acres, a small development with approximately 17 homes on it. It’s a private road, built by Kenneth George, and is supposed to be maintained by George and his family, which would include repairs, snow removal and brush clearing. The main problem is that the road is […]
College Place agrees to take ownership of private infrastructure at Autumn Meadows to ensure improvements are made (WA)
The Autumn Meadows Homeowners Association, which governs a residential subdivision in College Place, has agreed to transfer ownership of all privately owned infrastructure to the city and pay around $200,000 for that infrastructure to be brought up to city standards. Read the entire article……………………………….
Lake association proposing dam repair will allow some burdened properties to opt out (NY)
The Helderberg Lake Community Association, which is attempting to secure $500,000 to repair the Helderberg Lake dam through a town-managed loan, has responded to concerns raised by lake residents unhappy with the way the process has played out. Read the entire article……………………………….
Community Association Building Blocks: Community Drainage and Flooding and Architectural Control Parameters (NC)
Many homeowners in North Carolina experience issues with excessive surface water flow and localized nuisance flooding after rain events. Read the entire article……………………………….
No public water tap-in for Granger condominiums; county still helping with on-site treatment (OH)
A public water system tie-in won’t be used to mitigate well problems at Granger Lake Condominiums, but Medina County still plans to help with on-site treatment improvements. Read the entire article……………………………….
Seniors forced to take five flights of stairs after elevator breaks down in St. Pete condo building (FL)
For 82-year-old Marion Boyle, getting out of the house is a struggle. She lives on the fifth floor of the Emory building at Five Towns Condominiums in St. Petersburg, and she told ABC Action News in December, “I almost fell the other day taking the laundry down when my foot caught on the end of […]
Homeowners Association May Be Liable to Adjoining Lot Owners for Failing to Maintain Seawall and Water Channel (MI)
In Residents of Fresh Air Park Sub v Pointe Rosa Homeowners Assoc, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued September 22, 2021 (Docket No. 355011), the Michigan Court of Appeals dealt with a situation where adjoining property owners sued a homeowners association for failing to maintain a seawall and channel waterway. […]
Sterling on the Lake association files suit against developer over lake runoff (GA)
The Sterling on the Lake community association filed a lawsuit late last month against the developer alleging a significant increase in sediment buildup in the lake’s watershed due to construction efforts, according to court documents. Read the entire article……………………………….
Homeowners dispute ownership of road (MA)
Residents of Sippican Woods development told the select board Tuesday that the town should be responsible for maintaining Field Stone Road, which is now under the oversight of a newly formed homeowners association. Read the entire article……………………………….
Court sides with Falmouth in homeowner association sewer suit (ME)
The Maine Superior Court has ruled that the town of Falmouth has the “unambiguous” right to extend a sewer line through The Woodlands neighborhood. The Woodlands Homeowners Association filed a lawsuit against the town in November, claiming that an existing sewer easement didn’t allow the town to build a new line through the private neighborhood. Read […]
Tyrone to consider water association (NM)
The Tyrone Property Owners Association is planning an important community meeting Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Tyrone Community Center. The discussion will include potential action to qualify for public funding for major infrastructure repairs that the townsite is facing for their water delivery and wastewater management operations. Those services are overseen by […]
Fate of York County lake depends on expensive dam repairs (PA)
Because of damage caused by Hurricane Ida, the earthen dam couldn’t safely hold the entire weight of the lake. So, the water levels were lowered 30 inches. Read the entire article……………………………….
Residents Near Cle Elum Still Without Water, Experience Power Outages After Bridge Collapse (WA)
There’s still no water for a residential neighborhood near Cle Elum after the only bridge into the area collapsed under the weight of a large garbage truck Monday. Read the entire article……………………………….
Some Helderberg Lake residents oppose petition that would create special tax district (NY)
A proposal for the town of Berne to create a special tax district around Helderberg Lake to repair the high-hazard dam there is opposed by a handful of lake residents who aired their grievances at a packed public hearing. Read the entire article……………………………….
Association usually responsible for structural maintenance (FL)
Q: The foundation under my condominium’s sliding glass door has heaved which prevents me from opening the doors. My condominium manager says that I am responsible for taking out the slider door frame and grinding down the foundation cement. Am I responsible? Read the Q&A………………………………..
Sticker shock: Special assessments can send condo costs even higher. What buyers should be asking (MA)
The Boston condo world in the early aughts simmered — explosively boiled, some might say — with the drama played out in the media regarding special assessments that left owners with six-figure bills for hefty, overdue maintenance projects. Read the entire article……………………………….
