Category: Wisconsin

Language in Declaration Makes Association Strictly Liable

Facts Defendant, Castletown Corner Owner’s Association, Inc. (“Association”), had a duty to maintain a lift station.  Specifically, the declaration imposed an obligation on the Association ...
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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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Unit Owner Bad Behavior – When Fines are Ignored

A condominium association in the Milwaukee area was owed more than $2,000 in fines by one unit owner. For more than a year, the unit ...
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Assessment Collections and COVID-19

First, I want to thank Julie Howard and her firm NowackHoward in Atlanta, Georgia for much of this Blog (adjusted for Wisconsin Law and my ...
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Condo Association & HOA Collections in Less Than 1 Minute

Does your homeowners association have a written collection policy?  Do you need one? What should it say? Find out in this Vlog in less than ...
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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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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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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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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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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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