Florida condo & HOA news
Plain-English Florida condo and HOA law updates for owners, volunteer board members, managers, and everyone navigating community-association life.
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Written by Eric M. Glazer · Florida attorney
Some condos and HOAs have grown into complex organizations. Learn when self-management works and when professional management may be the better option.
Read: Have Some Condos and HOAs Become Too Complicated to Self-Manage? →
Discover how HB 657 could impact Florida HOA members. Understand the risks and implications of HB 657 for homeowners. Read more now!
Read: HB 657 Is Going to Hurt HOA Members. Representative Porras, Let’s Talk About It. →
Discover how the new community association management bill impacts HOAs and condos. Learn about mandatory management requirements and implications.
Read: COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANDATORY MANAGEMENT BILL IS FILED →
House Bill 1203 and SB 7046 merged to eventually create a huge bill for the protection of homeowners in HOAs. It starts by placing lots of responsibilities on community association managers. A community association manager or community association management firm that is authorized by contract to provide…
Read: HB 1203: LOTS OF NEW PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS LIVING IN HOAs MAKES IT HARDER FOR CAMs → As I informed you last week, Representative Vicki Lopez, Senator Jennifer Bradley and Senator Jason Pizzo have filed companion bills HB1021 and SB1178 in The Florida House of Representatives and The Florida Senate that take aim at community association managers and community association management…
Read: COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS- PART 2 → Representative Vicki Lopez, Senator Jennifer Bradley and Senator Jason Pizzo have filed companion bills HB1021 and SB1178. Leave no doubt, these bills take aim at community association managers and community association management companies. I will tell you that in my 32 years of practice, too many times…
Read: COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS ARE IN THE CROSSHAIRS - PART 1 → et’s start discussing the new condominium laws that go into effect on July 1st. We won’t cover them all in one week, so look forward to next week’s blog as well. IF YOU HAVE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY the statute says: If a community association manager or a community association management firm has a contract…
Read: THE NEW CONDO LAWS ---- MANDATORY INSPECTIONS – PART ONE → So you hire a professional management company and leave it to them to run the place. What can go wrong? Well, as lawyers, we are trained to think that everything can go wrong. Board members and managers are both human. Mistakes can be made by anyone. You may not believe this, but even lawyers make…
Read: THE BLAME GAME → Many of you that live in an HOA are learning or have already learned the hard way that pursuant to The Florida Marketable Record Title Act, your governing documents expire after thirty years if they are not properly preserved. That’s right. Suddenly, after 30 years, you’re no longer living in a community…
Read: BIG CHANGES TO FLORIDA HOA LAW NO MORE EXCUSES FOR FAILING TO PRESERVE YOUR DOCUMENTS → Certain issues are more near and dear to my heart than others. This is one of those issues. For those of you that have ever attended a Board Certification Course that I teach, I hope you would agree that a lot of hard work and preparation goes into the teaching of the course. Each slide discusses a new…
Read: CAN A C.A.M. CERTIFY A DIRECTOR? → After doing this for 22 years now, I don’t get surprised that often any longer by anything that takes place in the world of condos and HOAs. This week however, I was quite surprised. Twice in the same week, community association managers brought it to my attention that companies that do business in South…
Read: CAMs: Avoid That Temptation at all Costs → The Florida Legislature just passed a new bill that creates high standards for Florida’s community association managers and management companies. The Governor is expected to sign it. Here is what the law says: 468.4334 Professional practice standards; liability (1) A community association manager or a…
Read: NEW LAW PROVIDES HIGH STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGERS → Licensed professions in Florida each have their own set of rules that licensees are required to follow. For example, lawyers are required to abide by The Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. Community association managers also have rules to abide by and can be subject to discipline for doing any of the…
Read: BE CAREFUL C.A.M.S →Read it. Then watch it.
