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Canyon Lake homeowners are voicing their concerns over the financial performances of the POA’s two restaurants: the Lighthouse Restaurant and Country Club Bar & Grill. Both restaurants are subsidized by annual dues paid by the homeowners. According to financial reports, the cost to members to operate the Lighthouse Restaurant was planned to be $303,826 for […]

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Returning to the SeaHorse Beach Resort feels like returning home for many of the condo-hotel’s owners and guests. Hurricanes Helene and Milton battered the resort and its first floor, including the pool. The resort needed plenty of help. Sam McCarter said, luckily, the resort is built on a strong foundation — its owners and staff.  […]

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I caught a Fox 9 Minneapolis live report on their morning show today about the Legislative’s Working Group recommendations to “limit the power of HOAs” in Minnesota. The first report that I saw was very negative about HOA living, but by the time the sun was up in their second hour, reporter Bill Keller seemed […]

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Condo associations failing to comply with Florida’s new building-safety legislation could be denied coverage by the state’s insurer of last resort, Citizens, under a bill proposed by Miami State Representative Vicki Lopez.   Read the article…………………………….

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Several units of an Upper Valley apartment complex were damaged by a fire early Tuesday.   Video news report……………………..

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Water is finally draining in a Benton neighborhood that has been dealing with flooding issues for years. The issue was brought to Working 4 You last April after several homeowners in the Centennial Valley subdivision complained that homes were coming apart at the seams due to the excessive water.      Read the article…………………………….

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It’s one thing to know that a squirrel or a mouse is hanging out underneath the hood of your car but it’s another thing when they’re costing you thousands of dollars of car damage.  A Clinton Township community is no stranger to that.  Kevin Swee has lived at Crosswinds Condominiums for 15 years. In the […]

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For years, homeowners in the Shadow Creek community in Aurora, Colorado, say they struggled with their homeowners association’s (HOA’s) management management company, Mastino Management, claiming there were problems with its payment system. When residents began to dig deeper, they discovered something troubling.  Kim Bacon, owner of Mastino Management, last spring was ordered to pay more […]

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California law now allows HOAs to conduct member votes electronically. Civil Code Sections 5105, 5115, 5120 and 5125 have been amended to give HOAs the choice, but HOAs must know the requirements to exercise this very helpful option.   Read the article…………………………….

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A Nevada homeowners association discovered a lack of funds to repair its water system, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the HOA system and the need for homeowners to monitor community finances.  Gordon Rossi described the pools of water around his Somerset Park home as similar to an asphalt swamp bog, adding that stepping on […]

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One Southport community hopes to shut its doors to the public amid major residential development approvals nearby.  The Cades Cove Homeowners Association in Southport requested changes to its community to lock out nonresidents and get control over its streets. However, city aldermen decided not to gate.    Read the article…………………………….

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Sonia Earl sat at her kitchen table, visibly frustrated when asked about her efforts to save her home from foreclosure. It wasn’t her mortgage company that wanted the house to pay off her debt; it was her homeowner’s association or HOA.  Earl never saw the court filing with the bold letter title: Complaint to Foreclose, […]

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Was the official email address of the Cobblestone Farms HOA Board of Directors hacked today?  Some homeowners in that community wondered as much when they contacted the InMaricopa.com news desk with copies a two-stanza memo that, to this editor’s eye, contained a dozen glaring typographical errors.   Read the article…………………………….

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When you think about Stone Oak, beautiful homes, rolling hills and increased traffic may come to mind. Medians probably don’t.  They are, however, top of mind for many residents who call the sprawling neighborhood home. KSAT found 83 — yes, 83 — medians or islands in Stone Oak.    Read the article…………………………….

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Crews battled a condo fire in Bar Harbor on Sunday.  The Bar Harbor Story reports a building with two condominiums on Stephens Lane caught fire shortly after noon.    Read the article…………………………….

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Q: Can you provide clarification on what constitutes a “quorum” of condominium unit owners. We sometimes struggle to distinguish between a majority of owners and a quorum. Could you explain how voting interests relate to quorum requirements?     Read the Q&A………………………………..

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Question: We’ve had some differences of opinion about whether the rights of an owner (as delineated in the condominium documents) pass through to the guests of an owner. For instance, our condo documents allow for the parking of two vehicles for each owner, and our association charges a fee to park the guests of an […]

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Q. I am a unit owner in a condominium association and have read that Illinois case law prohibits the board of directors from email or text discussions of board business outside of a board meeting because unit owners would not be privy to those discussions. When I raised this issue with my condominium board, the […]

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In the wake of the recent outbreak of fires in Southern California and a smaller fire in the Seahaus La Jolla condominium complex in Bird Rock, some residents there are worried that another fire might be looming.  According to those residents and an outside contractor, some rooftop heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at Seahaus […]

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Q: Our homeowners association on Long Island has decided unilaterally to take out a seven-figure loan to revamp the recreational facilities. To repay it, the board is diverting our annual assessments away from their intended purpose of funding reserves to repair crumbling roads and curbs. We haven’t asked for these projects, and did not receive […]

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