HOA: Envirolink trying to buy troubled sewage system (NC)
The president of the company that services the troubled sewer system in the Eagle Creek subdivision is attempting to buy the utility. Eagle Creek Homeowners Association President Fred Whiteman said Envirolink President Mike Myers is attempting to buy the utility under the name Currituck Water and Sewage. Read the entire article……………………………….
Macomb approves residential road improvement project participation policy (MI)
Macomb Township residents seeking to get subdivision roads fixed now have a means to apply to the township for assistance. On Nov. 23, the Macomb Township Board of Trustees adopted a resolution to institute a residential road improvement project participation policy. Read the entire article……………………………….
Preserve property owners stage protest, demand failing bridge and streets be fixed, dues lowered (TX)
Property owners in The Preserve community, located on SH 105 between Moss Hill and Tarkington, organized a protest on Friday to raise awareness to their plight. Facing a huge hike in property owners association dues, residents are demanding that the property developer, SWE of Houston, fix the crumbling infrastructure that has made their only access […]
Omaha homeowners raise concerns again about undermined street (NE)
A dangerous situation has resurfaced in a neighborhood just northwest of Omaha. A 6 News Investigation two years ago led to a fix. After fixing the foundation of the undermined North 67th Street two years ago, developer Keith Edquist says he fulfilled his obligation to the neighborhood and his attorney agrees. Read the entire […]
Eagle Creek sewage system fails again, residents’ woes continue
The sewer system serving Currituck County residents of the Eagle Creek subdivision in Moyock has failed again. The situation is a repeat of a system failure that occurred in October 2020 in the 444-home subdivision. Read the entire article……………………………….
State to Sussex County, Sparta, Lake Grinnell Association: Fix dam fast or face fines (NJ)
Attorneys for the township, Sussex County and the Lake Grinnell Homeowners Association are discussing how to pay for repairs to the dam and possible state fines if the work is not done in a timely manner. Read the entire article……………………………….
Mariner’s Cove Waterfront Homeowners Concerned For Safety With Dismantled Bulkheads (DE)
The president of the homeowner’s association emailed all residents in mid-July saying that owner of Mariner’s Cove, Equity Lifestyle Properties, had hired a construction company to fill holes in the bulkheads and other areas. The work was to start July 17 and could take as much as three months. Read the entire article……………………………….
Delay in repair equipment delivery leaves Florida beachfront residents possibly homeless after evacuation (FL)
People living in an oceanfront condominium building near Fort Lauderdale were evacuated after authorities said electrical problems increased their risk of being electrocuted or getting caught in a fire. Now delays in getting some of the equipment needed to make repairs could force some 60 residents out of their homes at Crane Crest Apartments for […]
Nottingham residents without water for days; growing frustrated with response to water main break (MD)
They said the HOA is telling them DPW is responsible to fix the problem, but the agency tells WMAR-2 News it’s the HOA’s job because the water main break is on private property. Read the entire article……………………………….
Ocean City Condo Owners Ready for Elevation Project (NJ)
Residents at an Ocean City condominium complex had mixed emotions about leaving their homes. They were sad to leave, but hopeful that when they return in six months, they will find their units will be lifted far above the floodwaters. Read the entire article……………………………….
Could Your Association’s Insurance Policy be Cancelled due to the Roof?
Many insurance carriers are taking a very hard look at roofs due to all the roof claims that followed Hurricane Irma in 2017. Insurance carriers are not taking risks on “questionable roofs.” Read the entire article……………………………….
Diamond Bar: Residents ordered to vacate after 150 condos at complex are red- or yellow-tagge (CA)
Residents at this Diamond Bar complex have been ordered to leave their homes after all 150 condos were red- or yellow-tagged. “They posted that we have to vacate by Oct. 18,” one resident who doesn’t want to be identified said. “As of now we don’t know anything. I’m kind of blind because it just happened […]
Stafford homeowner fights pond drainage, fearing fish will ‘die in place’ (VA)
Thousands of fish will suffocate and die if the Stafford County pond they live in is drained this week, says a Stillwater Estates homeowner fighting to halt a developer’s plan. Jason and Olya Salley moved from Prince William County to the small Stafford subdivision in July, but Sona Homes, which built their house, is ready to […]
How Condos Can Address Aging Infrastructure
Over many conversations in recent years, members of the Foundation for Community Association Research have identified aging infrastructures—the physical structures and the components within them that community associations rely on for residents’ safety and well-being—as a critical concern for association managers, boards, homeowners, and residents. Read the entire article……………………………….
