Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog

Sued! What Should Our Wisconsin Condominium or Homeowners Association Do NOW?

Condominium associations and homeowner associations are sued every day. These suits can arise based on construction claims, contract claims, negligence claims and various alleged statutory ...
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How to Turn $147 into $10,000 – the WRONG Way

Castilian Hills Homeowners Association v. Chaffins, (Wash. Ct. App. Oct. 22, 2018) The Facts Homeowner bought home in 2004. In 2016, the homeowner failed to ...
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Can you Agree to Waive your First Amendment Rights?

Facts Marshall Spiegel, the Unit Owner, had been in constant litigation with his Association for over 20 years regarding various matters surrounding the operation and ...
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Hard-Surface Flooring in Upper Units—A Lesson in Selective Enforcement and Officer’s Authority

A defense owners can raise if the Board claims the owner has violated the rules is “selective enforcement,” meaning the Board arbitrarily picks on some ...
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Association Academy: The 10 Commandments of Association Management

Thank you to all who attended our FIRST EVER virtual Association Academy!  We had record-breaking attendance by property managers and board members.  If you missed ...
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HOA and Condominium Record Retention – What you NEED to Know!!

Record retention is a tricky subject.  Keep too much or for too long and opposing counsel in litigation will have all the documents they may ...
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Delinquent Owners – Withholding Access to Common Elements

A Maryland Court recently ruled on the extent of powers a Condominium Board had in dealing with a unit owner who was delinquent in assessments ...
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