Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog
Documenting a Service Animal—Is the Association Allowed to Ask? The Wrong Answer will Cost You.
Even though most private residential Associations are not subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), the Fair Housing Act (the “FHA”) still applies ...
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Assessment Collections and COVID-19 – Part 1
The law does NOT require a Board to extend additional time to owners to pay assessments just because of the COVID 19 pandemic. While such ...
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Recording Invalid Documents Gets VERY Expensive
Facts Defendant, Leisure World Community Association (“Association”), consists of nearly two dozen single-family platted communities. One of those is the Plat 24 community. “Each community ...
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What Happens When All Committee Members Resign, Refuse to Act or Move?
This issue arises more than one might suspect. Because of association apathy, many committees go unfilled and often even boards don’t have members. The results ...
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Thinking of Signing a Release? Do Your Homework
In a recent case out of New York (Board of Mgrs. Of 325 Fifth Ave. Condominium v. Continental Residential Holdings LLC, 139 A.D.3rd 472 (2017)) ...
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Lydia Chartre Shares Expertise With Readers of HOAleader.com
Attorney Lydia Chartre recently shared her expertise on a variety of topics with readers of www.HOAleader.com, a resource for HOA and condo board members nationwide. ...
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Webinar: Aging Infrastructure – Knowing What’s at Stake
In a 2020 survey by The Foundation of Community Association Research, 80% of respondents encountered unexpected and unplanned-for infrastructure issues in the last three years. ...
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