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Dozens of homeowners and tenants who live in San Jose’s Garden Park Village condominium complex, many of them immigrants, say their HOA board has been hitting residents with arbitrary and excessive fines for more than a year, even putting workers on rooftops to look for violations within residents’ private patios.  Read the article…………………………….

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In Texas, those deed documents may have been passed down from owner to owner for almost a century. Deeds cover one neighborhood or subdivision, each with its own unique sets of rules and regulations and can sometimes even vary from lot to lot.   Read the article…………………………….

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Question: My HOA’s Design Review Committee conducts approval and denials on homeowner requests using email with no face-to-face meetings. What about the open meeting concept?   Read the Q&A………………………………..

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Mountain Green Condominium Association, a 45-year-old, 215-unit association with a restaurant, spa, gym and two pools located across from Snowshed Lodge on East Mountain Road, is embarking on a $48 million renovation.  The renovations, under DEW Construction Corporation, will take about 2 1/2 years to complete.  Read the article…………………………….

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Condo owners are waiting for answers on whether lawmakers will do anything to ease concerns over rising fees.  The News Service of Florida reported that State House Speaker Daniel Perez has ruled out “bailouts” for condo owners facing high fees. Previously, State Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Democrat out of South Florida, echoed similar comments. Tom […]

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Even though she never signed anything new or agreed to any extension, the timeshare’s HOA voted last year to extend timeshare agreements by 10 years. — A metro Atlanta woman says she thought after 29 years she was finally out of her timeshare contract, but then it was re-upped for another 10 years without her […]

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A man is in critical condition after being rescued from a fire in Hampton Wednesday morning, officials say.  Hampton Fire and Rescue said they responded to a fire in the 600 block of Willow Oaks Boulevard near Gosnold’s Hope Park. When crews arrived they found heavy smoke and flames coming from a “middle of the […]

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A lawsuit challenging the Prince William Digital Gateway data center project – filed by the Oak Valley Homeowners Association and 10 Gainesville-area residents – is advancing to an evidentiary hearing on March 6.   Read the article…………………………….

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A homeowner’s association in Fort Worth has hired lawyers to oppose Keller ISD’s potential plan to split the district into two. The HOA insists that any decision to split the district should involve a public vote.   Video news report……………………..

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A 40-year-old Plaistow, N.H., man was arrested yesterday in connection with an explosion at a Westville Road condominium complex last Nov. 10.  Derek John Blanchette was arrested and charged with alleged reckless conduct, use of a deadly weapon; endangering the welfare of a child; falsifying physical evidence; acts prohibited, involving ketamine; and acts prohibited, involving […]

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Q: At an eight-unit condo building in Brooklyn, the sponsor failed to pay the homeowners association dues for unsold units, as required under law, and he stopped responding to emails and calls after he transferred control of the building to the board. The dues are about $30,000, plus interest. Other than filing a lawsuit, and […]

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It may be more than two decades old, but an agreement on a Captiva resort’s density still holds, a Lee County judge has ruled. That means no more than 912 units are allowed at South Seas Island Resort, which occupies about a third of the island.    Read the article…………………………….

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A High Point man is dealing with a growing sinkhole in his backyard, but what’s even more frustrating is that he’s unsure who is responsible for fixing it.  The issue is a damaged stormwater drainage pipe. Hamdy Eltokhy said he has spent the last three weeks searching for answers. He’s reached out to plumbers, the […]

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Plans for a new memorial in Surfside are coming to light.  Renderings for the memorial, which will be built to honor the victims of the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse, were obtained by Local 10 News on Monday.    Video news report……………………..

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The fire broke out at Martin’s Landing in Roswell on Monday evening.  So far, officials say there have been no reported injuries.   Read the article…………………………….

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A new bill could shake up suburbia by creating a right to plant political yard signs—even if your homeowner’s association says you can’t.  House Bill 16 would let HOAs and local governments keep “reasonable restrictions” about where, when, how big and how many signs people displayed. But outright bans would be prohibited.    Read the article…………………………….

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New building safety legislation ensuring that Florida’s aging condos have the money to undertake necessary repairs could trigger the “next wave of homeless people” in the state, Florida State House Representative Mike Caruso has warned.  Republican lawmaker Caruso, an ally of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, is calling for legislators in Tallahassee to amend the controversial […]

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Q: I am on the board of a 54 home HOA. One of the owners has basically all plants in his front yard. That has been that way since I moved into the community 14 years ago. I don’t believe anyone gave him permission to do that but apparently the board at the time turned […]

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Residents are being evacuated due to a carbon monoxide leak in condos on Jefferson Street near the intersection of Campbell Ave, according to Roanoke Fire-EMS.  A man who was cleaning the building spoke with WDBJ7, saying he was using a gas-powered pressure washer in the basement when fumes went up the shaft.     Read the […]

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The growing tension between tennis and pickleball players at Valencia Shores, a 55-plus community west of Boynton Beach, led to the rejection of a plan to convert another tennis court into pickleball and bocce facilities. The referendum, which required a two-thirds majority, failed to secure enough votes, leaving the community divided over the issue.   Read […]

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