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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Governor Evers Extends Wisconsin’s Safer at Home Order

Today Gov. Tony Evers extended the Safer at Home Order from April 24th to May 26, 2020, while allowing some businesses to start up again.  ...
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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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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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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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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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