Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog

Elections from Hell

From years of experience, unit owners and board members can justify anything. Board members who take compensation for serving on the board or who make ...
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Turnover From Developer—Unfair Easement

Picture this: an urban condominium complex and neighboring apartment building, built by the same developer, with one parking garage between the two. The condominium owners ...
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Why Foreclosure and Money Judgment at the Same Time?

A Wisconsin condominium association had a unit owner who was habitually delinquent in the payment of assessments. Neither the association or the property manager had ...
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Our Governing Documents Have Aged Nicely

Governing Documents for Condominium and Homeowner Associations don’t age well. They are not like a fine wine.  They are more like cheap cheese.  Remember, they ...
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HOAs & Riparian Rights-Can I Put a Dock Here?

Facts The dispute in this case centered on what rights owners of lots that did not have frontage on a lake (“Non-Lake Lot Owners”) had ...
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Owner Responsible for Share of Costs to Maintain Subdivision Facilities

Holding:  The Supreme Court of Vermont held that a homeowners association, as assignee from the developer, could charge lot owners for its reasonable costs to ...
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Why Hire an Attorney Who Specializes in Condominium & HOA Law

A condominium association had an owner that was uncooperative, didn’t like following rules and paid assessments on her own timeframe for more than 10 years. ...
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