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Q: If the HOA hires a property management company, what tasks require the manager to have a CAM license and is it illegal to hire someone without a license? We have been told the manager of our community is covered under the management company’s license.  Read the Q&A………………………………..

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Back home after the walk, McCuan emailed Mission Landscape, under contract by the Aliso Viejo Community Association (AVCA), asking what was being sprayed at Canyon View Park.  The following day, after McCuan had spent six hours in her backyard digging up roots and planting native plants for Monarch butterflies, a reply arrived from Mission’s vice […]

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Residents of The Greens at Wyoming are attempting to get control of their neighborhood after they say their concerns have been ignored by an out-of-state homeowners association.  The neighbors have a list of complaints: Most of the roads in the development — established in 2005 — remain unfinished, with sewer lids sitting high above the […]

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A referendum underway inside one New York condominium building has led to bitter divisions between once-friendly neighbors, who have handed out dueling information and lobbed accusations of wrongdoing back and forth as votes are tallied.    Read the article…………………………….

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An Ocean City condominium complex with a history of alleged structural problems dating back more than 40 years has been declared unsafe and was closed down by the city.  Ocean City’s construction official issued “unsafe structural notices” and ordered the Seaspray condos to be vacated until repairs can be made, city spokesman Doug Bergen said.  […]

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An elderly man died Friday morning in a fire at a condo complex on Jacksonville’s Southside, firefighters said.  The fire broke out shortly before 4 a.m. at the Lakecrest Condominiums on Belle Rive Boulevard, just east of Southside Boulevard.    Read the article…………………………….

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The Westminster Civic Association board ignored residents’ pleas during the association’s annual meeting Tuesday evening, dismissing a petition signed by some 80 households calling for the board members’ removal.  Westminster residents said the annual meeting was a packed house     Read the article…………………………….

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At a Thursday afternoon event where only about 35 people were expected to join, Jerome Tinianow, sustainability professional and proprietor of West Urban Sustainability, was excited to see almost 50 people associated with homeowners associations attend the April 4 Owners Association Sustainability Workshop in Big Sky.     Read the article…………………………….

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Sue Savio, president and owner of Insurance Associates and former president of the Hawaii Independent Insurance Agents Association, told Insurance Business America that insurance costs for condominiums have risen by 100 percent to 1,000 percent in certain areas.  Cj Paet, vice president of operations for Cadmus Properties, told local news website KITV 4 Island News […]

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Starting May 1, community associations in Fairfax County interested in installing electric vehicle charging stations for their residents will be able to apply for technical assistance and partial reimbursement through the Charge Up Fairfax program.  Electric vehicles, or EVs, are better for the environment and less expensive to fuel and maintain than gas-powered vehicles. The […]

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“To me they are just abandoning us, they don’t care. To the point the people living up there are getting sick and tired of it. If we don’t make a fight right now, we’re going to lose everything up there. And we don’t get much already anyhow,” said Brian Clark, president of the Georgetown Lake […]

The post Dispute over road maintenance at Georgetown Lake continues (MT) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

A microwave started a fire at a condominium building in Harford County, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal.  A neighbor of the occupant heard a smoke alarm and later discovered the occupant inside her apartment with heavy smoke, fire officials said. Another neighbor assisted her out of the apartment.   Read the article…………………………….

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This week, some are training on how to respond to what would be a true nightmare: A condo collapse in Daytona Beach Shores.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency is hosting the training at the county’s Emergency Operations Center at 3825 Tiger Bay Road Daytona Beach. Volusia County and chose the scenario. The county’s coastline is […]

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rudy Allen has buyers’ remorse after dealing with what she describes as ‘issue after issue.’ The trombone player sold her home in 2020 and moved to the Sunridge Villas condominium on Westpark Drive in Southwest Houston.  “It’s been very far from an oasis. I just stay in my house,” Allen said. “I regret [the] purchase […]

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Federal investigators on Thursday shared updates on their probe into the cause of the catastrophic 2021 condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, providing key insights into the factors that may have led to the deaths of 98 people under a mountain of rubble.  Investigators have identified hundreds of possible points of failure in the building, eventually […]

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In a deed-restricted neighborhood in Hillsborough County, some residents say they’re out of options to get neighbors to follow county code and deed restrictions.  In Hillsborough County, short-term rentals are allowed but must be rented out for at least seven days. One neighborhood in the county says it’s easy enough to find rental after rental […]

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In December, Two Rivers Subdivision HOA filed a complaint with Ada County’s Fourth District Court against Yuriy Buchinskiy and his wife Valentina Buchinskiy aiming to force them to stop operating their small businesses out of their home in the upscale subdivision.   Read the article…………………………….

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As Florida’s wild natural beaches have become more and more scarce, beachside buildings with gravel rooftops have multiplied by the thousands. Shorebirds that nest in the sand have had to adapt.  Several species, including black skimmers, least terns, roseate terns and American oystercatchers, have taken to nesting on the plentiful gravel rooftops of buildings near […]

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A fire in Chester Tuesday destroyed several units inside a condominium complex.  Chester Fire Department Chief Thomas Marchiano says the flames broke out in the afternoon at the Whispering Hills condominium complex inside a garage and spread to the apartments above.    Read the article…………………………….

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A fire in Chester Tuesday destroyed several units inside a condominium complex.  Chester Fire Department Chief Thomas Marchiano says the flames broke out in the afternoon at the Whispering Hills condominium complex inside a garage and spread to the apartments above.    Read the article…………………………….

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