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National Community Associations News
News items of national interest regarding Condominium and Homeowner associations, compiled by the Community Associations Network

• FL: Homeowners Get A Win In Court
  A judge has ordered a developer to turn over his financial records regarding Cory Lake Isles to a group of homeowners. Circuit Judge Martha Cook ruled Thursday that the residents should have access to all official documents related to the operation and maintenance of the community that are in the possession of Cory Lakes Limited.
• TX: Colony Lakes subdivision presents plaque to police chief for reduced crime
  A year after assuming leadership as president of the Colony Lakes Homeowners Association, Robin Elackatt and board members have made significant strides in improving the 619 home site master-planned community, including initiating efforts to reduce area crime.
• CA: Even condos go green
  Unless they live in a building with a homeowners association that has embraced the Earth-friendly way, condo owners are decidedly limited by comparison in the range of upgrades they can make to enhance their energy savings.
• OH: Roofs still await repairs
  Roof-repair companies say they're having trouble keeping up with thousands of damage claims from the September windstorm.
• IN: Local firm wages Florida condo fight
  But Kosene’s fortunes turned with the market. About half the buyers have refused to close on their condos, and many are fighting in court to annul the contracts. At least 62 lawsuits are pending.
• FL: Condos, Orkin can't work out bugs in suit
  Apparently, condominium owners and an exterminating company have not been able to work the bugs out of a lawsuit that contended that improper inspection and treatment left residents' homes ravaged by termites.
• WY: No deal; woman can face state embezzlement charges
  A judge has ruled that there was never an agreement between state prosecutors and a Gillette woman charged with embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the Fox Park Homeowners Association.
• CO: HOA sues homeowners over signs
  An election-season dispute between homeowners displaying political signs in their front yards and the Grand View subdivision’s homeowners association, who removed the signs, has spilled into the courts.
• GA: Luxury condo ‘a bully building,’ unit owners say
  The housing slump and weak economy are contributing to a host of problems, including condo owner frustration
• AK: Condo insurance can be complicated, so ask questions
  If an earthquake, fire or theft should strike, is your home adequately protected? Unfortunately, only when the worst happens do we truly know. A devastating condominium fire last year caused us to reassess our insurance needs for a condominium unit we own. What we found was that condominium insurance was a lot more complex than we thought.
• VA: Condo owners caught in crossfire of builder dispute
  As the sun set over Potomac Yard on Nov. 7, owners at The Eclipse condominium community came home to an unpleasant surprise.
• NV: HOA group educating residents
  The state office that oversees homeowners associations has set up a series of monthly meetings for board members, residents and community managers to help them understand their rights and responsibilities.
• CT: Madison Uranium Contamination Fixes Figure To Be Costly
  The health director in Madison said that although he learned about uranium contamination at a condominium complex two years ago, he was unaware of any threat to the drinking water at two nearby schools and told no one else of the problem
• MA: Plug the holes in lengthy condo foreclosure process
  When non-combatants get caught up in the ravages of armed conflict and are injured by it, the military calls it collateral damage. Innocent civilians or groups harmed socially or financially here at home by socio-economic events not of their doing are said to be the residue of unintended consequences.
• NV: Allure the latest condo to be hit with lawsuit
  Luxury condo development Allure Las Vegas is facing a third lawsuit from a disgruntled buyer after a fresh complaint was filed in federal court recently alleging ongoing water-supply problems.
• PA: TLPOA won't reimburse property owner for cost of court documents
  The Treasure Lake Property Owners Association board of directors voted not to reimburse a property owner for the cost of copying court documents she obtained regarding a $30,000 lawsuit against the TLPOA.
• NC: McConnell residents reconsider ban on mailboxes
  Mr. Todd and the five other members of the McConnell mailboxes committee - Jenni Dellinger, Gretchen Greene, Lotta Griffen and Rachel Wacker - are seeking an amendment to the “Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions” for the neighborhood’s homeowner association, established in 1993.
• FL: Another community hit with emergency HOA fee
  Homeowners in the Toscana community in Orlando are being told they'll have to pay $1500 by December first
• IL: State moves against mortgage companies at W. Side building
  Confused about who held legal title to the building, eight tenants in the building, who include school teachers, a biomedical technician and a pastor, pooled resources to keep utilities turned on in the common areas. They've changed the locks on the entrances to the building and hired their own maintenance man to clean and watch over the building, says Mulvey.
• PA: Residents battle for dam, lake restoration
  And now Harm and about a dozen of his neighbors who make up the Kenilworth Lake Homeowners Association are entrenched in a legal battle with developer Joseph Samost, operating as Pine Acres Association, to force him to fix the dam and restore the lake.
• FL: Think condo insurance is optional? Think again, say experts
  In a situation that might qualify as a "be careful what you wish for" tale, several new Florida laws related to condominium insurance policies are slated to go into effect Jan. 1. The problem is they are essentially unworkable as currently written -- leaving many condo owners, community associations and insurance agents in a state of confusion about how to proceed.
• FL: Lawyers can help when homeowners' termite issues remain unresolved
  Atlanta-based pest-control giant Orkin Inc. recently filed a federal lawsuit in Ocala to stop a circuit judge from enforcing a settlement with the Sandalwood Condominium Association of Wildwood that would require Orkin to pay for $6 million in repairs to the Sumter County complex. Cardillo represented the condominium association
• NV: Roads become an issue for Legado homeowner’s association
  Charlie Duke, president of the Dayton Valley Community Association, would like to see the developer pitch in a little for the roads.
• Renters, condo owners can take advantage of many Earth-friendly ideas
  Environmentally conscious condo and apartment dwellers can't be blamed for feeling a bit, well, green over those living in detached homes, free to make just about any Earth-friendly renovations they like