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Members of a homeowners association opposing an apartment building in their gated community barricaded land from its owner, inflaming a land-use dispute in Spring Garden Township that appears nowhere near resolution.  Read the article…………………………….

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The pickleball-tennis wars have reached a feverish pitch at Valencia Shores, a 55-plus development west of Boynton Beach whose board was looking to take away another tennis court to accommodate the growing demand for pickleball.    Read the article…………………………….

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The HOA Board at Harvest Junction Village, in Longmont, voted to exterminate or relocate a prairie dog colony located within the community. The main concern of the board members is that the prairie dogs that currently live in common spaces in Harvest Junction Village will migrate into residents’ yards or spread disease.   Read the article…………………………….

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NBC6 was there in December when residents at the Summit Towers Condominiums in Hollywood questioned a multi-million dollar proposed special assessment they were facing, even though they said their building had recently completed and passed their 40-year recertification.   Read the article…………………………….

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The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) released its annual Homeowners Association (HOA) Complaint Report, and Horry County had the most HOA complaints in the state for the seventh year in a row.   Read the article…………………………….

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The 2021 Surfside Condo collapse spurred the Florida legislature into action, in an effort to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again. Laws passed have increased scrutiny on maintenance and forced residents to make much larger financial commitments to reserve funds, so that condo associations can make repairs when needed. However, there is a growing […]

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Q. I live in a large condo association. As long as I have lived here, the association has used a studio condo unit as an office owned by the association. For the majority of that time, we had a full-time property manager who worked out of that office. About two years ago, the board decided […]

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Lawyers on behalf of Snowcreek VII Condominium Owner’s Association and Mammoth Lakes Coalition for Responsible Planning, LLC, filed a brief in Superior Court in November objecting to the town issuing a use-permit to allow construction of an 80-foot-tall radio frequency transmission tower at Mammoth Lakes Fire Station No. 2 on Old Mammoth Road.   Read the […]

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The 2021 Surfside Condo collapse spurred the Florida legislature into action, in an effort to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.Laws passed have increased scrutiny on maintenance and forced residents to make much larger financial commitments to reserve funds, so that condo associations can make repairs when needed.    Read the article…………………………….

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Homebuilder Taylor Morrison and several Clark County departments and stakeholders gathered Wednesday to discuss development of the Paradise Spa condo complex.  The condo is located off south Las Vegas Boulevard near Silverado Ranch.  “It’s important to me that we have a new developer to take that property over and really make something that we can […]

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Ahead of a wildfire town hall being held by the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) News5 wants to share a few ways you can be prepared for wildfires and help prevent them.  “This isn’t ‘if’ a wildfire is going to happen, it’s ‘when’ a wildfire is going to happen,” Jessica McIntire the program coordinator for […]

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Members of North Strand HOAs spoke with WMBF News on Wednesday about ways to reduce complaints after Horry County was named the top county in the state for HOA complaints in 2024.  “We just feel that when you are transparent or you talk to people, people feel comfortable,” Jack Haines said. This is one way […]

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John Brandley said his homeowners association is trying to silence him about multi-million dollar pool renovations.  The 54-year-old said he’s been a homeowner in Stonebridge Ranch since 1999.  As far as the overall area, we really enjoyed the area,” he said. “We watched explosive growth since the time I lived here. But we are experiencing […]

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No one was injured in a fire Wednesday afternoon at a Poland Township condo.  No one was home when the fire started in the 3500 block of E. Western Reserve Road. A neighbor heard a fire alarm going off and called to report the fire.    Read the article…………………………….

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When a group of Bay Isles Harbor residents took a closer look at their association fees in 2022, disparities in how their properties were assessed stirred up concern.  That led to the civil suit filed in late 2023, and litigation for the trial is still ongoing. A group of nine residents in Bay Isles Harbor, […]

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I was as shocked and grieved as anyone when the Maui, Hawaii town of Lahaina was virtually burned off the map in 2023. Up until then, it ranked as one of the top 10 deadliest U.S. wildfires on record since 1871, and considered the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii’s history, with just over 100 confirmed […]

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Residents at The Homes at Oakmont say they still have damaged roofs and windows well after the tornados hit while the POA says they need more money from insurance.  Read the article…………………………….

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Donald Trump’s plan to rebuild the devastated Gaza Strip as a new “Riviera” appears to be taking a page from his playbook with Kim Jong Un, when the US leader floated a coastal real estate development plan in exchange for North Korea’s denuclearization.  After their historic first summit in Singapore in 2018, Trump said that […]

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Honolulu firefighters extinguished a blaze that broke out Monday afternoon on the 11th floor of a high-rise condo in Moiliili.  The Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call at 2:43 p.m. for a building fire at the Kapiolani Royale at 2474 Kapiolani Boulevard. Twelve units with 57 personnel responded, with the first arriving on scene […]

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One Savannah resident is now suing her homeowner association after she said they abused their power by issuing unlawful fines. Whitney Anderson lives in Chapel Park at Berwick. She’s suing her homeowner association for $135,000 for giving out fines that she says go against HOA bylaws.    Read the article…………………………….

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