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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 30, 2024 · 4 min read

APPEALS COURT MAKES IT CLEAR EVEN TO A SMALL HOA: ALLOW ACCESS TO THE ASSOCIATION’S OFFICIAL RECORDS OR ELSE

Wayside is a small, ten-home, self-managed homeowners’ association located in Seminole County. Pecchia and Porter both respectively own homes within Wayside. As members of the association, Pecchia and Porter were concerned that Wayside was failing to adequately maintain the association’s common elements, and…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 26, 2024 · 2 min read

CAN A CONDO PREVENT OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN ONE UNIT?

Oftentimes, condominium associations amend their documents in an attempt to prevent an owner from owning more than one condominium unit. The question is, can that legally be done? The case of Tropicana Condominium Ass’n, Inc. v. Tropical Condominium, LLC, 208 So.3d 755, 759 (Fla.App. 3 Dist., 2016) truly…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · September 2, 2024 · 2 min read

TERMINATION: NOW YOU SHOULD BE SCARED TO DEATH OF IT

Wow! How quickly things change. We’ve spoken about on the Condo Craze and HOAs show about a recent Miami case involving the Biscayne 21 Condominium, where its’ declaration of condominium stated that the condominium can only be terminated with a 100% vote of the owners. However, the declaration could be…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · August 19, 2024 · 4 min read

Sorry condo owners – it is what it is.

Even the possibility of The Florida Legislature going into Special Session in order to solve this alleged condo crisis is insane. You know why? Because our legislators had the guts to fix it two years ago after 98 innocent victims perished in a condominium building that was in a terribly poor, dangerous…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · August 12, 2024 · 2 min read

THE OTHER WAY TO TERMINATE THE CONDOMINIUM

Last week in my blog, I discussed how developers attempt to buy enough units in order to vote to Terminate the condominium. By doing so, the developer files a plan of termination, and buys up all the units. We also spoke about the fact that in some condominiums, a vote of 100% of the owners may be required…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · August 5, 2024 · 2 min read

DOES A DEVELOPER ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE A CONDO?

Let me tell you what you should be looking for in your condominium documents after you stop reading this: the provisions in your declaration of condominium allowing termination of the condominium itself. We know that condo assessments have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled in many instances due to…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · July 22, 2024 · 2 min read

THE DBPR HAS LOTS OF NEW POWER – WILL THEY USE IT?

There has been lots of complaints over the years that when condominium owners bring their complaints to the DBPR and expect some help, the only thing they got in return was a letter that said the DBPR has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of their complaint. I actually watched a legislative hearing in…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · July 18, 2024 · 3 min read

MANDATORY EDUCATION IS HERE AND SO ARE THE CLASSES

We fought long and we fought hard, but we got what we wanted; mandatory education for all condo board members and HOA board members. Now, all Board members of both condominiums and HOAs must become certified by both submitting a document stating you have read your governing documents and will comply with…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · July 8, 2024 · 2 min read

WHICH FLAG CAN YOU FLY?

Ihope everyone had a great 4th of July long weekend. More than any other day of the year, it certainly is the day to fly the flag proudly. We all know that the statutes for both condos and HOAs state that owners may display a United States flag in a respectful way, and on certain other days, flags…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · July 1, 2024 · 3 min read

SOME OTHER NEW ASSOCIATION LAWS

While not the ones that got the most attention, there were a few other bills that were signed into law by The Governor involving community associations: House Bill 59 was signed into law and it requires that Before October 1, 2024, an association shall provide a physical or digital copy of the association’s…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · June 10, 2024 · 6 min read

WAS ALL OF THIS FOR NOTHING?

If there ever was a column that I hated to write, this is it! Last week I spoke about a case I argued before The Florida Supreme Court in 2011 called Cohn v. The Grand Condominium. In that case, the minority commercial unit owners at The Grand Condominium challenged a new Florida statute that took away…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · June 3, 2024 · 2 min read

SOME QUICK RULES ABOUT MAKING RULES

Boards of Florida condominium associations and homeowner associations are allowed to make rules regarding use of the common areas, access to records, the right to speak at meetings,and in a few other areas. Here are a few rules regarding rules: 1. Rules must be reasonable: Rules have to have a valid…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · May 20, 2024 · 3 min read

NEW ARBITRATION RULING SENDS SHOCKWAVES TO ALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING ELECTIONS

In 2011, I argued a case in front of The Supreme Court of Florida called Cohn v. The Grand Condominium. Here’s a quick summary of the facts: The Grand is a large condo building built in 1986 in Dade County. The declaration of condominium was recorded in 1986. It contains 1,200 units. 800 of the units are…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · May 20, 2024 · 1 min read

CONDO RECORDS AND THE NEW CHECKLIST LAW

Suppose you ask for access to certain condominium records, they are never given to you, but months later the association says they were? What do you do now? Well, for condominiums only The Florida Legislature attempts to address this issue in House Bill 1021 which goes into effect July 1st and says: In…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · May 13, 2024 · 3 min read

IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE STOMACH

I’m thinking about that condo President, perhaps but not necessarily in a 55 and over community, who has been on the board for over 10 years. He or she has put in countless hours for the community and hasn’t been paid a dime. For the last decade, every day the residents of the community wave and say hello…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · May 6, 2024 · 2 min read

BIG CHANGES TO CONDO RECORD LAWS

There were even changes this year to the laws involving condominium records. For example, Florida Statute 718.111(12) is being amended to state that the association’s accounting records must include, but are not limited to: All invoices, transaction receipts, or deposit slips that substantiate any receipt or…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · April 30, 2024 · 3 min read

NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT EDUCATION FOR CONDO BOARD MEMBERS

Irecently blogged about the new statute requiring education for HOA Board Members. This week, let’s talk about mandatory education for condominium Board members. There is definitely a difference between the two. So here’s the new law……. 718.112(2)(d)4b – CONDOMINIUM DIRECTOR EDUCATION A director of a board…

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Florida Condo & HOA News · April 22, 2024 · 4 min read

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEES – THEIR POWERS GET SLASHED

HB 1203 made some major changes regarding architectural review committees. To sum it up, their powers were greatly slashed. Let’s take a look: An association or any architectural, construction improvement, or similar committee of an association must reasonably and equitably apply and enforce on all parcel…

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APPEALS COURT MAKES IT CLEAR EVEN TO A SMALL HOA: ALLOW ACCESS TO THE ASSOCIATION’S OFFICIAL RECORDS OR ELSE

CAN A CONDO PREVENT OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN ONE UNIT?

TERMINATION: NOW YOU SHOULD BE SCARED TO DEATH OF IT

Sorry condo owners – it is what it is.

THE OTHER WAY TO TERMINATE THE CONDOMINIUM

DOES A DEVELOPER ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE A CONDO?

THE DBPR HAS LOTS OF NEW POWER – WILL THEY USE IT?

MANDATORY EDUCATION IS HERE AND SO ARE THE CLASSES

WHICH FLAG CAN YOU FLY?

SOME OTHER NEW ASSOCIATION LAWS

WAS ALL OF THIS FOR NOTHING?

SOME QUICK RULES ABOUT MAKING RULES

NEW ARBITRATION RULING SENDS SHOCKWAVES TO ALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING ELECTIONS

CONDO RECORDS AND THE NEW CHECKLIST LAW

IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE STOMACH

BIG CHANGES TO CONDO RECORD LAWS

NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT EDUCATION FOR CONDO BOARD MEMBERS

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEES – THEIR POWERS GET SLASHED

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