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The lawsuit was filed on March 28 to the Superior Court of California of the County of San Francisco. The lawsuit’s defendants also include a homeowner’s association and a security camera company. It alleges the improper release of surveillance video that was used by the media.   Read the article…………………………….

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A Brazoria County couple is expressing frustration after receiving multiple parking violation notices from their homeowner’s association (HOA), particularly during a critical time when they were preparing to take their son, who uses a wheelchair, to the hospital. “It’s just mind boggling,” homeowner Matt Coe said. “We’ve had no issue for so long, and now […]

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A Miami Lakes insurance agent is facing multiple felony charges after state investigators said he personally “pocketed” a more than $220,000 insurance premium on a condominium association’s policy.  But he’s already staring down a three-year federal prison sentence in an unrelated case for an even bigger swindle.    Read the article…………………………….

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The fate of garage doors – any garage doors – does not exactly rate high on the list of world problems. But for Julie Good, her new garage doors are a triumph, a piece de resistance, a tour de force. Less hyperbolic, they improve her house’s curb appeal. “I’m very sad at the prospect of […]

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Homeowner associations are usually run by a board of directors who are resident homeowners elected by the community. HOAs are governed by a set of bylaws that homeowners who live in the community follow. Depending on your neighborhood and the type of HOA you live in, you have control over what goes on inside your […]

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The City of Chandler offers a variety of programs to incentivize water conservation. One of these programs offers water conservation rebates for replacing grass with desert-adapted plants, available to both individual residents and large users such as commercial properties, multi-family housing complexes, and neighborhood HOAs.  The Sun Groves community in southeast Chandler recently took advantage […]

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New surveillance video showed the moment rainwater started flooding an elevator at Vendome Place and the heroic actions of one man inside. Rick Sardana was heading down the rear elevator to move his sports car from the on-site parking to protect it from the heavy rain that fell across South Florida. He was riding the […]

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The California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan serves as the state’s insurer of last resort, stepping in to provide essential property coverage when traditional insurers leave high-risk zones. Established in 1968, the FAIR Plan is a private consortium of insurance companies operating under state oversight. It was never designed to replace private insurance […]

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Based on a memorandum of understanding signed last year between Richfield Township and the Glencairn Forest Homeowners Association, the township will work with the group to purchase regulatory traffic signs to be mounted atop decorative sign posts. The HOA would purchase the signs.   Read the article…………………………….

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Around a dozen residents of Montgomery’s Taylor Lakes neighborhood showed up to the first city council meeting of April frustrated with their homeowner’s association. They say the association has not met with them in years, forcing residents to meet independently.  The neighborhood is in Councilman Oronde Mitchell’s district, and he has faced the same issue […]

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Golf balls continue to fly off course and into a South Florida condo complex. Last year, the mayor promised to fix the problem after a man was hit and injured. But nine months later, residents are still waiting. Heather Walker has the update in 7Investigates. James Grimes showed us all the golf balls he’s collected […]

The post Pembroke Pines mayor promised city would ‘accelerate the installation’ of nets to protect condo residents from errant golf balls, but nine months later nothing done (FL) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Q: A one-bedroom condo apartment in Manhattan has an asking price of $399,000, needs significant renovation and has a $1,941 monthly common charge. Two other apartments in the building are also for sale; they’re comparable in size, on a higher floor, have already been renovated, have asking prices of $620,000 or more — and yet […]

The post Here’s Why Condo Common Charges Are All Over the Map (NY) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Authorities have arrested a 60-year-old man who allegedly interfered with emergency responders during a dramatic apartment fire at a Westchester condominium complex — the same incident in which a USPS mail carrier was praised for saving a resident from the burning building.   Read the article…………………………….

The post Man Charged After Blaze At Condo Complex In Yorktown, Police Say: Here’s Why (NY) first appeared on Community Associations Network.

Nearly four years after the Crestview Towers condominium on North Miami Beach was evacuated after the building was deemed unsafe, residents are being told it is safe to return. After years of structural and electrical repairs and inspections, the city announced that as of Friday, March 25, all required repairs, permits and inspections had been […]

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The Pines Trailer Park Homeowners Association has filed a lawsuit against park own­ers Pines Park Investors LLC asking in part for an injunction against the park closure and threatened evictions. The lawsuit, filed in the 12th Judicial Circuit Court on March 28 by Sarasota-based attorney David J. Fredericks, claims that park owners failed to comply […]

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Palm Springs View Estates is once again in the spotlight—and not in a good way. Photos shared with NBC Palm Springs show what residents describe as worsening conditions, including standing water, rusted gates, and a spa so neglected people fear they could get a UTI from using it.   Read the article…………………………….

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Over the course of just a mile and a half, the Del Prado corridor by the Yellow Fever Creek Preserve is getting some major updates and add-ons. A new park, a new stoplight, and a proposed new water system are all possible off this stretch, and some of the people who live near it told […]

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Neighbors and tree advocates circled the trunk, trying to protect it. Condo board members said the tree’s removal was sad but necessary. Big Red stood a hundred feet tall, with a trunk so wide that if it were hollow, you could lay down inside it and go to sleep.    Read the article…………………………….

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Q: We are having issues with our homeowners association. There is a large tree nearby that drips some kind of brown gunk on our wall, which is painted beige. The association says it “treated” the tree but it did not help, and our wall is badly stained. Suggestions?      Read the Q&A………………………………..

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Q: Our HOA reserves for replacement are severely underfunded. Does California law require that HOAs undertake a third-party analysis of future replacement costs, and, if so, at what intervals? Is there a standard in California law or practice for a minimum percentage of projected reserves? Florida has recently booked state law, or so I understand, […]

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