For condominium owners or buyers in Florida, it was a one-two punch, a vicious combination that nevertheless failed to put the market down and out, despite gloomy recent news reports describing a slumping condo market, Realtors and analysts say.    Read the article…………………………….

The state water board in charge of Lake Tahoe broke California laws and its own regulations by allowing a homeowners association to put poison into the lake water, per a ruling by an El Dorado County Superior Court Judge.   Read the article…………………………….

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has installed a mitigation system at Red Bank’s Marion Street condominium complex, where elevated levels of chemical vapors were detected inside homes.    Read the article…………………………….

It may look like paradise on Little Hickory Island, but for the residents of Dolphin Way of Hickory Point condominium complex the last year-and-a-half have been a disaster…..Then comes the battle with the insurance companies.  Boehme says the Homeowners Association has filed claims with two different insurance companies for more than $17 million but have only received $1.5 million.   Read the article…………………………….

Owners at the Regency Gardens Condominiums got notices saying their board plans to pass a special assessment on May 15th.  According to the notice, the smallest homes in the condo will need to pay $11,148.42 for the assessment, and the largest homes, are will need to hand over $22.104.69. …. According to the condo board attorney Keith Skorewicz, the association must make up a more than $17 million dollar gap in reserve funding as required by State law.  For years, ...

The aftermath from the multi-day barricade in Henderson remains.  The face of the townhome where the suspect was barricaded is still ripped off from the incident, over two weeks later.  According to the City of Henderson, the community’s Homeowner Association will be responsible for paying for repairs to the structure of the building, and the property owners will be responsible for their individual townhomes.   Read the article…………………………….

Buckley says the condo association was developed with private infrastructure and the maintenance of roadways and sewer systems is their priority.  However, the agreement will allow the city to flush the private water and sewer mains and collect leaves.   Read the article…………………………….

Developers aren’t building condos in Utah because of design constraints, equity investment issues and the promise of a lower return for a much higher risk, according to a panel of industry experts and interviews with lenders.  The answers come after the share of condos fell to a record low in recent years in Utah and nationwide as investors and developers increasingly turned toward building apartments instead.   Read the article…………………………….

Several residents remain vacated after Panama City Beach officials issued a mandatory evacuation for Laketown Wharf on Front Beach Road.  Residents in 63 units have until Saturday at 6 p.m. to pack their belongings and relocate due to a safety hazard.  According to officials they received a complaint on April 4th from a guest about unsafe stairwells in the building. Inspectors did an evaluation and found that two of the high-rise condominium’s stairwells are structurally unsound.    Read the article…………………………….

Within homeowners and condominium associations, residents often find themselves embroiled in disputes over accountability, transparency, and financial responsibility. The I-Team has uncovered that many of these types of associations are struggling to manage soaring insurance premiums and having trouble meeting their obligations    Read the article…………………………….

The first time around, local council representative Brenda Monarrez granted $2,500 in neighborhood development funds to remove the dam. The removal process cost $4,800 in total.  This second dam has sat for over a month, and neighbors shared some frustration as their homeowner’s association has not decided how to remove the dam.   Read the article…………………………….

Question: Can we convert to a co-op to avoid these onerous regulations?  Answer: Your question doesn’t specify which “onerous regulations” you are referring to. You simply labeled your question “condominium laws.” What I can tell you, though, is that cooperatives are governed by Section 719, Fla. Stat. (the Cooperative Act), which is extremely similar to, and just as “onerous” as, the Condominium Act (Section 718, Fla. Stat.).    Read the Q&A………………………………..

Q: I recently read your article about Nevada laws and residential bullying. I appreciate the ethos of the article and addressing where manners of reason may often go wrong. I feel as if I, a renter, am experiencing harassment from an individual on the HOA board, who lives across from me. Her car is parked facing my unit.    Read the Q&A………………………………..

The family of Ralph Yarl filed a civil lawsuit early Monday against Andrew Lester and the homeowner’s association in connection to the shooting in April 2023 that left Yarl severely injured.  In addition to criminal charges filed last year against Lester, Monday’s lawsuit states the 80-year-old and the Highland Acres Homes Association were careless and negligent in their actions leading to the April 13 shooting.   Read the article…………………………….

Q: Our condominium association is thinking about changing roofing materials. Our bylaws say that a majority of the unit owners who participate in a meeting can decide any issue, “unless a specific voting percentage is stipulated in the declaration, these bylaws or law.” Does this mean that a majority of the unit owners can approve a roofing change?   Read the Q&A………………………………..

After most of the recently proposed legislative solutions have failed, Puna residents are hoping they can solve their district’s impending housing insurance crisis.  When the last major home insurer announced last year that it would be leaving the Hawaii market by August of this year, homeowners in Lava Zones 1 and 2 discovered that their only other option for coverage, through the state-operated Hawaii Property Insurance Association, would cost several times their current rates.    Read the article…………………………….

