How the Coronavirus Pandemic has Redefined Community Association Living (IL)

Originally conceived as a new housing form in Puerto Rico, community living took shape in Chicago in the early 1960’s by way of the passage of the Illinois Condominium Act in 1963. The concept offered home buyers a less expensive alternative to buying a single family home and promised fewer headaches and issues related to maintenance and repairs. Since then, urban planners and developers have built a tremendous amount of community associations in and around Chicago with the larger high rises mostly along the lakefront, smaller condominium associations within the heart of Chicago and larger Garden Style and HOA gated communities in the far suburbs.     Read the article……………………………

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