Condo & HOA News

Time is up for condo owners across Florida to meet safety guidelines passed after the deadly Champlain Towers building collapse. Condo associations had until Dec. 31 to inspect aging buildings and come up with a plan to save for routine maintenance.     Read the article…………………………….

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Families in D.C. who purchased and moved into condos on Talbert Street in Southeast said they were living in crisis. The District gave more than $6 million to developers to build the homes, but they were deemed unlivable four years later and families were kicked out.   Read the article…………………………….

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The city of Henderson is throwing support behind a bill that would help local governments respond to damaged water or sewer systems in condo and townhome complexes.     Read the article…………………………….

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If you’re considering a purchase in a Dixon development, you might want to check and see how it is “governed,” especially if it has a homeowners’ association (HOA).  Formerly called Common Interest Developments, a version of today’s homeowners’ associations was basically created in the latter part of the 1800s for “homesteaders” in the United States […]

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Brooks Conner sat in his wheelchair, surveying what’s left of his home. Reminders of his past life are piled in the living room — two rolled-up American flags, a Christmas coffee mug, faded artwork.  In 2020, while this U.S. Army veteran spent two months in the hospital due to a heart ailment, his townhouse was […]

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Lori Smith says her five chickens provide emotional support and therapy, but the homeowners association in her Gloucester County development say the birds need to go. The association claims neighbors are complaining about the chickens and has filed a lawsuit against Smith and her husband, David Miller, to force the removal of the chickens and […]

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Four years ago, when Charles Schmidt and his wife retired to Hawai?i, their monthly homeowners association fee at M?kaha Valley Plantation condominium was $550 a month. Since then, the fee has spiked 60% to $880 per month, largely because of rising insurance rates.   Read the article…………………………….

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Seniors from Lake Clarke Gardens, near Lake Worth Beach, are taking their concerns over the rise in condo costs into their own hands. Fees that are hitting many of their budgets as condo owners throughout Florida are being forced to pay thousands to cover the costs. “We gotta show up and make our voices heard,” […]

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The Heritage Hunt Homeowners Association’s Board of Directors voted last month to narrowly deny a formal resident complaint related to an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into whether the HOA in 2020 illegally applied for a Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, loan.   Read the article…………………………….

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A Lake Ariel woman faces charges after an investigation revealed she had fraudulent permits for entering The Hideout, Wayne County District Attorney A.G. Howell announced in a news release…..A Hideout public safety officer discovered an overturned vehicle Jan. 22 while patrolling the gated community, per the news release. While rendering aid, the officer found Hideout […]

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Her solution was to join the Depoe Bay Fire Department’s Emergency Response Team, “Well, I mean that’s how you meet people. You join things and you volunteer.”  As part of that team, Andreika helped her east Depoe Bay homeowners’ association raise $10,000 to buy an old shipping container, pack it with supplies and park it […]

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A Gulf Shores woman is behind bars charged with first-degree arson after allegedly setting her condo on fire last week.  According to the Gulf Shores Police Department, Jennifer Nelson started the fire last Friday at the Seawind Condominium on East Beach Boulevard.     Read the article…………………………….

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Despite the curious wording of its privacy policy, a company used by 50,000 homeowners associations said it will never sell people’s personal information.  In response to WCNC Charlotte’s reporting, CINC Systems, an HOA account and software management company, has pledged to better communicate its commitment to data privacy.     Read the article…………………………….

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It’s been more than a week since a house fire in a Northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood claimed the lives of three people. Three others survived including a two-year-old who is still hospitalized with burns over 27% of his body.  Sunday night neighbors stood together at a vigil organized by its homeowner association president Samantha Young.  […]

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Some Florida condo owners are steaming after their homeowners association asked them to submit their dog’s DNA in order to fine owners who don’t pick up after their pets.  Harbor Landing residents said they received a letter last week and some feel it’s an invasion of privacy. The letter asked residents to register their dogs […]

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Maine has nearly 2,000 community associations made up of homeowner associations, condominiums and co-ops, according to the Community Associations Institute, which estimates those residents pay $278 million a year to maintain their properties.   Read the article…………………………….

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One in three Americans living in communities with homeowners associations have had such bad experiences they wanted to leave their neighborhood, according to a nationwide survey shared in January 2025 with The Arizona Republic.  It’s not surprising since HOAs can be controversial and pit neighbor against neighbor.  Read the article…………………………….

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A specialist from the Santa Fe Fire Department has walked all over a large chunk of the city’s north side and tied thousands of tags to piñon and juniper trees in recent months, envisioning a new landscape.  A green tag indicates a branch that should be cut, while a pink tag indicates the whole tree […]

The post ‘Every place is vulnerable’: North Santa Fe HOA takes on large-scale fire mitigation project with grant support (NM) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Rep. Kristin Bahner (DFL-Maple Grove) will continue working on homeowners association reform in the new legislative session.  Bahner says Minnesota homeowners have long faced challenges with homeowners associations (HOAs), but a lack of state statutes has left consumers without protections.    Read the article…………………………….

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A Miami-Dade County sheriff’s deputy suffered a minor injury in a dramatic police chase and helicopter search Saturday afternoon that started with a traffic stop and ended with a man being taken into custody in the home of a condominium president in Key Biscayne, officials and witnesses said.   Read the article…………………………….

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