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Mayra Villalona is sitting on what she thought was real estate gold. She bought a two-bed, two-bath condo near Fort Lauderdale in 2021 for $145,000, hoping to pounce on pandemic-era real estate prices. “This is really a great community to live in,” Villalona told CBS News. “It’s just to me, for me, it’s not an […]

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As final work was being completed on units within the Frances Condominiums on D Street in Lake Oswego this week, a small fire ignited — leading the water sprinkler system to damage many units within the complex. The Lake Oswego Fire Department responded to the fire at 2:38 a.m. Wednesday, April 23. When firefighters arrived, […]

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These Wall Streeters would trade anything for a good night sleep.  Residents at a Financial District condo building have had their lives upended after a neighboring building installed emergency generators right beneath their windows — tormenting them with constant ear-shattering that sent some fleeing the state. For three long weeks, the three massive commercial generators […]

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Three years after the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire ravaged the site of a mountain community and resort, those charged with managing the land are still awaiting compensation from FEMA.  Debbie Simpson, accepted the position of executive director of the Pendaries Village Community Association in Rociada in June 2023.    Read the article…………………………….

The post Three Years Later: Lengthy claims process continues to frustrate fire victims, elected leaders (NV) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Condo owners in Modesto’s Walnut Orchards community are protesting a proposed $25,000 special assessment per unit to replace balconies, some of which were deemed unsafe by the city of Modesto. Red tags and caution tape recently appeared on at least eight balconies in the gated condominium complex. The city of Modesto says they need to […]

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The management company refuted claims but didn’t want to go on camera.  Video news report……………………..

The post West Houston homeowners contact KHOU, claim they’ve dealt with years of HOA issues (TX) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Tom Stickler and Stephen Goldfinch agreed that the wording of a new zoning district for the Founders Club and Litchfield Country Club golf courses needs more work, and were pleased that the Georgetown County Planning Commission last week urged County Council to defer action, but not for the same reason. Stickler, president of the Hagley […]

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A mayoral candidate in Iowa Colony faces an assault charge following a confrontation outside a clubhouse in the Sterling Lakes subdivision. It’s where tensions over his role as Property Owners Association (POA) board president boiled over.  Douglas Chumley, who serves as both the Sterling Lakes POA board president and Iowa Colony mayoral hopeful, was arrested […]

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Over the years, the various condo boards at a small converted loft building commissioned several facade engineering studies. All of them discovered noticeable cracking and recommended remediation. Each board apparently believed that a long-standing brick building was safe, and they apparently were unwilling to pay for repairs that were not absolutely necessary, and so they […]

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Residents of a local condominium complex are at odds with their homeowners association after a pipe in a common area burst, flooding several units. The residents live at Avila Park just off Lake Mead and Decatur, two of them have had to fully leave their homes because they were deemed unlivable. The HOA is telling […]

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Legislation passed after a 2021 deadly building collapse aimed to improve the safety of condominiums in Florida. But the increased inspections, studies, and changes to funding reserves have left people grappling with higher fees.   Read the article…………………………….

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Bats now have houses to call their own in the area of a local homeowners association (HOA) after frequent sightings and visits to residents’ houses called for remediation.  Prescott Resort has five ponds located around the Antelope Hills Golf Course in Prescott, which draw many insects, therefore attracting bats who venture to the water to […]

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Two women in Georgetown say they’re sounding the alarm about what they say is the “annihilation” of the geese population in their community. Sandra Wald and Susan Townsend say their HOA should have their permit to addle goose eggs revoked.  Egg addling is a wildlife management technique used to prevent bird eggs from hatching. There […]

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A former homeowners association president has been arrested for allegedly misusing more than $15,000 in HOA funds, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.  Roberto Montalvo Jr., 63, was taken into custody on Wednesday following an investigation by the agency’s Organized Crime Bureau and Real Estate Fraud Squad.  Detectives say Montalvo used $3,150 in HOA funds […]

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For decades, Florida has served as a haven from high-tax, high-cost states — attracting retirees, snowbirds, hourly workers, and increasingly, younger professionals priced out of other housing markets. From 2021 to 2023, nearly 2.76 million people relocated to the Sunshine State, propelling it to become the third most populous in the nation, according to real […]

The post Florida’s California Moment: Skyrocketing Housing, HOA and Insurance Costs Take Center Stage in 2025 first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Ask Anthony looks into a Jacksonville HOA that told a man he wasn’t allowed to fly the religious flag he had displayed in his yard.  Video news report……………………..

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Q: My Condominium Association is painting the lanais on the building and in order to do so they have to remove the hurricane shutters. The Board has said the cost of removal of the shutters and the cost to reinstall is an individual expense of each owner since not all owners have shutters. Is this […]

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Q: The board of my association does not like the new law allowing for adjournment to 20% for the adjourned annual meeting so they canceled the annual meeting and have failed to reschedule it so far. The HOA has no election rules    Read the Q&A………………………………..

The post What to do when your HOA refuses a reduced quorum meeting (CA) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Florida is contending with a condo crisis, and the ballooning costs of ownership are a big reason why.  Retirees Rob and Karen Dickson moved from upstate New York to Punta Gorda, Fla., in 2021. They paid $319,000 for a condo with a terrace on the third floor, overlooking a golf course inside their gated community.  […]

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(This article is behind a subscription paywall) The former president of the community association of Oyster Harbor in Annapolis was sentenced Monday to two years’ probation for pilfering more than $18,000

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