Like many other condo buildings on Fort Myers Beach, Batiki West was uninhabitable for more than a year after Hurricane Ian. It needed a new roof. It still needs a new elevator.  While many other buildings are still waiting to reopen though, Smith has been able to open Batiki West just in time for condo owners to get a taste of spring on Fort Myers Beach again. Island pastimes like enjoying Fort Myers Beach Lion’s Club Shrimp Festival were once ...

It has been a hot mess, both metaphorically and literally, for condominium residents living next to a scrapyard on the city’s Hudson River waterfront.   “Excessive” noise, dust blowing over, bright lights at night and even fires and explosions are among the many complaints against the scrapyard from those residing right across the channel at the upscale Port Liberté community in Jersey City.     Read the article…………………………….

The millionaire residents of a gated community that live on a secluded island in Miami say their private paradise has been destroyed, after the city allowed a developer to build a huge 91-foot high, seven story block of condos that now blots out the sunshine and their waterfront views.   Read the article…………………………….

Police say that Kyle approached 3 kids who were fishing at a lake in the Stillwater Lakes subdivision in Palm Bay. The kids say he was bearing a shotgun and yelling at them to get off his property.  According to the police, the property belongs to the HOA, and not Kyle. The report states that Kyle willfully deprived the juveniles of their property and threw it into the woods damaging it.   Read the article…………………………….

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday was poised to make a landmark decision on fines for alleged violations on conservation lands on Oahu’s North Shore.  Violations included the unauthorized decimation of two acres of critical habitat for Hawaii’s endangered yellow-faced bees, plus the unpermitted construction of an iron fence contributing to the death of a female Laysan albatross.   Read the article…………………………….

People fed up with a growing sinkhole at the Parkside Condominiums on Bell and Cave Creek Roads are feeling optimistic.  The HOA board, the VP, and the community manager for City Property Management held a meeting outside the complex Thursday night to announce that repairs for the sinkhole would begin next week.   Read the article…………………………….

Q: We have seven board members on our board. Can we all be on a group text or is this considered a quorum? Two of our board members want to use this form of communication to keep everyone updated on what’s going on. One board member feels this is against state rules.   Read the Q&A………………………………..

The five women estimate it has cost $50,000 so far to sue to try to gain control of their condo association, and here’s the kicker: They are also paying the attorney’s fees of their adversary as their case winds its way to Iowa’s Supreme Court.  Read the article…………………………….

Housing affordability is getting squeezed by a new pressure — the cost of insurance.  At a recent residential real estate roundtable held by Pacific Business News, industry leaders expressed concerns that soaring insurance costs are pushing home ownership further out of reach for many.  The condo market is getting hit especially hard.   Read the article…………………………….

For Mainers who live in Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Washington or York counties and had a privately owned road or bridge damaged or destroyed by the severe storms and flooding that took place January 9-13, FEMA or the U.S. Small Business Administration may provide financial assistance for replacement or repairs.   Read the article…………………………….

Kelly,  I am a sitting board member for our HOA and we are coming up next week with our annual board election and a possible change of president (which is badly needed). As of right now, we have only three board members present out of five due to one moving away and another just resigned.   Read the Q&A………………………………..

Rachel Sykes says she could see it coming. Her HOA neighborhood mailbox was rusty and then it fell over in early March.  She reported the issue to the post office, but getting a new mailbox has not been easy.  After a month of complaining, they did take away the old box but left no box at all.    Read the article…………………………….

In one of the suits, brought by a Miami condominium association, the plaintiffs produced records they said showed that after Hurricane Irma, almost 4,800 claims for Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. were handled by unlicensed adjusters. Of almost 35,000 Heritage claims after Irma and Hurricane Michael, in 2017 and 2018, some 14% were handled by unlicensed adjusters, potentially in violation of state laws and regulations, according to the lawsuit filings.  Read the article…………………………….

An Ocean City condominium complex that was shut down last week by the city’s construction official amid safety concerns will remain closed until structural repairs are made.  For now, red tags have been slapped on the Seaspray condos at 34th Street and Bay Avenue declaring that the buildings are currently “unsafe for human occupancy.”   Read the article…………………………….

A grandmother worried about paying daily HOA fines calls KPRC 2 to help resolve issues with a utility box in front of her home.  The box is a utility hub for several condominiums around her. Because of this, Bernadette Stinson said it’s filled to the brim.  “The lines are pushing the box up,” Stinson said. “They’re not staying inside.”  Read the article…………………………….

The fire appeared to have consumed a large number of units in at least one of the buildings.  “There are numerous agencies working in the area. Please use caution,” the post said.

The rising cost of home insurance for one Palm Beach County condo is a story that seems to playing out at condos all across Florida.  “It’s shocking to watch in a few years to go from under $100,000 to pushing a half a million,” Christina Auer said. “It’s out of line.”  Insurance experts tell WPTV that the days of cheaper policies are not coming back.   Read the article…………………………….

Dangerous encounters with coyotes across the Las Vegas valley have caught the attention of many concerned about the safety of their families and pets.  Some residents of the Green Valley community in Henderson have called the neighborhood a “haven for coyotes.” Others admit to being concerned that the animals roam the area. A local company, AR Iron, says it offers a solution.   Read the article…………………………….