Stormwater management starts at home
Stormwater runoff can affect the quantity and quality of water that must be handled somewhere downstream. Excess runoff can contribute to flooding. Contaminated runoff can damage water, making it unfit for human consumption and wildlife habitat. Stormwater runoff is the rain and melting snow that flows off streets, rooftops, lawns, parking lots, open fields, and […]
Should Ascension Parish help fix a subdivision’s controversial flooding prevention reservoirs? (LA)
Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment will open talks with a Prairieville homeowners’ association about costly repairs to their neighborhood’s private drainage basin, even as some parish council members warned the move could start a precedent that would open a “Pandora’s box” of requests from other subdivisions. Read the entire article……………………………….
Fighting Red Tide, One Neighborhood Pond at a Time (FL)
A GRASSROOTS EFFORT to improve local environmental water quality, starting at the neighborhood level, is beginning to bloom big-time. Building on a successful pilot program that has helped about a dozen Sarasota County homeowner communities bolster (and beautify) their stormwater retention ponds, Solutions to Avoid Red Tide—or START—has secured a major grant from Charles & […]
$37M In Repairs Needed To Lake Anne’s Aging Infrastructure (VA)
A Reston homeowners association faces more than $37 million in repairs to its aging infrastructure, according to a new report from the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (FCDPWES). Read the entire article……………………………….
Helderberg Lake Community Association seeks funding for dam repairs (NY)
The Helderberg Lake Community Association is attempting to repair the dam at Helderberg Lake, in Berne, but first it must obtain necessary funding — approximately $500,000 — which it’s attempting to do through the Berne Town Board. Read the entire article……………………………….
Blueberry Ridge residents at meeting (NJ)
Residents of Traditions at Blueberry Ridge attended the regular meeting of town council—held at 7 p.m. on August 23 in town hall—for the second month in a row regarding concerns over the retention basin on the corner of Third Street and Old Forks Road. During the first public comment portion of the meeting, Bob Ruberton, […]
Olde Gold Cup residents frustrated by Warrenton stormwater fees process (VA)
A meeting last week to provide information to Town of Warrenton residents on their stormwater utility fees turned contentious, with homeowners demanding more clarity and a simpler process. By meeting’s end, Assistant Public Works Director Paul Bernard had acknowledged fee-calculation mistakes, pledged to get out more information, and said he would take a look at […]
Area Residents Collaborate To Stave Off Creek Erosion (NY)
In a quiet culdesac off Route 430 in the town of Ellery, a creek that sometimes turns into what seems like a wild river has been eroding sediments and quickly depositing them into Chautauqua Lake. While a passerby wouldn’t know it, the residents on and around Sunset Bay Road are well aware — and have […]
Macomb develops new approach to subdivision road improvements (MI)
Macomb Township residents living in the Chelsea Park subdivision near 22 Mile Road could see a solution to their crumbling roadways due to recent action by the Macomb Township Board of Trustees. Read the entire article……………………………….
A dam shame: Cortlandt officials and homeowners spar over failing water barrier (NY)
The Westchester County town of Cortlandt has a proposal to end a decades-long battle with homeowners over Wallace Pond, but whether those homeowners will accept the deal is another question. Read the entire article……………………………….
Report: Evidence of extensive corrosion in Miami-area collapsed condo
Video released by a team of federal investigators shows more evidence of extensive corrosion and overcrowded concrete reinforcement in a Miami-area condominium that collapsed in June, killing 98 people. The National Institute of Standards and Technology also announced Wednesday it will conduct a five-pronged investigation into the Champlain Towers South collapse, which will be led […]
Dispute in Downtown’s Gateway Towers divides condo residents (PA)
The infighting over proposed infrastructure costs is being likened to the tension within the Surfside condo that collapsed in July. Read the entire article……………………………….
Lake Anne’s Aging Infrastructure Reviewed By Fairfax County (VA)
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn briefed Lake Anne residents Wednesday night on Fairfax County’s efforts to assess the aging infrastructure within the community, identify problem areas, and propose possible solutions. Read the entire article……………………………….
Defunct Maryland HOA leaves complex with collapsing sidewalk
When Patricia Harris bought her Upper Marlboro townhome 31 years ago, she thought she had found her ideal home. The timing couldn’t have been better. “Do you want to be in the front or [do] you want to be in back?” Harris recalled the developer asking when it was time to choose the location of […]