Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog

Must Your Association Ban Smoking as a Reasonable Accommodation? NO

Summary If smoking is otherwise allowed in your association, you do not need to ban it as a reasonable accommodation for a person with asthma. ...
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Dealing with Sophisticated Debtors

Does your condominium or homeowners association (HOA) have owners who don’t pay their assessments?  Owners are finding more excuses to avoid paying their assessments.  Filing ...
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Directed Proxies vs. Absentee Ballots: What is the Difference and Can Our Association Use Them?

I have written before on the subject of associations’ continuing struggle to convince enough unit owners to attend owner meetings in order to meet quorum ...
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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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Request Resale Certificates Rather than Roll the Dice

IMPRESSION: A recent Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling served as a stiff reminder to investor-purchasers of condominium units: request of association resale disclosure certificates should ...
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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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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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