Over the weekend, a party at an Airbnb in Sarpy County near 189th and Briar, with nearly 200 people, lead to a massive law enforcement response.  The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office says they found five guns and marijuana. There was a “help an officer” call and one law enforcement officer had a struggle with one person with a gun, the Sarpy County Sheriff said.  Now, concerned about both noise and safety, some living nearby say they want their homeowners’ associations ...

Neighbors in one Richland County neighborhood are banding together to try and fix a water drainage problem that has caused a massive hole in one woman’s backyard.  The large hole is in the Cameron Ridge Subdivision right off Caughman Road.  Robin Odems and her neighbors tell WIS News 10 the hole in her backyard has been a problem for almost a year.    Read the article…………………………….

Seven property insurers in Florida went bankrupt in 2021 and 2022. The bankruptcies left thousands of homeowners scrambling to get new coverage, which often came with a big increase in cost. Worse, many had outstanding claims for hurricane damage that had not been addressed.   Read the article…………………………….

Some residents are living in a construction zone, months after rain and a beehive caused a partial ceiling collapse at the Bermuda Club Condominiums in Tamarac.  The 55+ older condo community shows signs of little to no work done in a couple of units impacted by February’s rain when a drain blocked by a beehive caused part of a ceiling to come crashing down.    Read the article…………………………….

Homeowners along a critical road on Georgetown Lake say they are hoping a solution is reached soon to a controversy over maintenance.  The Granite County Commission recently voted to halt all maintenance of the 3.1-mile-long Lakeshore Road, effective June 1, and the Forest Service says they are not authorized to maintain it for residential use.   Read the article…………………………….

The problem we have seen since the Our Town special, in communities similar to Sunnyside, with no standard HOA, is the city approving developers’ building permits, but halting construction once the civic club intervenes because of deed restrictions.   Read the article…………………………….

One of the main reasons homeowners associations exist is to ensure the neighborhoods they govern remain clean and tidy.  It’s little wonder, then, that members of the Lyons Run Estates Homeowners Association are not pleased they’ve had several tons of dredged sediment sitting on their property for nearly two years.   Read the article…………………………….

Move, cut back or go bare: Florida seniors juggle skyrocketing costs, impossible choices Florida homeowners insurance is skyrocketing: Here’s what to know

Last year, over 300 eggs were prevented from hatching in just six local homeowners associations. Robeson Meadows, Westlake, Timberline Valley North and South, Trails of Brittany and Ponds on Windsor all participated in a training workshop given by Friends of Geese (friendsofgeese.com).  Residents of the HOAs were taught the egg depredation process    Read the article…………………………….

On Saturday Amazon Prime held a meet and greet for the neighborhood at 1700 Sebesta Road. While the event saw many supporters according to College Station Mayor John Nichols it also saw a protest for the Amberlake HOA over the Amazon drones flying over their neighborhood.  Amazon Drones have been controversial in College Station since they arrived late last year. The top complaint has been noise.     Read the article…………………………….

We wrote our first article about the Ocean Club Condominium, Atlantic City, New Jersey balconies issue on February 4, 2022.   More than two years later, it’s still an issue, as some residents still cannot use their balconies.  A concerned Ocean Club Condominium resident reached to us because of our previous coverage    Read the article…………………………….

Police say they found 70 pieces of stolen mail in a man’s car. Video from a security camera shows the suspect in action.  It’s just before 2 a.m. on Atwater Drive in Smyrna. A security camera was positioned perfectly to catch the man’s every move.  He opens a mailbox, pulls out an envelope, places it in his pocket, looks directly into the camera, then walk he walks off.    Read the article…………………………….

There’s no such thing as a free lunch — or a free tax break. The popular 421-a tax abatement, for instance, comes with the requirement that a building receiving the tax relief must pay its non-union employees prevailing wages, which are pegged to the wages and benefits enjoyed by members of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.    Read the article…………………………….

In an expression of tight-knit community spirit, a local Homeowners’ Association (HOA) brought residents together over the weekend at the Police Department to hash out plans and concerns for the future of their city. The meeting announced on the Ovilla Police Department’s Facebook page, encouraged discussions on urban development, communal issues, and strategies for enhancing neighborhood involvement.     Read the article…………………………….

The Ocean Club Condominium Board of Trustees has asked police to look into incidents alleged by workers that some occupants were throwing food and dog feces at them.  In a letter dated Friday, the board of the condos at 3101 Boardwalk said the incidents were brought to their attention, and if the problems persist, the engineer of the undisclosed company threatened to walk off the job.    Read the article…………………………….

Owasso residents volunteered their time and finances to fix a broken park bridge after the City of Owasso and the neighborhood HOA said their hands were tied.  However, the bridge is only a fraction of the updates needed in the park.  “We need new bridges on both ends,” Jesse Werner, Three Lakes resident, said. “We need new sidewalks, we need a new playground, we need additional lights in this park.”  Three Lakes is a private park, so it’s up to ...