Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog
Architectural Control Committee – Why It’s Needed!!!
1 April 2024
Problem What do you do if you want a detached garage but your documents don’t allow it? Facts Plaintiffs sought to enjoin the construction of ...
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Defamation Claims by Directors and Officers Against Members – What you Need to Know
1 April 2024
Need to Know:
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Expiration of Developer Rights – What Happens to the Land where Units were Not Constructed
1 April 2024
Facts Developer subjected property to the condominium act in Massachusetts in 2008. By the terms of the deed, it included all the “land and improvements ...
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Banning Short-Term Rentals
1 April 2024
A Court in Louisiana recently tackled the issue of short-term rentals (New Jax Condominium Association, Inc. v. Vanderbilt New Orleans, LLC, 219 So.3d 471). A ...
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Vacant Land Units Can Have a 0% Percentage Interest
1 April 2024
Summary The language and definitions in your governing documents reflect the intentions of the Association. You need to either follow them or amend them, but ...
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Association Construction Contracts – What are Risks of that Waiver of Subrogation Term
1 April 2024
Summary The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit held that a subrogation waiver provision in a construction contract barred an association’s insurance company ...
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Developers/Declarants are Liable for Implied Warranties to Association for Construction Defects
1 April 2024
Facts Plaintiff, Brooktree Village Homeowners Association, Inc. (“Association”), filed suit “on behalf of itself and on behalf of its members” in May 2017 against the ...
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